Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1879-06-03
THE WAR WITH INSECTS.

10 study the habits OF insects were looked
upon with derisiOn by average farmers
They were often called bugologiSts, some
times '.naturalS, and not seldom fools.
Insects have been considered too small
potatoes" to be worthy the serious thought
of men of business. Were we 20 advo-
cate the teaching Of entomology IN our
public schools, most people, farmers no
less than Others. would look upon the
proposition as ridiculous. The idea of
snendinc time IN school hours chasing
butterflies. or counting the number Of
stripes or spots on The back OF bug =
And vet not a week passes during the
growing season that some farmer does
not write 20 the editor of his agricultural
journal, tor information as 90 the best
method Of killing potato bugs, squash
bugs. curculio>. or other insects by the
score or hundred, which Injure OF de
s,roy his growing crops. Then in winter
it Is how 20 kill lice ou cattle or poultry,
ticks on sheep, or Scab on the legs OF
fowls or the skin OF cattle.
The frst inscc, noticed by DIR. Fisher,
in hi, lecture. Was the Colorado potato
beetle. Dargaiora d.en'u.o.a, or ten
lined beetle. It's habits are now TOO well
known to need description here The
means Of DESTROYING him are "a, present
of the fr,, Importance. The Doctor had
tried many experiments, but had found
nothing So cheap OF ctcc,ua! as Paris
green mixed with plaster, and sprlnkled
over the vines during the growing season.
One pound Of green may be- mixed with
Two hundred pounds " plaster, and bc
lust rs destructive Us II but half the
plaster " less were used The main
poia, is 90 set the insects ,1 eat ot the
poison. n little being IS >Ury 90 Ill. IS
much. In mixing the plaster with The
grccn. ht j. careful ;o cover enc nose col
prevent nhal.us the poison; then, by
pouring quantity upon ID sheet or other
close woven cloth, and letting II r0u over
and over upon itself, raising first one edge
o.. the sheet and then the other, he has
been able 70 mix the materials very evenly
Simply stirring in o dish l. no, thor
oush method Of mixing Helleoorc and
some other poiSonS Viii DESTROY the In
scots, but the expense i one hundred
,.-res yra.-sr while the danger from po;-
. s.r;,. :. ~. los IN ,bs ir3;yi9ial aonlv-
iug It. The application need not be made
more than TWO or three times during the
season under ordinary circumstances.
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vr,l. --,i- yart +, confined p, .b, bark !
A,,rr ,b,, enter tho wood the. may Pc J
reached ty cu,,:u. o.. uy .u,crt.n. d Vir,. /
i.. -. had +our5 "a niece NJ wbalebonp /
-e- ;ncbe, loug. whitfield 20 ID uo.u,. the
b.,- .t;r- 20 follow -t,m IN their crook |
cI maths up Oh, trunk. The ro>. bu- |
hid b.,n A. s.r..,, enemy o. contend with !
or hi. rr.p, v.r.s. They also swarm En- /
clover and h.v fields. but DO mos, iuiu-, |
90 grape, while IN bloom. cat.a. the BIOS
~an, clean from the future punches. and |
thu, entirely destroy. il single hour. |
Oh, work Of . Who'll. wear. Here. too.
ba,inickinc seem, t1 be- the only ur.cr-
cable remedy. He is more successful i. |
DESTROYING them bv ,o.n. through the
,..~svl-I ..-l, in .i. -,1rrirr. and with
a. dish of water held beneath the punches.
.,;ys~- -fr br-s . r.rtIe t4u. whom ,hey
r.r nm .rair la.-> and tumble into The
water OF course i, /, con,tan, vigilance
,ha, wins in this us ;nrloSt other endeay-
9ys in life. The curcu,io, the Doctor be-
Ecv,,. is q blessing. as h., work is chiefly
, rtormcd while the trui, i, youn. and j.
hanging TOO thickly on the trees. This
in,cc. helps the farmer o. thin hi, fruit.
ba. i. allowed TO become 700 numerous
.ssv may also become our enemies.
The f1re.. tree caterpillar OF fan wc1
worm. which attack, the apple. pear and
cherry trees, must be DESTROYED by search