The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1882-02-04

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remaining most have a dkaGnfaa III
hask Your WlfiA drop 4 god many
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over -four cabbage patel, only " base
lhem drop siill lower, The grateful vig.
lan N kfAut and catmip Il rapidly fadlnR.
IN your despair and anacr yUu lnauTnr.
ate a war III exlmminatl0h, aud you
sayagoly unearth D big, ~, shiny cut.
wmm and grind hlm ~ death under
your Indignant hool. You searoh Tor
another and immolate hin. Thus you
continue for i While and The slaughter
4 great. mt wlan yUu rito 10
rest your back aud think, the
feeling comes 10 ton that all this
slaughter will nee restore your
ruined crops. Ihas 1uischief isidone.
Maybe you dig and Hlf mil you think
you have left not n single cut-worm in
The whole garden you then proceed 10
.et ont a new crop. Foolish mani
Don't you know that all the " uuclea,
cousins and aunts"-yes, and the broth
ers and sisters, the second cousins, aud
tho neighbors, friends and hcquhint-
ances--of the dead cui-worm will rally
around the new crop and dispose Of it
Just as easily as II you had not done any
killing. Cutworms aro Ike ofice-seck-
ers; decapitato all Of them to-day and
tomorrow the swarm will be q large as
ever. u.lFUH. i' NHiM
Whoever carefully studies tho cut
worm will learn TO respect his sagacity
and admire the cunning OF his yillainy.
lie manages 10 hatch out from AN egg
along In Che latter part OF summer or In
early autumn, when vegetation Is abun-
dant and his food consequently easily
obtsinable. Ills board does not cost
! him much for q few weeks, for he IL
very small, and does not eat much, and
then OF this time Of the year august,
September and 0ctober) the gardener Il
not 10 particular about q few mouthfui:
Of tomato or cabbage, which the worn
may now take with impunity. These
| are the halcyon days Of the cut-worm
|, lie has but few enemies. lie Is in hi
} boyhood. lie doubtless has a goot
, time, and "cuts up as only boys ant
q cut-worms can. hut an evil day Il com
I ing. There gradually crceps into thu
! sell q chill which takes the freshness GU
u him and makes him look soberly int
y the future. Winter Is upon him, an,
he must seek protection. This he find
|, under a friendly sod or a heap Of rub
! bish thoughtlessly left by his nov care
less enemy, the gardener; or, maybe
he buries himself deeply in the groun,
/, and makes q snug little bed in which b
y pass the winter. lie undergoes a fast 70
!, the next six months which throws tina
' Of Tanner and Griscom into the shade
and in early spring he is ready to full I
work again. Ills spring appetite ismo:
|! rayenous and II tells quickly upon III
u young plants In the garden and field
y aud makes the owner wish for a ours
!, wherewith to curse all cut-worms I
!, their death.
y Curses In these later days are, how
y ever, Of no avail. An excommunicate
= cut-worm can do just as much damag
: rs one not mathematical. The onl
!. way 10 bring d cut-worm TO terms Is
" make use Of the argumentum ad We
Y, mem, rs the lawyers would say. Nor
Y over, you must begin early. You mu
- not wait until he has taken a nip out
II your cabbage after that long fast Of hi
" Yon know how hard IL Is to control
q hall. furnished man after he has seen or
~ tasted food. II Is Just so with the, Gu
y worm. Then, too, the cut-worm Is o
and tough in the spring. Experien'
has given him wisdom. The time
deal with him Is In the fall Of the yea
Nv or in the early part Of winter. He
VI. young then, and easily circumvehte
In Begin early, and by cleaning up d
MT ground as soon as possible after Z
Vi. crops are removed deprive the you
lis cut.worm Of his, usual antumnal foo
he That done, see TO II that all rubbi
o.. which might supply q shelter 70 him
VI. oarted off 10 the compost heap. Last
Is. destroy his winter quarters by plowii
nc or spading the ground just as late In I
on season as possible. Should we ha
in mid enough weather during Decent
70. to permit Il, aspsding up Of the gard
all or lower>bed would DO o most excelle
Ids thing In the way Of working inju
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