Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-02-20
AGRICULTURAL.
rRlcuaAI rlLES 10 FARMERS


The Free Press gives this report Of a re
cent lecture ON injurious insects in the WIN
ter course at Darlington. given by Prof A
D Cordley
One tenth OF all the crops in the United
States are DESTROYED hv insects The uues-
tiou Is. can any of this destruction be pre-
vented. and If So. how All insects pass
through four stages first. egg stage sec
ond. worm stage IN which the insect gets
its entire growth third pupil stage fourth
adult stage Nearly all plants can be
SPRAYED with Paris green or London purple
without damage or injury 20 the plant. II
Paris green or London purple is taken and
SPRAYED on apple trees Just after the bios
SONS fall it will in almost every case kill
the worm. II you wait until the worm
passes its first stage the remedy will not be
ettectual There are lots Of patent exter-
minators ON the market that are advertised
as remedies for different kinds Of insects,
but we should let them alone except in one
or two cases II is not so much the strength
Of the remedy as in the way 1t is put on
ammonia used with remedy increases the
injury When Paris green or London pur
pile Is applied lust before the blossoms fall
and lust after. It gives us apples free from
worms, or scabs The danger amounts TO
nothing it can he used within three weeks
of gathering fruit stock feeding under the
trees that have recently been sprayed are
not IN any danger Arsenites will prove
eitectual 10 all chewing insects Beetles
viii generally succumb to a decoctiou Of
tobacco Kerosene will kill or drive away
insects, hut % is Just as injurious TO plants
as To- the bugs IF it is used il must be di-
iuted Persian powder is a good insect
remedy as DO kills hv contact and is non
poisonous 10 is the best remedy for cab
baCe worms and If sprinkled in "a room will
nearly always kill flies
In answer to questions sent out 70 farm
ers IN regard 30 what insects were the most
injurious. these replies were received Pc
tato bugs. coddling moth white grub. squash
bug. currant worm. cabbage worm. tent cat
erpillar. apple tree horer wire worms, cur
cuho. apple mHggot cut worms grasshop
pers, onion maggot grass insects The
speaker said every one knew the remedy
for potato bug, The life history of the
white grub has never been worked out
Nitrate of potash was the only known rem
edy The squash hug is the easiest to take
care of they are not very injurious 10 the
plants Kerosene emulsion Is very good
There are over l1u different kinds of cut
worms but if the farmers meant the Gu
cumber beetle in their answers, the first
remedy u.s. fence out second, SPRAY with
Paris green or London purple Currant
worms cause no serious injury aud hellebore
is a good remedy could use a spray of Paris
green The solution Is make hv mixing one
pound of Paris green with POO gallons of
water. A year ago last fall it was tried on
the station farm for borers and there was
hardly one left this fall after the borer is
IN the tree 1t Is difficult TO treat A wash
IN July or August will prevent the borer
FROM laying eggs and will destroy scale lice
The solution for the wash Is one quart Of
soft soap, one pint carbolic acid, ten quarts
Of water The easiest way to kill the cur
cuho Is to trap the beetle or shake the tree
and then destroy them the speaker never
had any success with spraying