Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-02-13
WILLIAMS WORMS.
BILL NYE WRITES OF THE CHARMS
OF AGRICULTURE.
TBm Nye in Northwestern Miller.I


During the past season have been con-
Biderably interested In agriculture. have
met with some success, but not enough to
madden me with Joy. 1t takes good deal
Of success to unscrew my reason and mako it
totter on its throne I've had trouble with
my liver, and various other abnormal condi-
tions Of the vital organs, but old reason sits
there on his on her throne, as the case may
be, though it all
Agriculture has q charm about it which I
can not adequately describe Every product
Of the farm is furnished by nature with
be neglected The grain crop is loved BY
the weevil, the hessian fly, and the chinch
bug; the watermelon, the squash, and
the potato is loved by the potato bug; the
gard: the tomato is loved by the cut-worm;
forth, and so forth, 50 that no plant that
ing and extremely dwarf Joke for the tabla
Plant as soon as there is no danger Of frosts,
in drills four inches apart When ripe, pull
II, and eat raw with vinegar. The rcd ants
may be added to tasta1
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worms and other pets, to SEQ il they had
withstood the severe winter. I found they
had. They were unusually bright and
cheerful The potato-bugs were . little
sluggish ut first, but a. the spring opened
and the ground warmed up they pitched
right in, and did flrst-rata Every one Of
my bugs in May looked splendidly. was
most worried about my cut-worms Away
along in April l had not seen cut-worm,
and I began to fear they had suffered, and
perhaps psrished, in the extreme cold Of The
previous winter. =
One morning late in the month, however,
I saw q cut-worm come out from behind .
cabbage stump and take of his ear muR.
He was little sti6 in the joints, but he had
not lost hope. saw at once now was the
time to assist him If had spark Of human
ity left searched every work could find
on agriculture to find ont what it was that
farmers fed their blamed cut-worms, but all
scientists seemed to be silent Tread the
agricultural reports, the dictionary, and the
encyclopaedia, but they didn't throw any
light on the subject got wild. feared
that l had brought but ono cut-worm
through the winter, and was liable to lose
him unless could find out what to feed
him ASKED some Of my neighbors, but
they spoke jesringly and sarcastically.
know now why it was All their cut-worms
had frozen down last winter, and they
couldn't bear to see mo got ahead.
All at once, an idea struck me. haven't
recovered from the conclusion yet It was
this: the worm had wintsred under q cab
bage stalk; no doubt he was fond Of the bev.
erage. / acted upon this thought and
brought him two dozen red cabbage plants,
at so cents dozen. I had hit it the first
pop He was passionately fonA Of these
plants, and would eat three in one night
He also had several matinees and sour krout
lawn festivals for his friends, and in week
l bought three dozen more cabbage planta
By this time had collected large group
Of common scrub cut worms, early Swedish
cut-worms, dwarf Hubbard cut-worms, and
short-horn cut worms, all doing we'll, but
still, thought, a little hide.bound and bilious
They acted lanSuid and istlesA As my
squash bugs, currant worms, potato bu 3,
etc, were all doing well without care, de-
voted myself almost exclusively to my cut
worms They were all strong and well, but
they seemed melancholy with nothing to eat,
day after day, but cabbages
I therefore bought i've dozen tomato
plants that were tender and large These
fed to the cut-vorms at the rate Of eight to
ten in one night. In . week tho cut-worms
had thrown of that air Of snnui and languor
that had formerly noticed, and were gay
and ighthearted. got them some more
tomato plants, and then some more cabbag,
for change. On the whole I was as proud q
any young farmer could Be who has made .
success Of anything.
One morning 1 noticsd that q cabbaes