Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1875-06-12
THE POTATO PEST.
Ravagss of the Colorado Beetle.

native of Colorado. where it was discov-
cred. named and described by Say, many
years ago: how on Il bridge of potato
vines it infested our Western States less
than a score of years since and from
thence spread rapidly eastward, till now
it has actually gained our Atlantic coast.
where it only awaits opportunity to take
passage for Europe, where it will CONT
fields of the Emerald Isles-all this is
already we'll known.
NATURAL HISTORY.
The natural history of the potato
beetle is: 1t comes forth out Of the
earth, as a beetle, just as the potato
vines are peering from the ground.
Sometimes as the creature stands over
the hill it seems fairly to grin in expect
ant longing for the rich. tender feast
which nature is about to spread. With
the coming of warm days the female
lays her clusters Of orange eggs, some
times to the number of thousand-a
single beetle which l confined laid over
eleven hundred eggs-either on tie I'M
der side of the leaves of the potato vines
or on blades of grass or other vegetables
near by. These soon hatch. when the
young or larv;t are found to eat quite as
voraciously as the mature beetle. In
about fifteen days the young become full
ly developed, when they pass into the
ground to pupate. After about ten days
of such quiet they come forth in the
beetle state, and from their freshness it
might be thought that the old-time
beetles had been absent to get new
suit, and had just returned TO show their
finery. These beetles. with their bright
bands of yellow and black, mate, depo-
sit eggs and soon die, behaving in all
respects as before. So, too, the Larvae
and pupae. These again are followed by
third brood, which completes the ruin
Gus work for the season; but the pupa
of this last brood do not come forth in
ten days. nor do they die. but, resting
quietly beneath the earth. seem to be
gathering strength for miserable repe-
tition of the previous years abomina-
ton.
REMEDY.
Paris green is the only practical, eff
cient and cheap remedy for this pest;
one part Of green to six of flour, sifted
on when there is no dew on the vines
Prof. 4. j. Cook. Of Lansing, Michigan.
MATTERS AT PYRAMID LAKE-A Sac
ramentan who arrived here yesterday
from Pyramid Lake, Nevada. states that
General Nandever, Supervising Inspec-
tor of Indian affairs for this coast, held
a counsel or talk" at the lake few
days since and smoked cigarettes with
the Indians of that section. There
were also present the various Indian
agents of Nevada. The Piutes about the
lake represented that they wanted more
land. The General heard, promised to
report at Washington all the complaints
and statements made. He has lately
made a tour of Washington Territory
and Idaho, looking into the condition
of the red men, and yesterday he de-
parted from Wadsworth for the East by
the express train. Our informant also
states the quantity of sawdust from the
mills on the Truckee river that has
made its way to the outlet of the river
is so great that there is q bar of it miles
in length across the outlet, forming
such an obsticle that the water of the
stream has mainly been diverted from
Pyramid lake into Winnemucca lake,
and the latter is nov about eight feet
higher than usual.-Record-U Union, 10.
Nh. H. B. CLA111N, the church-going,
plate passing ClaAin, has Teen indicted