Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-11-19

m Moot Destructive Isssct Ksows-
fns - dsss sh<se viH ~ Issssd fSoU
sbe Itch Efpersn>nf stssiss o. Anbsfss,
Mass 40 vsirs bsiiessn spoo tns habiss Of
shs gylsy X 9th. ssd ~ ssss 0sthcd Of 81
s<ymi, s'icg ,i~ tnsscs. Ossss insersss ~
tscks tse matter hsfe, as3 IS Aay become
. sss1ecs Of coacsss ~ ~ ssdss eoaasry.
fss he psss 10 ok - ~ fss vssss fhah tn
posaso bsesIs 10 tbss II ssss bsresss sni
foliage Of every kisd- IL sppssset nes-
Boston foss - 1ss yeess 80, sss has ST.
~ ss,sesd . spscs Of sesass 1iles 10 81
-. And Il eli dsp~sds spes - sfaeisscy
vssh vssich Massachusetts UspDtss IN ths
ns1sss vhsshss o. sos ~ esbsr etsses OF
- country viil ss1sS also
Ths stosy Of he nod 10 qsiss distressing
S>os tvsssy yssss soo 1sssebaaas ssGsd
10 sxp~sfnspts 10 sbs village II 0isnveDi IN
sh> sesyAhovfs1 sovn Of Medf0fd 10 ere II
he co. IN shy ysy Seizure the production Of
. coco %, from, which the thread could BE- an
wound more readily than from the c0sSoe Of
the .. svosas. He brought over several
sp~,ln ne from Eussp~. this ypsy moth
smoas them. sod made bic trials. lie s~ts
the NJ hs ~ eAt~rpiijsrs aad>r netting. sp,
10 sop,s cay the nstfiss bfeks and sone o.
his o., '1mens ssesp~a This gypsy mob.
or the q. netfa dnpar, to use 10 sctsnsihs
name, ~as one Of them lie tod the people
chat b gtsBsd. but nothing sas heard ffon,
u uatil . few years ago, sbsn the estsrpsi
lars b. an TO work. They have done ba
little rii THE year Nov. bossssr. they
have d~ysl,p.ai ~ fsy,jly AMI have srouzbt
such h-soc that the peopis IL Nsdfsrd hssr
beeoot~ Shame AMI have bsonsht tn
Bstssf . ne -urnton Of The State Board Of
Asficsta,e L1's foss ef shade tree hsvs
been SO DpsG s,spistsiy 81 th~,r foliage. and
the IT, a.ni. sege fart ABOUT the caterpillar --
vhieis st.i ~ gro~ 80 large - mars
little h1gsra.is tbst u 10 Onniwofous. Is
eats H. i-uv.- Of the common trees sttbout
dis'.nso p,n--tb~ apple, cherry. ounce, elm
and ~. the Nof~sy spr &c. This IL very
straase for 10 10 OF u.uai that sst thing siil
eat tn. lssv,. u ever rssn trees I, hss
been observed esuns the leaves ~ the vie
tsris vine AID i t. very fond Of green corn
Infhs. f~.pset II - different from the Coiors 10
beetle. f,r that ~iti generally eat only tbr
leave. ~ the potso and the tomsto. The
oensy,a d,sp0r has no, vt been noticed eat
ing the issyvs Of the grapes nor Of the horse
chranas. bat u !. belirvsi that u wll sst
these hen u 10 hungry There 10 nothing
cafe from Its rasssss.
Thus far the work Of this cater pillar has
bses confined 10 . comparatively small srss
in the town Of Medtord and In that locality
II 10 the purpose Of the State Board Of Asri-
culture To con anr its sctivlfy To that locality
and TO stamp It out there II possible II in
slant me ssur. should no; be taken, then Il,
you'd soon develop into great curse II the
State and Of The nation. Secretary Sessions
Of the State Board of Agriculture says tod y
shat sb.y will e. to the Legislature at the
coming session and ask for an appropriation
sufficient 10 make thorough work of the pest
The wsy Of fesiios With II - by scattering
sprsys Of vater mEsd With Paris green or
some other solution OF afsspic upon the
70 isge where the cater pillar 10 feeding
Wher, yer u eat. the lesvss upon which this
has been sprinsied its desrh 10 sure TO follo~
Late improvements have made this method
Of isslie Z out poison very sncc I've The
apparatus ran be pat on wagons apd driven
from tree Ia tree, and the spray scattered
freely over The folisse IL IL desired To I'm
pioy . force OF br'.ht men In the spring To
keep 1t, let va ch all along the borders Of the
district ~berr this csisrpi'iar has been seen,
aud to hint It to that district ~ far as pas-i-
BILE. The caterpillar hsichss out about the
middle II Ap'ii and inishes hrs work about
The mi idIe OF June so the authorities have
several months in which to prepare 10 treat
the trouble properly and then about tso
moaths ia which - make III. warfare,
No attention has been called to this ms,fer
III thi. ,.N A resident Of Medford came
To ih. nid = ~ the :. cretsry of the Board
asking fr information regarding III. cater
pillar rhich stripping the trees of Med
ford lie had been unable to find anything
about il IN any Of the American authorities
The SECRETARY made search snd was also uB-
able To srt upon she ark of the creature at
all. Then sp. cimfns pf the .p-cirs in dif
ferent stages we're sent to i'rof FeipAld Of
the liza ch Eiperimt S'Aiinn ct Amherst
Mrs Fefnsit. An accomplished ~omaD. IN her
ha-hst - d.ra tmept OF entomology. made
search the Professor bs,ng sb~ot in Enrope.
and after looking in VAIN tor II In the
Amerirsn autao iies, she found " IN the
hst Of the continent Of Europe. She i'm
mediai.iy sent warl to he Professor, and he
Investigated the habits and methods Of deal
ing with the species over there, aud from
the data ~hirh he ensin.d the new extra
bulletin will b. i.surd. It seems that in
Europe rh.r, y q parasite Siich destroys 90
in subjccton, bnt here the parasite has not
been introduced aud al other m.sns mast
he devised x ports from Europe are to
the efrc, that the pest 10 worse than the
Colorado beetle. and that n II IL not TAX n
In time. 1t will prove genuine scourge to
thu gniife cuuntyy