The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1882-07-29


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ably. except vlih the stimulus " some
practical ~mtvsnttge 70 mankind IN view.
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hy the conjunction Even butterfly.
hunting has h special commercial uses,
whom the butterfly turns 0ut 70 he The
panni II The gonsebefry caterpillar, or
Ia lay the eggs from which q warm sun
will hatch oui the destructive cabbage
worm
MANY Of these observation. help 10
bring ont the minute intrrnction which
often obtains between different parts
Of the organic balance 80 that II We
want 10 extormlnate q particular Insect,
We must sometimes begin by eneoUng-
Ing or REFRESHING some seemingly un'
connected bird or plant For example,
botanists have long known that wet
Seasons are particularly favorable "a
charlock. aud that after two or three
such seasons tho fields. unless diligently
weedcd. are yellow all over with Us
bright blossom. But charlock Is APP
parcnily tho native food.plant Of tur'
min ny, from which tho insect spreads
easily to the cultivated turnlp-a close.
~ allied artificial form; much as the
Colorado beetle. originally parasitic on Q
solanum in the Rocky Mountains, took
readily 20 the richer food Of the very
similar potato vines, NJ soon as extend
ed tillage began 10 approach Its natural
habitat.
II is only by such careful observation
with practical application Of the results
hat we can hope TO outwit our insect
foes; for the more widely any particular
crop Is grown. the more generally cal
is natural enemies spread and survive,
Even in England. where hill and dale
copsc and hedge break up the filth, ant
whore small fields Of various staples arr
habitually much intermixed. the insect
can casily migrate from patch 10 patel
Of their special food plant: while II
America, where the same crop some
times covers hundreds Of square mile
together on the unfcnced and unbrokel
plain, locusts and army worms cal
march straight across country. da.
after day, in regular battalions. IS
James Gazette.