Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-07-21


and to take two rows ut once variety
of poi>ons and chcmical app!lcat'"n> nave
Imrn led. some of which work only to"
well. rs they Kill DO b plant and bug
Pow, derrd htlI bore. the extract OF man
Ir,,ke and c,rholate Of lime are among
I,,. art;cl,S that have been used. Pirls
,re,n is the remedy most in Use among
Western far mrrs. but ii is II violent anu
powerful poison. and if USED at all. must
b. alldied with extreme c:tl!ticn. here |
j. danger of inhrling the dust arising from
IL used. and 4 80 Of absorbing II Through
he pores of the skin. especially when III a
t4.r of er>pirtlion; AMI it has even been
lre>tionel whether, if used to" proiuscly.
It does no. poison the soil 80 rs t" affect
h.. plants raised in il. The following
buttons and directions concerning It's use
We find in tu tXch ngr:
he hands and face. (p particularly the
ncstlil-). should be projected rs much as
,r,s-ib't. ant should br carefully washed
f ~ work M in it. or in any of the prep
.l.,tions of hi, h it is an ingredient. As
It lrnrtr.tcs and poi>on~ wood, gets in to
ne seams and crevirrs of ,icles made of
metal and ", n into enrlhtnware that Is
all porous, all household utensils, or any
hing in barn CT stable. (Which horses OF
II IT, could have access to-. III which the
rticlc may have been mixed. or from
which it Ii : h,, II USED. should be carefully
81 aside and never again used Tor any
- her purpose Malignant sores are no
| lufrcqurn " caused by scr tching the skin
VIII, t h.ng or iritlltd from hnnlin.
lr q cen. II should be constantly bolIr
in mind that ii is :; moe d ng'lonS and
ttadly olson than arsenic; and iarmel ;
when lurcht> NJ should he duly cautioned
| otXtrrisr the Il most care in using ii. If
should he f., n necessary To use the
re, n. mix it with i.ur one pound of tn
-rccn to thirty p und>" q: flour, and sprin-
~ the III Nturt Oh he vines.
Since me above WIS in type. President
'h.,uhnurur f Williams C"lIe-e HIS pub
she'd in the Sprin@t field Rpnb'trCut til
oll"v ng art. IT, describing his experience
dealing with thcsr pests. and making
some -ugr, -1iuIs VIII eli are worthy th'
..,r,.fu attention Of the farmers of New
England:
10 Hc liter Of tie Rc1atl'irun:
An M crirnrr of three years dealing
With tli> pet on tie farm of he Universe
f y i~colI-in may enable me to make some
-uGr, : ions of value to or turner's. wiz
re row threatened Wi,h this >courrp OF
iir potato field. 1t would he impossible
in one article. TO III, nii,n all the curious
things Willingly and UNIV llinrlv dj>cov
rcd rnurtI ming this DISCUS iuT dtvour''r
me example. of its work W II suffice Stv
-r:tl acte- of pottto"> nrar my Residence
htti been kept clear of = b o. - bV han
losing I'LL July. When |, fl for the E;,~
md the farmer lett the potators to lhri
late. surprising all danger past. Some O
the +, ~ that had been uv,rlooked pls>r,
h,ol.h their transformations ON the upper
side Of tn, piece. here the land VS. biol
N url, r,Hil'iI . from tie dry knobs Il
, ,,nfr,S. When returned. after f N
We K. the upper ha'f of the piece WIS dc
>trpN,.tt. ANA the bugs WtIt moving like III
amy toward the It mp ground. lrnvn.
unttinr u the wO "iy ii ne g: the l,otat,
tt X hind lh,m Pui--gr, en- l,f
.ushclS of til IN on the ground. but st.l
hc host increased. AMI they dI~appe re-
,nlv Wien every vr>tiLe Of green on TIL
j ,o,;tu WINS WIS cone.
VIII driv,n to rNtremi'e>. the beetle
viii attack tom 't"c~, and, Ivy some ~trang
power. hey dis over he relationship of til
sl-p' ppcr> 10 he potato. and take ihrn
or charge Of q TT. As :, last resort
ne in tie tail. thy will feed ON ]a>tur
hi>t e. apparently lax NJ hem ~ a lun' Ii
before going INTO Wln.tr qlnlt'r> Ih
,ulV -Hf, guar,l against tin III i cOn>tan
igjlance. Strange rs it nay seem t
hose who have nlN read of their d,v:tst,
ions. "hnt pi+hlnY proved to be tn
est remedy We could find. | can ont
i've results. Wrfn',ni Il, Ihnl place. whel
,uLS We're abundant. that an ncr" of pot,
"'s could lie Kept clear of Them. II,
rnl. for five dollars. hy dning the wor
Il he riyh time and in h. riyLt M niue,
fthrv are tytc ed Il short time. 20 Iht
be larve become ahnnd Mt on III" vine,
Paris q cen Is then the remedy. shout
,lways rely upon h,nd-p'cAin-. unlr>
num' remedy l;t- zen discovered that
rave not mentioned. should also IT
p operas water if had them Ia deal wit
gam. Z, rhap- it has been tried. but n
account of lis effects his come in my WI,
If all VIII" raise otar"rS Will plant then
nv on the best ground. the cost of pr,
tctir- Them VIII not be over five cents
bl~hel. But pl1ning acres of potatoes O
oor ground must stop. 1t costs the sam
I q protect IN acre tllif yields twenty bu-l
i ;i> it dos one welding one hrn.lrc
ifrvtly farmer cold be, c"mpt.lI dbv l,>
keep hi pott'oe> clear of he bng,
lite hum would come from the snlaI
tGmb'r>. Eut ne Hrrf II prtt0t> ne.l,,i
n ri rri>, tugs bOHgh t s'ocb, to,r3l
9 Zip. They 90 through their trInsfprma
: i"n most readily in i dry. w1rm il.
he soil S very dry tn. ch,ngr~ are rrtar'
Il. h. t i" ininrr tie. b - il- soil must b
go dry for the p"'a'"t>. In damp 50
hey fare badly. So tllrt We often SIC III
. " knobs desire we'd. " hilr the damp p,n
'"n~ Of HE field are comparatively unn
iurrd. Tie practical conclusions nIe:
/. T." Il1nt les an / cultivate better.
,. +" select the ,itmpt>t soil that wi
{ I'VE romi-c Of u crop.
3 /" ass thro Oh the piece, once
week, 1rm"vin" every hug n sight an
very leaf upon viii h llrtn appear
I'li~ i Il m ch lieh e. i"b Jhan it w"ul
-otn t" be. tom reading IN ac omit of II
aunt n n -i"c'td ti,ld~. If Won spar
II I'm /" the second generation. lh,. battle
, o~t: .r. if tie b till j. won against tn
uE~, ihr pnttt"r~ viii be lost
T. # Il t, W r"vS Of early potatoes shonIl Il
= planted in Il i'ld INTENDED for lac plantin.
II advantage might be gained in plac,
, where the bugs have not econe very nj
'nrrn' :. Tie bu@~ of the nrighbm hou
: make for the first POTATOES tint apptar.
, he r'tat"e~ that come up first are continr
. IN III spot. the frs crop of hugs ca
It. m"rr readily Destroyed This de,trt,
non OF ;lte invaders i hllf he bltte.
+ A. tHAprUUENE.
Williams CoI'ege, Julv Q. l>15.
W. have received to Il " a letter from
+ = ntlrn,an in Wen h,m NJ ~, whic
{ ~ that tn" Colorado Beetle his ma
| : allt:lrHntp in r rnt;ttO field n tIi.