, 1880-06-17
sand will ,crllmllc beneath them and CAUSE
them In fill hnnk nClin y

Of ftDngccttcus-Tho WcAtcllcatrr and
staten I%inii.l Farmers Also Suffering
FROM tho Pest.
Netc Yort Sun, .fnnt H.
Tho nr,ny-wOrtn was discovered n week |
ago on tho Connecticut shore near Stamford, |
IN tlnt peninsula cnl1cd Did Greenwich,
bounded on the cnst by Mill River, OH which |
Stamford Is situated; md IN tho west by the
Mianus River. TIE fnrns OIL which tho pests |
have appeared l,ortter on Long Island Sound,
wIiIlG those fields OF grim which nro grow |
Ing a milo or moro fr0m tho wnter arc utl-
tuucu1 Tho worms nre rnptdly travelling
northward, lowevUr, ind owners Of growing
crops further In tho interior walk around
their fields two or three tines n 'lay to sec
whethor the scourge Inns settled upon their
young outs, corn, wheat, or rye. As far rs
could be learned, the ravngea Of tho worms
OIL tho Connecticut nro Included In these
boundaries.
Following tho road leading from Stamford
10 Old t}rccnwlcl, and skirtlng tho shore, tho
fnrln of Enos Lockwood Is tho first one To be
found wllere the grubs ,,nve u llrm hold.
First they attacked lila rye. Mfr. lockwood
found thutn ut work on Monday. They l1nve
ruined tho rye, but t,lye not eaten ott tlio
ears, because tilo gralh is fast losing its rank
Iieil ars str. III LockWood's oats s!,ce'tiont aid
rank. Tho grain Is six Inches high. NM! the
c.tge pf It, nearly n quarter Of d luflo long,
WIS attacked OF. Frt!ny mornlng by = column
Of worms extending tho entire length Of tho
field. Tho stalks Hra consumed from the top
down nn,ost, to tho SOIL. LII front Of tho col
unn nf rvcr.hunHry Rrilhs Is WAVING ErGeil-
cry, ailtl bGhtnd them stalks that rattln liko
through them. Tl!e march through tle
held is regular, md the line ts kept streigl,t
aeross the fold. Neither Mr., Lockwood l!or
Ills nelgEbors have attempted IL stop tho IN
traflSraS III ntf.l1 pThaV fUN hnfnfn If. for Mr..
J. X. Uenirte. WHO discovered the worms
fea.dtng all through his four acres Of grass oil
"Wednesday last, safd, yesterday, that he pro-
bir, rio same meadow yielt!ed three tons
~ the acrs Inst year, md now It will not yield
n ton to tic acre. lie has cut two acres. Or
clover, fcnrlnE Lest u SHOULD se eatsn: liz
loss cannot fai Tar short Of the sanlu tenrcs.
On the next two farals tho greatest 4amago
| has been done. Tho first Is that of WILLIAM
Lockwood. On Monday, Inst he did not
hired help went III thu well t.r wnter. anl re-
ported tint tic bucket brought up thousands
OF worms. How they had appeared there 10
eo aeme GolnE Ean Into p iI 1lslds nc
Of ryo mud tl,roe acr..s uf wheat
TIC II nrin Of Of il. t. j. lockwood: IL. front
rho worms Iayo euten tto Leaves, from t,
bitten Of the tips of each kernel, and sucked
| nut tho sweet 1uicc, n,,d nn Thursltay last
they nlnruhed III IL solid column nOrthward
into his tlooryard fult1 lnrge meadow ad-
Joining the yArd. The brown bodies over
! Tapped ench other In the march atld the yell
low dust III the road was hidden, The grass
at the roadsf!le WIS cleaned oft to the roots.
ssu ei"muEe T Is s5oo ilo % says. Tnis IS far less
than the value Of the rye md grass, hut he
a sI1 fe pt s 9 bo4s ss EFa e III e ta ss sr
was scetett with gr5.ss and tic ground must
be resceted tais faiI; Mr.. Lockwood * hntl l
heard of, no worms TO tho westward. .
Near tho point Of tho peniDsulu is tho farm
ii lis hasess islS Of line @ srass aid I oa Fri9sy
Ee w9s cutting II ~ hurry. Across the
and 1 tlls 'e grosad is soysrsti viii tho worms
tlat gnnw off what the scythe has spared.
JOHN Denllctt and James lsltlabock l,aye
fsw anaFte{fsSd a fSdv Oh H.. theft ,
serioa's. oliver Ford, o., tho poiat Of the
Ind attacked them will, q hundred chickens.
M Mr. AIeSxe Ferris aid many man; % other farmer.
tsen III 50 se1y n'inerous i I'll this year BECAUSE IL;
birds. that would have eaten the moth mile
that tnys the nr,ny-worIn eggt- are shot BY
sports,ae,s. Among tho BIRDS that used t
net NJ scavengers arc the Woodpeckers
qttntls, anil "htghliolcs." The farlnurs com
riain that the sportsn,en who do this nre no
TURNER'S, but people with, money, who rom
tho fields with Il gun because they hav'
nothing else to do
Rncheiie nild along the ronds lcadlng towart
! White Plains. Many farmers aro cutting
their crups of unrips grah, with the intg'l
ton of drying tic stalks for fodder, rs th'
only wny Of saying It from colnplete destruc
bngs ire also proving very destructive
Farners have been trying almost every rem n
s"{( sv(.s. suee'''''' "''"''' ''' '"'''''~' ~
'rlIo respects OF the at1ny-wor1n on Slater
island nro l,a1.l el,issty to the County roo1
Of William Ii. Vanderbilt, III New, Dorp.
within Il mile from New Dort Corneli,,
. Prime l,as Il field of wheat llpnr tho roNtlsde
! a glance at its slclly yellow stalks from til
roa.l showed that It llus been ruined by tn
after driving directly south from Wander
bits Landing Is that Of Daniel WA,
! / dell. Mr.. WunGell saiu Yesterday
! ro ha 1nI S,,ap IN Eun-Nera tfnf