The Red Cloud chief., 1878-05-23

This Ii not tho least important mat.
.tsr u farmers or farm.owners--not
alone In tho importance Of having Thorn,
but In the possibility Of means aud ms
tsrials from which To construct them.
In the first place, no more fences should
DO built than are necessary, although
oil that are required should be con.
structed. The expense attending the
building Of . fence that ID not much
needed ID not equNlcd by tho loss Of the
ground occupied by the fence; build II
- II may best be done, there II no In
considerable strip u land that II rem
dcrcd practically useless. In building
the fence, then. caro- should be taken
that II be Of = kind which will occupy
~ littlc room ~ possible. The old
''worm" fence ID expensive In several
ways. and should not 10 employed. a.
there arc many kinds Of fences that are
90 built that cultivation can be carried
near u them, and they will not shake
or damage the crop. Another thing 10
consider IL the timber question; tho Tor.
csts are being rapidly destroyed, and Il
would seem nj act OF good Judgment TO
build fences that consume ~ little wood
~ possible. There arc few, II any por-
tons Ut the country which can afford
timber from which 10 make rails. While
forestry enterprises arc encouraging
tho planting Of artificial groves. Il sko'd
undertake tho preservation Of those now
growing. that they bo not ~ncedlessly
destroyed. There arc several ways Of
building q fence that economies the
wood or material used. A hedge Ia
possible, perhaps the chief objection
being that II IL so dense Il casts y shad.
ow and occupies u0 much ground; then
wire fences are economical Of wood ma.
teriAl, and occupy less ground than any
other, casting no shadow, and being
seryiceable for ordinary use.
The great point IL 10 save timber and
yet get . good fence. and not have II
expensive. These things cannot be too
carefully considered. and tho farmer be
too sealous OF his best interests and fu.
ture welfare.
Coothes Moths.
This name includes several distinct
but similar species of the minute moths
eeiongng to the family Tineidoc. which
~ their larval state, are very destruc-
tive to WOODEN goods. fur, hair and aim.
liar substances. Among them NAV hc
mentioned the clothes moth CTinca yes.
t~iAnella), the carpet moth (IYnea tan.
etSeila), the fur moth IT. pelliouellnS.
q the hair moth (TineA c~rinellx1.
These tineans have slender bodies and
lanceolstes freely fringsd wines that
expand ak or elght-tenths az N inch.
The antenw' and palpi arc ahort and
hread-like, and there- 10 : thick orsrss
OF brown tnlt on the forehead. IKE
cosor range from bun to drab ana dark
&rsy. HE eggs are laid In May and
June (thc moth dying immediately n.
serwerd), and hatch out In niteon davs.
1nc young wOrms ct once proceed "a
Work. Gnawtng the substances within
teeir rsach and covering themseives
VITA the fragments which thew shsre
into hollow rolls aua line with AIN.
These rolls are by some carried nm
their backs - they move Alone. and Sv
others fastened 70 the substsnce they
are ieeding upon; and they m an.
iarged from time to time by additions
70 the open extremities and by portions
iet into the sides, which was split omar
Ior thu purpose. In such smbush the
w0rns carry on their work AZ destruc.
eon through the summer; rest In seem.
tn& eorpor during the winter. ma chsncs
= earysalids carly \ Tie spring. They