The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1877-05-10
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IL the year 1924, lhe Colorado raiAto
Beetle was found 10 Upper Missouri,
| nom Then to tie ycar 1850, Il had spread
eastward and reached a point one hun.
ared miles wc,t Of omaha cny, IN Ne.
brAska. In 1851, II invaded Iowa grad.
uAlly' I'd the next three o. f5ht Years
spreading east waFd eSere That stats. Ia
1864 and ls65, u crossed lhe Mlsisslppi.
invading Illinois, and pushing eastward
at the rate Of aboul COS uliles a year.
In 1869, its pressass, wss Ehpprted in
Ohio. Early ~ the summer o. lS5L Il
made its appearance on lhe Atlantic Sea.
board aud wds reported during the
year from several parts 81 Conuecllcnt,
New Jersey, New York, pcnnsylvahia,
Doiaw are, Mssylaad and virginia II.
injariss also increased In its naiye
home. nuiiug the gycar 1870, the inseat
swarmed inmosl OF the New EpgIand
States, aud especially ou the seefhete.
II has extended north areund Montreal
aud was especially abalidanl as far as
Trois Riyleres; wbilein Its eastern pro-
gress Il has oTeFrup MassachReits, Yer
mont aud New Hampshire, ami extend
cd some distance into Maine
As the larva Is sluggish and never
leaves The plant from which II Is hatched,
except IN quest ofinore food, until II il
ready 70 pupate, ali The journeys Of thus
insect are necessarily made IN the perfect
or beetle statc, by means Of the ample
rose colored wings, which, when the in.
sect is al rest, are compselly folded mp
beneath the striped wing-ease.a Its
spread, however, over the more populous
portions OF the country, is MOTTO be at.
tributed 10 its powers OF flight alonc II
andoubtedIy ayails itself, to no i1consid-
erable extent, Of every means Of trans
portatoii ailordcd 10 other Travellers, aud
oiten got a lift on eastern bound trains,
and most probably crossed the moro bar.
rem. plains bordering il native confines
through mans direct agency, /, g., by
being carried. There Is possibility that
In some instances it may have been car.
ried inthe egg state on living plants, or
in the pnpa state in Jumps of earth; but
these modes of tfsnsit IL at ali, have ne.
cessarily been exceptional. Let ii not
be understood that the insect in It's on
ward spread, or march, ever entirely
qoits any district where il has ouoe at
tanned foothod. This idea of its itin.
Grant character seems very generally to
prevail, and great many people labor
under the impression that soon after It's
advent, this dreaded foe to the potato
will Of its own accord take Its leave as
suddenly as II came-that like every 9th.
er dog, 1t will have It's day; 1t may, and
very generally does, prove more injnri.
GUS during the first two or three years OF
its advent than subsequently,. From
careful observation, am coniidet in say
ing, the wetter the season, the less dam-
age Is done by them.
The question that the Juices Of the in.
sect on the human skin are poisonous, Is
As rule, mistake, Yet persons with
blood in bad condition, may be poisoned
by getting said juices 10 wounds or cuts.
As to the method Of destroying, aud get.
ting potato fields rid Of hep, am Of tho
opinion that The process of picking aud
burning Oh pile Of bru-h or straw,
not sea ding them lis lhe cheapest aud
sutcst; as Ia this way, you have the
chances TO pick of aso The leaves with
the eggs on at the ssme tiine, From
careful observation, have fonnd that
the female beginsto hy hcr eggs on the
under side Of the leaves ~ so1n by liie
potato plants appear above ground The
eggs are oval, Of translucent dark or
auRe color IN clusters 81 from Ten -
fohy The laryp are halched 10 less
than week, aud are ai frsl ofa dark
Venetian red, becoming lighter ANA as-
quiring double row 81 black lHeral
spots as they approach manriiy = Mass
Plonghman.