The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-05-13

insects Of the white grub so destructive
to lawns and sometimes to meadows. A
French plan for destroying, or rather
catching, the cockchafer, very similar
insect. is TO place in the center OF the
orchard after sunset an old barrel, the
inside of which has been previously
tarred. At the bottom Of the barrel is
nlaced A lighted lamp, and the insects
circling around to get at the light strike
their wings and legs against the tarred
sides of the barrel, and either get fast or
are rendered so helpless that they fall to
the bottom. Ten gallonsOf beetles have
been captured in this way in a single
night.
Slugs.-English gardeners place hand
fuls of bran at intervals of eight or ten
feet along the border of garden walks.
The slugs are attracted to the bran, and
in the morning each little heap is found
covered with them. The ground is then
gone over again, this time the operator
providing himself with dustpan and
small broom and an empty bucket, and it
is an easy matter to sweep up the little
heaps and empty them, slugs and all,
into the h,I.ket, In this way many hun
drea, ha,. been taken in single walk,
and if a little salt and water be placed on
/ the bottom Of the bucket the slugs COM
/ inc in contact with it are almost instant
/ ly destroyed.
| Ants.-When these insects are trouble
some in the garden fill small bottles two
/ thirds with water, and then add sweet
oil to within an inch of the top; plunge
/ these into the ground near the nest or
/ hills to within half an inch of the rim,
and the insects coming for a sip will get
/ into the oil and perish, as 1t fills the
/ breathing pores. The writer once en-
| trapped in a pantry myriads of red
ants in shallow tin cover sneared with
/ lard the vessel having accidentally been
/ left in their track. Another means OF
entrapping them, suggested to me by
/ Professor Glover many years ago, Is TO
sprinkle sugar into a dampened sponge
near haunts to attract the insects. When
they have Swarmed through the sponge
it is squeezed in hot water, and the trap
is reset until the majority of the insects
are killed.
Aphis.-A remedy for plant lice upon
the terminal shoots of rose bushes (or
similar hardy plantS,) said to work like
a charm. is as follows: Take four ounces
of quassia chips and boil for ten minutes
in a gallon of soft water Take out the
chips and add four ounces of soft soap,
which should be dissolved in it as il
cools. Stir well before using, and apply
with amoderate sized paint brush, brush
ing upward. Ten minutes after syringe
the trees with clean water to wash OF
the dead insects and the preparation,
which would otherwise disfgure the rose
trees.
Scale.-A French composition for de
stroving scale insects, plant lice, etc, on
fruit and other trees, is as follows: Boz
two gallons of barley in water, then re-
move the grain (Which may be fed to the
chickens) and add to the liquid quick
lime until it approaches the consistency
of paint. When cold add two pounds OF
lampblack, mixing it for long time,
then add Il pound and a half of flour
of sulphur and quart of alcohol. The
mixture is applied with a paint brush
first using a stiff bristle brush to remove
moss. etc. 1t not only destroys the in.
sects but gives the bark greater strength
Prairie Farmer.