Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-02-15
WILLIAMS WORMS,
BILL NYE WRITES OF THE CHARMS
OF AGRICULTURE.
His Vivid and Varied Experience in Cult1-
waiting Cut ut-Worms-Cabbags the FAv-
orits Bsvsrags-Unsxpsctsd and
Sad Fats-A Pause.
[Btn Nye in Northwestern MIIlr.l

During the past season have besn con-
siderably ,1tsrestsd In agriculture 1havs
mst with some success, but not enough to
madden me with Joy. It takss good deal
Of success to unscrew my reason and make it
totter on its throna 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, a. tho case may
be, though it all
Agriculture has charm about II which
can not adequately describe. Every product
Of the farm is furnished by nature with
something that loves it, 30 that 1t will never
be neglected. Ths grain crop Is loved by
the weevil, the hsssian fly, and the chinch
bug; the watermelon, the squash, and
the cucumber are loved by the squash bug;
the potato is loved by the potato bug; the
sweet corn is loved by the ant, thou slug
gard; the tomato is loved by tbs cut worm;
the plumb Is loved by the curculio, and 90
forth, and 50 forth, 20 that no plant that
grows need BE- q wall-fower. [Early bloom
ing and extremely dwarf Joke for the table,
Plant as soon As there Is no danger Of frosts,
in drills four inches apart When rips, pull
it, and sat raw with vinegar. The red ants
may be added to tasta.
Well, began early to spade up my angle
worms and other psts, to So II they had
withstood the severe winter. found they
had. They were unusually bright and
cheerful The potato-bugs wers . little
sluggish at first, but as ths spring opened
and the ground warmed up they pitched
my bugs in May looked splendidly. I was
most worried about my cut-worms Away
along in April had not ssen cut-worn,
and began to fear they bad suffered, and
perhaps perished, In the extreme cold Of ths
previous winter. =
One morning late I'm the month, however,
saw q cut-worm como out from behind .
cabbage stump and take OF his ear mun.
He was little stin In the joints, but hs had
not lost hope. saw at once now was the
time to assist him if I 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 b silent read the
agricultural reports, the dictionary, and the
encyclopaedia, but they didn't throw any
light on the subject got wild. feared
that / had brought but ono cut-worm
through the winter, and was liable to loss
him unless could nnd out what to feed
him asked some Of my neighbor1 but
they spoke jssringly and sarcastically.
tnov now uhv IL vas All their cut. worms
h.d fr,,a,, Tovr I..e v;nt.r and tb.v
comldn,t hear To =. N. rat .hsad.
an at ono. an ida. ssruck ma haven't
,ocovarad fror, tb. coucnssion yst It vas
this. tho ,rorrn h.d vint.r.d nnd.r. !. c.b.
hs,a .t,It. no donbt h. m. fond of th. b.v.
.rsss .ctad unon thi. thonoht and
hronobt hin, tvo dor.n red cabb.os pl.nta
At "a cant. . dos.n had bit. Il the nr.t
nm He "a, na..ion.tnlv fond Of these
plsnAs and vond I'D three in one nirht
Ha .lso had savar.I matineea and sour krout
Lawn Festival, for hi. friends. and in a week
houobt tbr,s dozan more cabbage planta
Rv mi, t;ma Ih.d COLLECTED a large oroup
Of common scrub cnt- worms. earIy Swedish
cnt-vorm, dwarf Hubbard cut-worm,. and
.hort. horn cut vorm, an doing well. but
nil. thoupht a l,ttle hide-bound and bilious
Thew acted hnsuid and listlesa As nv
.onssb bnos currsnt worms potato bu =.
sfc vara sll doin, v.ll vitbout care. de.
voted myself aimost exclusivelv TO INV cut
worms Thew vens an ,tropq and we'll bat
thew seemed melancholy with nothing to eat
day after day. but cabbagss
therefors bourht fye dozen tomato
plant, that were tsndsr and large. These
fai 10 the cut-vorm, At tb. rnte of eirht to
tan in one night In a weak tho cut-Worms