The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1875-07-17
The Arpy FORM IN Maryland.

A correspondent Of the Baltimore Gazette,
writing from Bsair, Hartford county, says:
81 send Won herewith few worms, in various
stages Of development which gathered two or
three DAYS since from the growing wheat In tnis
vicinity. You will observe that the neaos OF
wheat which have placed in the vial 10 serve as
a "snaek" during their passage to tne CITY nave
been pretty thoroughly destroyed Dy the worms
little, in fact being left except chan, Deard anu
stem. So far as can learn this new enemy mas
never before been seen hereabouts, ana although
not vet sufficient in number to canse apprehen-
sion of serious damage to the present crop Its sad
den appearance, together withbl &or9lleus aps
petite for that grain which maili5. supplies tine
staff of life, )" has caused some tvil b0ding among
the farmers in this vicinage. 1t already musters
a stronger force than did that dreadful ensmy,
the Colorado beetle, on the irst year Of its ad-
vent here. IT. therefore, this newcomer should
prove as prolific as the beetle which God fOrbid,)
why may it not destroy the wheat crops for years
to come, as completely as the unwelcome visitor
from the Pacific slope (if it would only agree to
''slope' practically and bring ''this cruel war; to
an end it would be COED thing y now destroys
the potato crop2 The farmers are poking this
grim conundrum at one another on all sides
and echo answers "Why2"
''If these go ON increasing as they have done of
late years, why may not the world be depopula-
ted ultimateiy-and not very remotely either-by
that means This certainly would be no very ro-
mantle or heroic end Of that "neble animal
man." to be ousted from this beautiful earth by
such unlovey and insignificant creatures, which
he is so wont to spurn 1t is well known TO ply
sicians that various kinds Of insects occupy al
NEST every organ and tissue of the human body.
Not only do they make their homes in the skin
the muscles, the stomach, the bowels, the liver
and the kidneys of man, but even the chambers
of his lustrous eye, the recesses Of his brain
that wonderful laboratory Of all his boosted
thought, even his heart-the f0untain-head, so
called, of all his passions and affections, aye,
things Il Is fndeea aesei
to!say humiliating one, that the human citadel,
which for thousands Of years has held out against
this formidable corps OF sappers and miners OF its
interior works, must finally succumb whenever
the army-worm, the grasshopper, the Colorado
beetle, and now though last, fear not least, this
wheat worm shall have become numerous enough
to cut off the vegetable, and thus indirectly the
animal supplies from without on which that
"fearfully and wonderfully made citadel de-
ponds for subsistence. Viewed in this light the
prospect is not cheerful.
"Snce writing the above have noticed thai
the worm in question, although knocked off the
| wheat by handling 10 the act Of harvesting,
crawl back to the shocks and fix themselves in
| the sheaves. They are thus hauled in with the
| crop, and no doubt continue their work OF de.
struction. Would it not be best, therefore, te
thresh out the wheat without delay, not only fol
present economy's sake, but to starve the worm
| out before the next crop comes onf
CIV. a."