The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-12-20

in the soil. In regard to attempts
made to burn them out by saturating
sawdust with petroleum and sprink-
ling them over the soil, then igniting
them, he says that, although the
flames are high and an intolerable
heat rises from it, the heat does not
penetrate far enough into the earth
to kill the larva. He found at depth
of 6 or 7 c. m. e IL inches) the heat
was not over go or 1902 Fab, which
is rar too low to kill the single indi-
viduals.
At Schildau, in Saxony, where the
beetle made its appearance, the fields
were first burned over, then plowed
up. and finally the sawdust saturated
with benzine and mixed with the
earth and fired.
In regard to our American remedy.
the Paris green and lime, the Indus
trie Blatter remarks: eve are OF
| the opinion that this means will
really destroy the beetle, but the
lime and Paris green dust might be
dangerous to children and that useful
animals and plants might be poisoned,
and the soil become impregnated
with such colossal quantities of ar
senic that under some circumstances
even the we'll water would be poison
! ed.'' Nevertheless this cure, in a
wet form, is recommended by Pro-
lessor Kuehn. of Halle.
In regard to this pest the Gesu ndhei
says that nature offers some aid. The
odor of the hemp plant is SO offensive
and supplying as to keep them out OF
a field. They have also an enemy in
the lady bug (Coecinella.)
Every effort is being made to pre-
vent their importation from here 1t
is said that specimens OF our potato
bug have been sent there alive in Il
paper box without food, showing that
it is rather difficult matter to starve
them.
That the farmer and gardener as
we'll as the general public may recog-
nize the insect upon it's first appear
ance and set about it's destruction,
pictures of the bug. egg and larva, are
freely distributed in the papers and by
the police.
Models of the bugs at different
stages, attached to a green leaf and
brightly colored, are put up in little
boxes with glass covers for use in the
schools. Manufacturers of chocolate,
candy wax, or gums find in the Colora-
do beetle a convenient model for their
, wares. Among the latest novelties
are sleeve buttons bearing each full
sized potato bug. Voigt has even
published an illustrated pamphlet on
the subject. In short, the Germans
, have the potato bug on their brain.
We learn that the Austrian, Eng.
lish, and French governments have
sent Representatives to Germany to
observe the beetle on the spot, as well
as the precautions employed to destroy
him. M. Henze, delegate of the
French Department of Agriculture III
Muehlheim, has shut up $4,000 speci.
mems in little boxes to be furnished
to all the communes and schools in
France. He also desired, for the
museums, large glass boxes in which
+ the nature Of the dangerous beetle
should be shown by the means OF az
; artificial potato field.
f An enterprising Muehlheim firm
: puts up: Every fine Colorado Bit
ters," with beetle on the label.
| A patent has been taken out IL
/ Prussia for an apparatus to destroy
! insects and weeds by means of steam
! A large apparatus for fields is drawn
, by horses and operated by TIVE men