Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1876-03-23

rtcH grass. It's presence uOes MOI inuica'o
that the soil is sour, and needs an alkali.
Its extirpation is by high cultivation.
perennial.
BARN GRASS, COoK-roOT PANiCUM,
Pdnicum cruJ-gali. Came from Europe
When it has once got good foot-hold its
eradication requires patience of Jobs. 1t
is by all odds, the worst of our gai
pests. An annual
LAMBKILL. SHEEP LAUREL. hdiniid an
gHstiOlia. This shrub, rather than weed,
Is deadly poisonous 10 sheep aud lambs.
.ScribRer To the contrary Notwithstanding.
IL Is very troublesome In many sections Of
the county.
FALL DANDELIoN, HAwBiT. LeOntodOa
dHfumndie. This weed Is being widely dis
,eminated throughout the county. It,
blossoms appear, just afler haying and
continue until the irosts. A perennial.
WITCH GRASS, CoNCH GRASS, QUACK
GRASS, DOG GRASS. CHANDLER GRASS,
Triticum repcns. As troublesome weed,
all others pass into insigniticance. Makes
the best of hay. If cut early. and properly
cured. A perennial. Two Of the peruic-
iuus weeds. the Ohio Daisy, and the Fall
Dandelion are rapidly spreading over the
county. The former, with psins.taking,
can be- checked. aud perhaps eradicated !;
the WAYS of the latter seem past finding
out"
81 lNsLCT ENEMIES IN HANCOCK. Good
farmers, or bad. we are not without II full
quota OF insect denzens, injurious to veg
citation, bugs. borers, beetles, grass shop
pers, caterpillars, cut worms and plant
lice. Those. most annoying and destrmc-
tive, are apple tree 6orers. apple tree cater
pillars. codiing. moths, oyster-sheH lice, strip
ed-Lug. turnip beetle, cabbage, cut and cur
rant irorms.
Almost all, our worst foes have been
imported from the Other side OF the Allan
tic and, new ones. which come, are im-
ported in some way. The annual damage
done by insects.within the limits OF the
United States. is estimated, at $500, 600,
600
The BoRER (Sdperdd tiriudtd) Is running
MANY an orchard where his presence j.
not suspected. A little scratch, like that
OF a PIN is made in the bark near the
ground, aud ah egg deposited there by 4
miller, in July. This soon matches. and
the yoang worm gnaws its way through
the bark. At this time, it can easily be
destroyed. II they escape notice the first
season, the second year they live. out q
siyht, upon the newly formed wood, and
are doing the damage. In about 50 months
from the time Of entering the tree, 1t
emerges fullyzgrown miller The parent
miller OF the borer, rarely seen by day.
One would be surprised at knowing, that
30 many fruit trees are destroyed By this
pest.
OYSTER SHELL LoUsE. Everything con-
sdered, this insect Is the most pernicious
aud destructive to the apple tree OF any in
sect in our county. These Lice cover the
limbs and twigs with little oval shells, re-
sembling half 4 grain OF fax seed, which
are the lying IN houses Ia each OF which,
are deposited, from 70 20 40 eggs These
begin 20 hatch, 10 this region, about the
middle Of June. The insect itself. is very
small, ana looks like speck OF blush
mould. They are active only few days.
AT th time they can be destroyed. 4
wash OF soap suds, in which tobacco has
been stepped. and blus clay added applied
when the little specks can be seen, IS
sure death TO them. Applications at all
other times, are useless.
THE TENT CATEgPILL,R. Constant VIZ.
lance Is required Q keep trees freed from
contained in cylindrical clusters, in tough.
leathery vanished coverings which CON
t4.u several hundred eggs
THE COOLING Morn. seems on the in
crease. This il the insect which causes
''wormy" apes. The best known meth
cd 10 check their increase, IS to suspend
walls Of sweetened water, In which hun
dreds Of the parent insects will be drowned
and in keeping the bark smooth, and thrift
~.
THE STRIPED Bug. This ubiquitous
pest annually destroys thousands OF dol
lars worth of squash aud cucumber vines
They often commence their work hy nip
ping of the young sprouts before they are
even out OF the ground. Innumerable rem
edies have been published. but the only
sure safeguard, are cheap boxes open at
The hpffntp and r.r..r..I
the top.
THE TURNIP BEETLE. or little black bug.
These are rarely destructive when marine
manures are used, especially porgie chum.
The CABBAGE WORM. or all the in
sects that iniest the cabbage, that valuable
esculent, the most mischievous. is the re-
Gently imported green worm. The French
call IT the "lieartworm. These come from
the Rape Butterfly. the bane OF every cab
bage grower of Europe. The cabbage is
marine plant, and the growing of them
might be made a very lucrative business
in each of our toenty-one towns, which
border on the salt sea. if some method
could be devised. to destroy, or check the
increase OF the exceedingly noxious rape
butterflies.
II is said they were brought from France
to Quebec in 1858, since which time they
have so increased as TO destroy in Quebec,
in one year s240.0OO worth of eabbayes.
They are said to have first reached this
State, at Bangor in 1868. This is an error,
for the tcriter sd,o thousands Of them in a
cabbage field Of Gideon Cooks in Waltaana.
in 1861. Not until about 1870, did their
havoc attract attention about the mouth of
Union River, since which. they have be-
come very numerous. and till some pre-
ventive can be found, they promise to eff
fectually bar the cultivation of this highly
esteemed plant. Richard Perkins, OF La
moline. informs me that where he has ap-
piled salt herring scrip, the cabbages es-
capped the ravages of this much to be
dreaded pest, and his neighbor Warren
King had like experience. The Rape
butterfly is slow numbering fiy, and NAV