The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1875-02-01
ORCHARD AND GARDEN.
a Chapter On the Bus. that do 80 mach
Damage.

Creek, In his remarks before the West
ern New York Horticultural Society, as-
sured his hearers that the bugs are hay
ing good time generally, and that "no-
body about here disturbed them to any
alarming extent, and we bear our ills with
patience. When we don't like the taste
Of tho worm III the apple we spit him
out. When cucumbers and melons dis
appear we expected il, and we moralize
on the transitory nature of earthly
things. We flare up II somebody kicks
our worthless cur, but We stand by and
without remonstrance see worms deyour
our ciirrants and our cabbage. Bugs OF
old seemed to respect the Jewish arrange
ment, and contented themselves with o
tenth; now they frequently take the
whole, and the question arises, How long
can we stand i'll There are many DANA
ges that money cannot measure. Shrub
berry, watched and nourislled with ten.
der care, perhaps planted by loved ones
departed, punctured by n little worm md
turned to dry wood. Can you enter that
upon your ledger?
Assuredly we need concerted effort to
overcome insect enemies. We must oil
work together. II one man kills worms
aud another breeds them, the breeder
will get the best OF it, or the worst. But
whereas the right topropagate nuisancesi
We might rs well set up pest as a
worm factory; rs well send out our pigs
and poultry to ilepreilate upon our neigh
bors, Ms our codling moths. Our Mich.
gun friends have met this crisis reso-
lutely. One Of their genealogical asso-
Citations resolved that II any frtit-grower
neglected to bahdnge his trees and de.
stroy the codling worms, the society
would do it for him. Every man did his
duty, and tie past year the fruit was
greatly improved. The codling moth
came 10 us as one OF the benefits Of our
foreign commerce. fact which illus.
trates the importance Of chronological
knowledge, when we consider how much
we have lost by not knowing these enc
mics and suppressing them when they
were few. II we lllil killed them all
during tle first two or three years Of
their soiouril, at IN expense Of 1000
apiece, We should have made money
by it.
1t gives frightful interest to those de
prelations when we consider TINT the
repeated destruction and failure OF the
young fruit willleal to shy bearing and
Btcrility from the force Of lnbit. Ami.
mails tint prematurely cast their young
from injury soon do 80 from force Of
lnbit; anl we may well infer that trees
which drop their immature fruit from
this sting Of insects will soon utterly fail
to perfect their fruit even II insects do
not trouble them. With trees, as with,
iis all, good habits are quite indispensa-
bic 10 usefulness. This codling nuis-
ance, like certain devils in Scripture,
don't yield to mild treatment. You can't
frigllten them with scirecrows, nor coax
them with sweets, but Sou must fight
them by any and all methods known in
civilized and uncivilized warfare.
The Colorado potato beetle is now q
subject Of great anxiety in our States,
Next in importance to wheat, the potato
demands our best endeavors for its pro-
leu es.Vh ~ ah ..a.:a,.sSes .ss. asaiaI5
ue.'i, .iu vi. N ~ NJ. ,aas,.s,..,o.',
and drought tllat il Ia at present in many
sections the dearest article Of food in
the market. It has been d very profta-
pie ef1l III " Messeln a. NV H.. tA, ,sa.oss au W.
c,nho. urge ~ suonsiy s,.1 .,a;s oS "s,ars
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= ieeple M eA,sse,lus ny Mei NY NJ mya ,so,,,
70 go 70 tlle pngs Sarrans it:l. Sprouts .t.....
cost notnng anu peing petsls'ens ~, i StoM ,'.
efs we ~, Iau tlenl, anu !hey a el.Hs WI W,
vice. me worm spol.su sle e''ftSa.s' w,
ana We meekly glye .,leih w: INV MyM'
this Is to bear witness tllat white lielle- cue.
bore busted h,lle pashes wnes . tile aew Ua,ss
ts oil wili save the clfrl.s, aila NY IN, yne
VINO mas iost Ms ptsnes snol,u " ..l tor.nwi'h
replace them anu nlke eate Oh ihein.
one o. TWO OF three tilngs llla, WesA-
pect to finI IN country garaens peslaes s,l.'s
weeds is cabpagcs. a green Y worm, ABOUT y,
an inch long, acquired . use , i9r caD, ~,
page aha ge, " ,ooh ns " ,.o,I se ,Ia ,ood NJ
and e worm VII, pc asgS,ea o sEe srn'