The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-01-28

Will THE HERALD please explain what
means should be adopted to secure the
passage of laws or amendments to ex-
isting laws that will carry out the pro-
visions of the above two suggestions in
behalf OF our agriculturists?
The first needs no explanation. We
might as well chop our trees down for
firewood as to allow the insects to de-
stroy them, and it is cruel and unirst
to permit circumstances to exist that
allow the crops of those who do their
part towards destroying the pests to be
destroyed through the carelessness and
Indifference of their neighbors.
The second requires more explana-
ton. 1t is a well known and peculiar
fact that toads will only eat live insects,
except they are deceived, or in these
days it would be more proper to say
"conspired against" Ihave heard that
a toad will swallow enough buckshot if
rolled within its reach to prevent it
from hopping, -.oe a
THE HERALD, few years ago, pub
HShed a statement from some gardener
stating that single toad tied to the
trunk of an apple tree would, during q
certain stage of the existence If moth
millers, destroy all OF. most of the
'enemies of the tree it was appointed TO
guard. Another item stated that gard
e lers in Paris and other cities sometimes
purchased them to aid in pro .ecting the
crops, -.-,S-. Ell --e.l II
r What renders it necessary at this
time to enact such law is the fact that
beekeepIhgs IS permanent industry
and considerable portion of the farm
ing community are engaging in that
pursuit.. AS tempting beauties arestoo
much" for solfrs social refortners, so are
the sweet honey gatherers too strong a
temptat ton for the more innocent toads
to spare. sS$ =E~.s> q
The consequence is that toads will
desert the gardens OF the granger that
will not furnish them with bees and
congregate by hundreds in the gardens
of beekeepers, where5 in "a great many
instances they are exterminated by the
thoughtless apiarist,s AS single loads
have been Known to, devour over one
hundred bees day the enmlty of the
bee manear be easily accounted for.
Right here-it might be proper to state
that bees are easily secured from toads
by extending a shelf of boards about
two feet in front of the entrance to the
hives so that bees returning heavily
loaded will allght on the shelf instead
OF dropping on the ground IN front of
the hive and in reach of the toads.
have seen nearly dozen where
there was only one or two hives all
anxlously watching for their innocent
victims. a :
Another plan is to, build board fence
around the hives high enough to pre-
vent their jumping over. and in the
ground sufficient to prevent their dig
ging under. r
AT the present rate of increase of bee
keepers and caterpillars, it would be
suicidal to the agricultural interests of
the country to defer passing the above
laws at this session of the Legislature.
And as the governor has kindly advised
the lawmakers to pass these kind of \
laws early in the session, to enable him
to Intellectually consider them, will TER
HERALD please oblige its granger friends
by Gathering and mothering these I'M
portant measures sufficient enough to
see that they are brought within reach
OF the oratorical powers of the legisla-
toss?
And we will ever pray. CT.
FARMINGToN, Jan. %, 1886.