The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1880-07-01

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east by Mill River ON which Stamford is situat-
ed; and on the west by the Nianus River. The /
farms on which the pests have appeared, border |
ON Long Island Sound, while those fields of grain
which growing mile away from |
the water, are untouched The WORMS are rap |
idly travelling northward, however, and owners 1
of growing crops further in the interior, walk |
around thelr heids TWO or three times DAY 70
sec whether the seonfse mas settied upon lns
young oats corn, wheat, OF rye. As lar a c C
DE learned, tine ra'aSes OF tle WORMS on inc Con
neeilcut shore, are included In these boundaries
Following the road leading from Stamford to |
Old Greenwich, and skirting the shore, the farm
of EDos lockwood is the inst TO be found where
the grubs have firm hold. First they attacked
his rye. Mr.. Lockwood found them at work on
Monday. They have ruined the rye, but have
not eaten off the ears because the grain Is last
losing its rank JuieIness, and Is npcning. Next
to the rye held Is Mr. Lockwood's oats, sueenient
ana rank Inc gram Is SIX inches nigh, anu the
edge OF II, nearly quarter OF mile long, was
attacked on FRIDAY morning by column OF
worms extending the entire length of the heid.
The stalks are consumed from the top down al
most 10 the SOIL. In 'front.' oil the column OF ever.
hungry grubS, Is waving greencry, and behind
them stalks mat rattle Ike wires, against
man Doots as ne Walks through them; Inc
inafeh through the heid Is regular, ana the ihe
y kept sIalght across lhe held Neither MI.
L"ckWood nor MS heignpors nave attempted 10
STOP tne IN aasrs harch; iney Nee before IL,
ior ar. ); X; hendrie, VINO discovered the worms
ieedlhe an through ms iour acres OF grass, On
wednesday last sald, yesterday, that ne proPos-
ed TO harvest the grass as soon as possible. The
same meadow yielded three tons 70 the acre last
year, ana no" IL VIII not yied ION 10 the aere.
ne mas CUT TWO acres Oh eioNsf, rearing ie son IL
should he eaten. Ills loss VIII be about sa1o
sana S,,nraD io'' eanno' i''i Lar 'no'' vi 'i'
same hgures
On the next two farms, the greatest damage
| has been done. The first is that of William
lockwood On Monday last, he did not know
help went to the well for water, and reported
| that the bucket brought up thousands of worms.
| How they had appeared there, no one could i'm
agine. Going INTO ms helds, he discovered the
worms at wcrk III Tour acres oil rye anu three
acres OF wheat
Not nail mile 10 the westward Is tine farm OF
IL. ID. LOCKWOOD. In 'front.' OF MS mouse Is htteeh
acres OF rye. Inc worms nave eaten the leaves
nom II, bitten OH the ups OF eaeh kernel, ana
sucked OUT the sweet juice, ana ON Ihnrsday
ias', they marched IN a solld column horihwaru
into his dooryard, and large meadow adjoining
| the yard. Inc Drown bodies overiapped each
| other IN their march, and the yellow dust in the
road was hidden. The grass at the roadside was
| cleaned ON Ia tine roots. after clinbing stone
| wall, the worms pitched into the grass MI
| Loekwoods damage Is s5OO, he says This Is Tar
| less than the vaiue OF the rye and grass but he
insists tnat he can GRIND up the heads OF rye ana
| Iced ms hogs- Inc hiteen acres Oh rye was seed,
ed with grass, and the ground must be rsseeded
| inns iaii- sir. LOCKWOOD mad crossed tine Miahus
River, and had seen and heard Of no WORMS to
the westward
Near the point OF the peninsula Is the farm OF
| H. r. Qnlntard The grubs had attacked ms
nlne-acre held OF hne grass, and on Friday he
was cutting II IN hurry. Across the road, Mr..
| James Riley has cut his timothy, and the ground
| is covered with the worms, that gnaw of what
| the scythe has spared
John Bennett and James Ridaboek have had n
few army worms CHARTERED on their farms, but
the torages are, they say, not serious. Oliver
Ford, on the point OF the peninsula, had seen n
| lew IN MS grass, and mad attacked them with n
hundred chickens The worms did not scare
him, he said
Mr.. AlonzO Ferris and many other farmers in
the vicinity, say that the army worm has been
10 numerous this year because the birds that
would have eaten the moth miller that laws the
army worm egg, are shot by sportsInen. Among
the birds that used to act a. scayenrers. are the
woodpeckers, quails and '.highdoles" The far
mers complain that the sportsinen who do this,
are not farmers, but people with money, who
roam the fields with gun because they have
nothing else to do.
The army worm is making havoc at New Ro-
chelle, and along the roadsle leading toward White
Plains. Many farmers are cutting their crops OF
unripe grain, with the intention of drying the
stalks for fodder, as the only way of saving il
from complete destruction. Potato bugs, cur
rant bugs, and rose bugs, are also proving very
destructive. Farmers have been trying almost
every remedy suggested, without any satisfae-
tory results.
Specimens of Long Island wheat said to have
been eaten by the army worm, were exhibited at
, the Produce Exchange, on Friday, and were at
tentively examined by many members.
The respects Of the army worm on Staten
Island, are paid chiefly TO County PoOrhouse
Farm, near Richmond, and to the farm of VIM
II. Vanderbilt, in New Dorp. Not one person IN
hundred in the island, is aware of the fact that
inc army mcinis L'c goen ueN tho III
IN the INFERIOR OF the island IN iohPhinsNuie
stapleton, Clifton, and New brighton, the IN
curry OF sun reporter yesterday was met UNI
iorniis " a taoaht s''Io an" tho iI'uh ~ :,
2 Ioh NAT Moes an army with io'h I'M ~
fasSnS fort nansworth lhe county Ies TIe
7 Oh John a. appieton' the Puohsnei, Nha ii
IoMhseha anu oenerS' "sre 'is.cn IN uni M; an.
/ no WORMS weIe lou. ihe sue .:is uiu nv
kho" "neter lhe Islalu hiu ncIn ,l. M M iot
approaehllg new porP captain he'tila :, DnN, Il
humps :, anu 1"S"" ni"H'aSehs i'iiii' "ei'
rce rum INC pest
Within mile from New Dorp, Corneiiu
: Prime has a field of wheat by the roadside. 4
glance at its sickly, yellow stalks from the roat
: showed that II has been ruined by the pest In
loss is 500. The frst farm reached after driving
directly south from Vanderhiits Landing, istha
OF Daniel andell- MI. Wandeil SAID, yester
day, as he led the way TO hve-acre held OF Tim
othy, that he discovered the worms on Mednes
day last, IN lot OF bluegrass, near the timothy
In less than day, they had finished the blu
grass, and then had pointed toward the tlnoth.
| held. In the line OF march Is q dyke, now IN
filed with water. The worms dropped into tn
I dyke in myriads, and eiambered upon the oppo
site bank in such numbers, that the banks wer
!, coveted with the brown bodies The timothy !
| now beng destroyed, but the not weather OF yes
u terday retarded them. The midday sun seems 3
scorch them, and they drop into the grass. MI
: Wandell has three acres Of rye, which he canno
= save.
g From Mr. Wandelrs farm to that of William II
|, Vanderbilt in New Dorp is over two miles. MI
a Vanderbilts farm is cared for by A II. Britton
r The wOrIns have stripped IL cleaner than the