The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1880-09-11

Milling the Tobacco Worm.

Milling the Tobacco Worm.
In the tobacco worm we have. says
sWItter IN the Rural Ne,c Yorker, by
III tho largest insect known to ne
o1l1 ~ Injurious TO crops. In
ca - NTH tho little cooling
q - Voeitsble monster. That
oYDOce % large can for years In
ceo0Oo u numbers IN spite Of all the
o6bft0 and devices Of tobacco grow.
90 loe its determination. seems a
stti6e str1n1e. The spread Of this
poDt maybe Compared to that Of the
potatQ beetle. The enlarged area
oe1 !. II The weed" and tho In.
06o6Ctton OF the tomato into general
ll1Ho4ou have given It ample Op.
pottunity 70 multiply; for It may be
bold q . Iule that und0mostjcated
doe601' q ell kinds increase In
numbers the more literally and
easily attatnable Is their supply Of
food.
The insect Is pre.eminently Q to.
n0coo feeder, although it also cats
thu tomato, but this is merely its
second choice. Under my observa.
uQ03 - year the foliage Of q field Of
t0o IT. next to q tobacco field was
attacked only to q slight extent by
The lQyv@, while the tobacco plants
W0gVSoAded with them. On the pre-.
v50ul year no tobacco vas raised on
IT, 1llm, end the tomato field was
1tll 0kNotms, which damaged and
~ gr6at quantities Of even green
too1oDeL IN the Canadian Ento.
s0logist for November, 1878, the Rev.
q. j. g. Bethupe, OF Port Hope, Ont,
~: "A market gardener, who lives
cloee ,! me, informs me that on one
Day during the summer no and bis
oD6lDtentl together gathered four
bu1hol1 OF tho worms"
The way most followed In exter.
mi1138 the pests, however, is to
p)ck OF the worms from the growing |
johooCo continually from the 10th |
Of July 70 the final harvest, crushing
The small ones between the finger |
and thumb, and throwing the large
onoo violently on the ground, or
et00flng them under foot. To this
th41 fhoIQugh grower adds tho pre-.
ce1H60 OF looking on the under. side Of
thoje6ees for the eggs, and crushing
than alDo. Many small worms orc
teu ned under tho leaves, espo.
c!e1n. q young plants, whore but
SltG6t tgns Of their presence is mott.
ce9DIsby holes seen on tho upper
-
. 1 lock 81 turkeys kept In tho to.
1850 6eld has often proved most
odvq1tageous. They never damage
~ eob4cco-as hens aro apt to do
Dy jumping up among largo and tall
pIaAfD-vhlle they walk carefully
100og the stalks. spying out and de.
vo9 ING every worm. Thus this help.
!ol ~ yould prove doubly proflta.
10 III q this manner.
] oooeo that skunks prowl about
- tooocco fields every night In cut
VEG ~, and Dig out and cat q great
navy worms that have crawled into
~ Oo0od TO change into pupm. As
1oee - ! 0an got at the truth about
:, ~ skunk never touches the to.
bo0eo WeQ0 on tho leaf, but after It
IoooA1R ~ lplk growth and resorts TO
- 81 : immediately becomes a
lel!ct4 1oodyor him. The number
= ~ 1Qloo Or cavities each morn
- Q ~ the reduction OF tobac.
. MONS that otherwise would have
. % fought IN tho next years cam.
,oagu. The number Of Insects de.
'eee9d ~ c1.nks y enormous, but.
4 eoQ tby feed on beneficial in.
|e1s - we'll a. on those which arc
oJ0gjoue % crops. Tho amount OF
l0s1e deeGyoyed BY several species
q L goGneees aud other parasites,
D 0Goodjasjy ANAL; neither arc the
yoene evee attacked BY any epizoot.
9, q least - lar 20 my observations
NJ yeQehed. 80.
u. 16es6, OF Cambridge. Mass.
: eo09 dent that % epidemic can be
ooeeod amoeG III. worms or moths
y bg1agj1t 8 few specimens 10 con.
- WltGeNQet fW6ds. OF BY sprink.
- 1eo0o3ed beer.mash on the
po611l This yeast Or hatch OF fun.
eoeoA produces . poisonous mold a
! - lOece, and spreads from one
!Doy!ouA TO another, until 4 fatal
pooQo0cD u u operation. This dis
wv Wae made by DR.. Ball, OF G
ID pofsujng methods Of DESTROYING
- VoeDo gu poisonous applications Y
y ~ 3oNoo q the plant are very
0eobk IN this case. Tho onlv a
oeeo oASDe poison. Ia killing the
looe vy3e9s putting Il on the tobac. n
~ oo follow . plan. published. I 6
&loka - tn Rslrat several years aao:
- 00SuIe OF any powerful p0is.
r. 60 1ooeY q syrup deep down In
= elooo & the evening primrose
NlgI moth which partekos
- ~ ~, Of course, iumediatelv
~ 1ue y NY exper1mcnts VIII
s...ss aao honey. aod cyanide OF
1 go syrup ] did not oh.
S9Je ooea approach any OF 1
~ eooo poWegu. Tho eyperi.
@ 10Wov, Uooo few and not !
NJ l9ooe Az method 70 trap or
~ - ~ 0Qqo 10 considered 4
2 s0oeo 0DogO. for Otyikina
~ ~ II. : = efs:lasg!ace which
lrslhseo ~ lsisl.s.
~ - 40 Ne. Fleet boupht
j ooe9e D1oeR says the NankStol
- 49, tVh1c6 DO paid a each.
Gseelpk The l1Sst year the
~ - tcr, as; tho second q
= 81. ~ hid n. ~ = fnteI -
:. 40 0lbdsii he'd, which
Il - o9eo t1ea the oelRi. n,
~ eAoo stu be- MY head of "
= ee4~ thirty young ones,
~ v91eeAe eed1A6ee that he ViII