Bridgeton pioneer., 1889-11-14
BOARD OF AGRICULTURE.
ANNUAL MEETING GERIDAYAND
OFFICERS ELECTED,
Instructive and Interesting ADJ
dresses by Prof. Smith. the
State EntOmOIOgIst. and
Hon. Franklin Dye.

Hon. Franklin Dye.
The annual meeting of the Cumber-
land County Board of Agriculture was
held at the Court House Friday
afternoon. An increased number of
farmers were in attendance over pre-
vious meetings. The old officers were
reelected as follows; President. rhos.
E. Hunt; Secretary, VIM. 0. Garrison,
and Treasurer, T. F. Baker. Messrs
Bonham, Wallace and Col. Pierson
were elected Directors of the Board.
Thos. E. Hunt was elected delegate
to the meetings of the State Board for
two years and Col Pierson for one
year.
Treasurer Baker made his report; it
showed the receipts for the year to
have been $50 80, and $52. so were still
on hand. The report was accepted.
Prof. Smith, of New Brunswick, the
State Entomologist, was introduced by
President Hunt, who ADDRESSED the
Board upon "The insect enemies of
the Farmer" He said it was impos-
sible for farmers to raise certain crops
without an incessant war against the
insects which prey upon them-the
potato bug must be fought against for
potatoes; the ''coddlipg moth" on the
apple; curculia on the plum; the borer
on the peach tree, exercise the con-
stant watch of the farmer.
New discoveries, he said were being
constantly made, and had been made
in the last few years in insecticides.
Paris Green and London Purple were
the two great insecticides, the killing
| portions of these agents was arsenic, as
was well-known. These agents should
be put on in an economical way so as
| not to get the article on two thickly.
A spraying nozzle was exhibited as be-
| ing a very perfect invention for an in
secticide.
There were 81 different species which
feed upon and destroy the apple. The
two most destructive of these are the
coddling moth and the 14ipeda Pone
nella. OF these 81 insects the coddling
moth was more destructive than the
entire 80 remaining. The coddling
moth lays it's egg right at the end of
the apple where the blossom falls off,
and it lays it within day or two after
the blossom drops. He advised an
early spraying at this time with
solution of Paris Green or London
Purple; two applications would de-
stroy the pests in the orchard, saving
the crops.
When the larY8 of the coddling
moth is Matched the worm commences
to eat his way Immediately into the
apple, which causes it soon to fall off
the branch. The curculio was the de-
structive enemy of the plum. To
spray the plum trees two or three
times does not kill the larvae of the
curcolio itself. So with cherries.
The Horn fly was a new insect to
disturb the farmer. The history of
the fly was given. The stories that
were published so fully throughout
the State were fabrications. They
were very annoying to the cattle, to
be sure. but they never ate off the cat
ties horns. The fly laid its eggs in
the fresh COW droppings exclusively,
the larvae Matching within "a hours.
The fly was an imported insect and
came in with some cattle imported
from the South of France in 1886. The
injury from the fly comes from the ir-
ritation its constant biting gives to
the cattle.
Fish oil and tobacco dust were it's
destructives.
Cut worms, the destroyer of young
plants, was q torment to the farmer
and gardener. These worms become
about half grown in the fall and then
they hibernate for the winter. In the
spring they come out hungry and
ready to devopr any young cabbage
plants when they are set out. To de-
stroy these make some balls of grass,
soak them in solution of Paris green,
and strew these around over the
l
ground before setting out the plants
in the spring. The worms will find
every one of these balls of poisoned
grass, eat them and commit suicide be-
fore the next day.
To get rid of the peach borer use
kerosene oil mixed with soap, which
can then be diluted with water. This
poured around the root of the tree in
tested with the borer is certain death
to the insect.
The formula is 2 gallons kerosene
oil gallon water, 10. soap. Dis
solve the soap in hot water and then
put In the oil, churning it at the time.
This can be diluted to 10 times it's bulk
and be effective.
Tobacco powder will destroy the
stroy the cabbage worm. No arsen-
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