Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-09-17

USES SOOu JuuSnenC IN managing his
business afterward he has not lost his
money, but has changed an idle dollar
that only earned five cents in year
Tor lively one that will earn twenty five
cents And when he has made such i'm
provements that his business is up to
ITS full capacity, or to the measure of
his capacity as q manager, then he
may indulge in the Injuries of life and
may deliver over his surplus profits
to the bankers and the spectators,
to take care of or to lose for him as
he may choose"
SURPRISING the Pea Weevil.
This is tso difficult task as to
get rid of some other insect enemies,
and it should be the aim OF every one
whose peas are found to be more or
less "buggy" to undertake the work
OF suppression without delay.
BY breaking open the pods OF peas
which show little yellow specks on the
outside-the eggs or egg-shells of the
grubs-you will find the grubs crawl
ing over the peas, or minute holes
where they have punctured the peas
and entered. They are very small and
yellow in color, with dark heads. If
they have been several days in the
peas they can be located by dark
green blotches on the surface.
The insect doing the. injury, accord
ing to Prof. Gillette, is thelittle beetle,
or weevil: so often found in peas at
planting time. The only remedy is
prevention. One man raising "buggy
peas" year after year will stock the
neighborhood with this pest. The on
ly preventive is to stop importing or
keeping over, for any purpose What
ever, "buggy peas" unless they are
kept in closed receptacles and the
weevils destroyed.
One of the best methods OF destroy
ing the beetle is to keep all infested
peas over one year in perfectly tight
bins, boxes or sacks, when all weevils
that hatch, being unable to escape,
will die. Another method is to put
the peas in a tight bin and pour over
them carbon bisulphide and keep the
bin air tight for several days. The
fumes will kill every weevil and not
injure thepeas.
The ease with which these pests
may be gotten rid of makes it next
door to criminal offense to continue
to grow "buggy" peas. The Professor
vigorously remarks that any one
who will knowingly raise such infested
peas and allow the insects to escape
to pollute so valuable an article of
food raised by all his neighbors, after
he knows how to prevent it, ought to
be liable to prosecution for willfully
perpetrating a public nuisance.
Destroy the Weeds.
For the benefit of my fellow farmers
I wish to write a short chapter on
weeds and the methods OF destruction
as practiced by some. 1t is d contin-
ual fight in old settled communities
to avoid being overrun by them.
There is some wild carrot creeping
into this country, and proper steps
for it's suppression are not being
taken. I believe there is a law making
it an offensive subject to fine. to
permit carrot to grow on ones prem
Uses. So far as known to the writer,
most men try to destroy them, but
the method of destruction is better
calculated to distribute them than
otherwise. They are frequently pulled
and thrown in the road, to be tram
pied under foot, but this will not pre-
vent the washing OF seed to adjacent
low lands, and there aid in their dis
tribution. If it is Unable offense to
grow wild carrot, it should be made a
more serious offense to distribute
them in the manner spoken of.
Farmers ought to think better OF their
neighbors than TO bewilling aids in the
dissemination OF such pests. 1t
is no uncommon thing to find the
common sour dock thrown into the
roads, at this season of the year,
when the seed is ripe and ready Tor
transportation by the first shower.
Just few days since I observed
neighbor had thrown docks in the
road on a hill above, and in close pro-
ximity to his nearest neighbor, and
thunder showers must distribute the
seeds to lands below. This is not
right; it is not observing the golden
rule. Care should be taken to gather
and burn the seed if permitted to get
ripe at all. The better plan is to
cut in the spring when beginning to
start the seed stalk. If left later press
Of other matters usually permits their
ripening. Sour dock is one of the
most persistent weeds in our meadows,
and at time OF cutting grass they
should all be carefully picked out by
hand and burned, to avoid their dis
tributing in the manure. Can't the
farmers of Ohio be induced in some
manner to be more careful in weed
destruction? Doubtless there are
plenty of men now engaged in trying
by political methods to relieve farm
ers of their burdens; but friends, a
good hoe or cythe used on weeds at
the proper time will pay in good looks,
if nothing else. Farmers don't let the
weeds 60 to seed.-Hiram Cope in
Ohio Farmer.