, 1875-07-31
TIE COLORADO BEETLE,
Ane Experience ana Testimony OF
President ChnuboIrne> OF Williams

1ne Experience ANA Testimony Of
President Chndbourne, OF Williams
college.
WILLIAMS CoL,EoE, Jufy a. 1s75.--To gis
ta'tor Of M' StsrmIfei4 iMass) Republican.
ah stpef!ohce OF three yeat" dealing with this
peat OH tho farm VI thu University uf WIscou-
atl. may enAble tho so mako some suggestions
Of valuo 10 our farmers. xlo ofo now llrcnt
ehed slth shih scontea Of thu potaso-arl!. 1t
"pa,u We i, % lnposs!nle IN ta't ,r1co, to mention
al tht ct.riuIlH thtnHn willingly anu ,nNiI;uuly
t'renvo.eh c"ncatufng tl.is .ltt:uhtur de ynlH6r.
Quo aNan'7ln of It's work viii au,tey, Eey,raf
hcrc1 or puthsnee, near my rebltrlrc l,ai bern
1,a, sda esar itt u IT, BY han:pickns. t July
potatoes to lhef fate. sul1,osnI Ill dAuEcr past
s'onc OF the lary;c, that had Lotn ovoIlookoI
I'AsHsd through their transformations on the ,1u-
por klde of :s1e t',ece, mhero tia tnud 1as Iii, h
and dry, Fadiat.i1 srom the dry knolla AZ ea;,-
tres. When returned alter four wccLs, lho
upper hall OF tho tioEe was destroyed. aml .he
b:IEh were moving lac .n army toward tLn
danp E1ou1ni, lcssng nothing bit tile Noody
fibrs Of tho potato usaks bohlna than. par1s-
Ercan left bushels Of them On tho ground but
Atii the host Increased, anu they disappeared
oniy nhon avery sehslSe Of gfocn on the potato
rsnes wns gunc.
When 1liyen to o1tremiic#, tho baet!es will
attack tonatoes. and. by Aoino strnn.o uower.
they discover tho Relationship, Of b0ll-po,l,erB to
The rusa!o. and tako tilen. for change Ut 1lrt AZ
Il ast resort. la:o lii tho fall, tacy will fee1 Oh
F4"LA4o lHtht1E6t @FHAABR+i3 t1hlu1 L0eIH A3 b
lunch. toforo going into vlntor quarters. Tho
unlv safeguard against them is col,ntant v.lt-
ancr. Strange AZ 1t may sccm tu those ai,o hAye
nilly rnad Of their ioYa.tattoua - hnd- l:caing"
provnl to 10 tbs bont remedy wo couu tttl. I
can onl7 fiyn results. Wo found in tia. pl:co,
~utgs bu"s were abundant, that m aero Ut rota-
toes couhl te Aapt cluay uf thotn "by land." t.r
-, By DONG tho nork at tle right titnc aud ia
the right manner. Ii they nesIcc, cd shat
time, an tha. tho ssrsr bocomc abundaut Gu
the Vlnch. l'Arts-y!cen In then tlEe only reta-
o1y. should always rely upon hand-picking.
nnlcss Homo remtd! haa .sen discovered that I
have not Bsau MentH.ci. ! etou!I sIpo try
rorrcrae-wa.cr if l,nl tholn ii It's; with agsln.
rcchsp1 it haA been tried. hut no ae:ount pf its
etrects hq. come in mY way,
| II oil who raise rotatoes will plhut them only
on the best ground. tho cost of .1oactl:3 tueca
viii not be oyor 6 ccnts 4 b:l.!lo Dnt planttur,
scres OF potiioes on poor gfonud mus: .t.p, It
costa ths saule to protect nero that 9ln|tta %
LunheIs ~ IT does ons yiel1lny Luz. II evo7v
POTATOES clear Of tho LuE. litsIo harm would 1o,e
from the small numUern. Bit une ucre Of pe-
fato<a neglected sci4 raise bugs though 10 s!orh
q ttrc,sxhip Thoy 60 through their traufor1ua-
tons most reaail. in dry, warm soil. II tho
holl is rery dry tho cbAnges are retarded, but tn
iujuEo the bugs tho soil must be too dry for po-
tatocs, In damp eo,i taY faro badly, "a tina. va
often 500 the dry knolis dcKtrosed, while tha
damp portionh nf tho ted a,e comparatively ull-
Injured Tho practical CONCLUSIONS arc:
!. To plant loss aud cultivate batter.
| :. To select the ds.upest soil TINT will give
! promise Of crop.
3. To pass through tho pIocs onco wesk, To-
| muvn. every bug IN night, and ovosv leaf upou
nhtc!, Iarv;c appeas. This il a much lighter Job
thhn it would roem to be, from reading m ar-
| count ot ths numbers in neglected hc1da II
yon Hpare thom 10 the second generation. thu
battle In lost OF, II tho battle 10 won againB.
tho bugs, tia potatoes wll DO !oss.
II few rows Of early potstoos should 10
planted in . field intended for tnte planting, an
advantage might be gained in pfaces wLere tho
hugs Of the urigbborhood make for tho first po-
up ti1rt arc confined to = small mot, tl.o a.st
crup Of buEh cut ba moro 1eaiiIY destro, cd.
Thin deatruction Of tlls first invaders ia bali the
battle. 4. A. CMAnDouASE,