, 1879-02-15

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TIC AllcRl!any Mountains In 1871; from tilcir
progress through the country having apparent
Y ,at. s'ya'1setl naont thirty miles every summer
Mhsat, ffe. harley. and even ittnothy.grass,
rnsagcs IN tl!r larya state lint tlr cultivation ni
*hcat was abandoned IN manr pluces where tllcy
had established ttensc!yes;n t1larr!s. Fl.
'rhes tfom pf p;kaf 10 p w. The ,hso.y of TIE
saine ns that applied to Rocky Mountain lpctlsts s.
a,lu will appear further on.
The Wheat.Mlti0e, Nlp!oststritiei. Is said to
hare frat appeared u Quehcu IN lsao, making
Rivers thio Northwestern Vermont. Atll sGui
became SO abundant IN New England nt,,l New
York tlIat cultivation Ut wheat was mostly aba1,.
doncd. Its attacks then decreased. n,ni wIlea.
WHEAT was hugely III cultivation, 1t agaiu became
vcr7 destructive, calisnE d loss, In thr State Vi
~ MHcT ~ York atonc, aesordlng TO tho es.ia.ato Ut
o:. W. e.tistey to exeetca e cdsa S Ie
the same year In New York, the ittpc destroyed
one-llalf TO two.tthrds on thu upIaHls ind
nrarly all OF I'll. iowlaft3s, and the destruction
Iron, Pack ri, p. 7o9.) THIS n!lGe ls destroyed
Tic former forH rfatn. ~ ihs iTEs''Isan rara.ita 10
increases and dsnInlsilcs with the mltigns
y proporti,natc ratio, AMI consequently Is
"seldoln notietd now uf known to ba present in
! our country"
Illr Northern. Army Worm, 1Ict!ophila uni
piEcta, came on n vast n'tn,hrrs with the IT,
t,c'lson itself. "'Ile summer Of lS.jl Will long
1c Remembered By agricutturists On account Of
tho injury their crups received from tho sudden
| a,l1 unprecedented appearance p( caterpillar,
which dcstrorcd the lcnycs ind heads Of every
sort of srafi', nf species, Aphit, or pant-lot,st
tint gathered fl lt1iMense numbers on the ears
OF grain that had been left untouched bv tic
army WUrIn, sucking up tile sap OF tic car, md
thus lessenlnG very materially It's weight. or, II
IN many cases not Dolby much as lhis, calia-
Ing much apprehension to iurners generally.
Ihts wur1n llna apuplrgd IN the snrccsstvt ycurs
y y, lSls' u, IL lss ~ III ~ H. II ~ ~ ' o.;
and 7ul}. devastating rar!oua portions Of tl,e
country from the Rocky Mountains to tho At
1ant!c It affords much consolation to insertiy-
oro,1s BIRDS however.
ce1nlIncata, seems to havc been first knuwn 10
naturafsts In 1b993, auu was described i1l tho
following year ~ NJ. say. II nppcars irst III
"a large, thick.hoised, rc.lllss, orunge grub,
spotted on the sides with black, changing u.,.
foreground into larEv l,en,sspIlcrlcal yellow
beetle about lalf an Inch long, with ten wide
asripcs OIL It's back; three brooas Ut the worm
Appearing IN one season." 1t "IevOnrs leaves.
plant-a roadside weed--to tbo potato III Kun.
a., ste;n snow), Concerning TIC ..potaso-tuE
Dr. a. y. Packard says: "1'1c history OF thu
s!ppi mud the wooded district Ut this Mtidle alIl
Northeastern Suites, uutll only the occan proved
sufficient bArrier to their advances, 10
suelssi 9s,;,. 81 good deal Of Interest to ths
wns cn,a3c,t,,, ,,..ms., u es'.s aho ~
Colorado beetlo would not flourish In
,hc damp, Guild clinatu Of New EnglArtE; tint
..h,,' I,t..,. ne.G ~ W. tnL ~ Mou!u W
ndii M much datnnv,. III III. Smrthcna,nsn
States ns fu thu WCstrrt., uud thu t,cwsuuurrs
report iliat It csosscd The Atlantic and elected
4 landing in Bremen, Germany. and there IS ~
rcnsun why II eho,tlu no, oyurrun Eufout. nftrr
W successfully wttilstauliny tl,e rrcut differ.
eslrc io cljr,utc tctwee Tic eastern, ind western
regions Of thu United States"
The history uf the potatobcctlc ia too we'll
known to eyer5 one to dwell |urtl1rr t,run its
ucyastutious, Nut only liz. nrmiu,Tr, tmIt tl,n
consumer, have beet, 1,,ae to fccl its i,uwrr Df
worn, arc prominent frofu tle Immense iossrs
t1u,sintMd hv Their rayurps. Int ,htrf ~ Mi
dcprclators is tI,s t,,ssctN,he Nmkv Wa,nt.m i ~,
Locust-wl,icl las enacted lie must terrible in.
Ilc vlst iosscs oceaso,cti by this insect nrs nj,
soiutcly ui,,a|jinr, anI have M nuraicl in i'm
known history Of America, TLc tnsert niar,c
Of nriuleral biblical htstnry Is fairly u relief
III liz arcn visited bv loc,,sts aiol.e Il ~
tiu,atra by ,ud.,,utubic fur,s Mt saHI 1>fri MW
aid tic ANNUAL average losses from al.c tt,tri
attacks OF various Insects Is cs.iinatel Ut tic
Conrcrulne the theories of thc ,n,pr,,,,,, ~
,,,M.ts IL Tonarl Sa,s. ~ 'e 9n'''as'o" u
tsi", tw,n.ti",n ",,,.. ~ .,,o ,..,,,..,,xr
tbe In"st FINN H. orm, ,,rno,,,,'s =.
,hn n,,,,s,,,i nnHonn ~ .sai. .... .ri,Is ~
cor,o;n ""ar. "0s. - '1.' 0p's'e0 on'''s
- srrnsl,rr ca,so II, ,,,o-,,,,o,, :. .,o liz
sir, tnr h ",;l nassih,v ,,a rn,'st',:,m ~ te u
stmrt !, '''' 'A''" io'9'o'' ''e 'tp''t'"c''o 'n-
nj
,,i anGss sese1ons aso teeated os J!r. fackar as
theoficss aa.u arc prppelly demonstrated. They
alc 80 ev'uehl OF themselves, however, that no
eoniMlent at ~. may ne mauc o far Tue remedies
aea!st tne various nG1Gis insects tllar te brcl-
yfGPro1ucen lfom ur. l'ackart4's rcpurt;
.tnesslah f1y-Ccc'aosnyln t!estraetor.
Nei1euy-Ncst!es tile parasites of til's insect.
us nataFal enemies. lafEc n'tsnl'crs polnhlv fall
prey ~ rowing rarfllforols insects hni birds,
pArlicuiaEly swallows aM! narttt's as. h''s-
eser, ,ne inseet !eialils lshe taxsecd' state IN
tlie stFaW asu atn6s, tsle obvious remedy Is to
htsfn over Mheat at-ns!as LOT several wears IN SUE
cesa,oh. Inc rotatton ot crups Ia alsu val
naoe preventive" Tic larFu EnAr be rec
osnlIco ~ tlic following: Two or three
hlhalt 1cuaish whhc tnassuIa imbctldrd IN The
crown ol tfie funts or lust abuse the lower jolIit
saus'tg tlle stak and leaves to wlil'tr and sse
the henlaseotshaftleh, turn bronli then resembling
nax-sctl, nut es'anEo into littio blncli ml1Ees
With anosy WINGS, which nppcar III spring md
autumn. UjlG Inv truu twenty thirty fn n