The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1893-10-26

Minutes OF previous mseunR rCau anu
| approved.
| Committees on orchards had nothing to
/ report. Report of COMMITTEES on apples,
| pears and ounces: Mrs. j. A. BorBt has
i on exhibition three varieties of pears. one
plate Kieffer, one plate Sheldon; all very
| f1ne samples. Mr.. M. Bitzer has one plate
of Champion .quipce, very hne sample'
but ripens rather late for this vicinity,
| M. BITzER,
| W. ID. OBERLIN.
Committee.
Committee on stone fruit find on the
table one plate Of peaches. A Seeding
/ from q tree grown from seed procured
! at the Centennial in 1876 by Mrs. j. A.
| Borst, which is O clinR-sto and cons
| mittee pronounce very hne peach.
| j. ID. MILLER,
JOHN L. STEELE,
VEGETABLES.
Mrs. j. A. Borst has on table fine sans
/ ple of golden self blAnching celery.
Mr.. NJ. Bitzer has two sampleB of pota-
toes raised from Victor variety Seed
Ball. The fourth year in cultivation.
Both would probably bo worthy of cult
vation. CLAYTON BoLn.
| W. G. K1TzMILLER.
REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON NOMENCLATURE
| OF FRUITS.
| Jonathan Stoner has two apples for
name. One, committee thinks, 10 the N.
Spy, the other resembles the Ortley, but
| committee is not certain. Mrs. j. A.
Borst has sample pear committee cannot
/ name. M. BITTER.
Mr.. McGregor, entomologist, read from
"Stories and Sketches OF Animal Lifen as
seen in the London Geological Garden, on
| interesting article on Tropical "Moths
and Butterflies" and followed the read
ing by the following comments:
L la nj ha trun
| groups of insects which together form the
| order lepidoptera, this name coming from
| the scales on the winds, while the two
| groups, may as q rule, be readily distin-
| Ruished from each other, their structure
and habits are much alike. All butter
files are diprnal in their flight, while
| moths, with many exceptions, are
| crepusculnr or nocturnal.
Like other insects the bodies OF both are
| of three parts, head, thorAx and abdomen.
| The anteunAe of butterflies are generally
knobbed or clubbed at the end, aud in the
anteunse take great variety OF forms,
| and never knobbed.
Butterflies and moths show US interest,"
| ing wonders Of insect organization. The
| eyes for example, consist OF two masses
| of hexagonal or six sided facets, these in
some cases, containing 5000 facets each
while in may species q pair OF ocelli, or
simple eyes, are found concealed among
| pound organs.
The thorax bears the organs OF locomo-
| ton, consisting OF three pairs or legs and
| two pairO of wings.
Butterflies and moths undergo q conn
plete metamorphosis, after emerging
from the egg, passing through the laryS
| and pupa stages before attaining the full
| development of the image. The eggs
vary greatly in shape and are laid in q
great variety OF situations.
The caterpillar usually emerges from
| the egg in week or ten days. Unlike
the perfect insect It 10 provided with a
InasticStory mouth, and when out of the
egg begins TO eat vorsciousiy. Ihave oh
| served that in the cabbage worm. In g
| fow days IL has grown so large that q
| change of skin becomes necessary and In
most butterflies and moths there ore five
such changes. The pupa stage lGsts
! from two or more weeks to sevsrsl
months, and even varies Ia the same
| epecies.
The food of these insects Ia chiefly the
sweet liquors drawn from the nect1rie0 of
flowers by means of their probosciS or
| tongue,
Butterflies aud moths are widely dig
| tributed over the globe, being in greatest
variety and abundance In tropical lands
| They ore found as far north as Spiizber.
| gen and on the Alps TO height of 5000
feet. In Europe there are 800 species of
butterflies and in Britain 66. Within an
hours walk of Para. in Brazil, Bates
found 700 species. or British moIhs there
| are 1,9lO species, mootly nociurnol, while
in tropical America they sre mostly day
| flying. This scarcity Of nocturnal moths
| has been attributed to niRht-fying bats
and birds. There are eight principal
| groups of moths divided into numerous
families. The Bauelyeina group include
| the silk worm moths. only few of which
1 hnx tnr ah IN na mi ha
silk worm moth 10 native of China, where
| its coceo eons seem to have utilized from
| time immemorial. In the 9Th century il
was introduced into Europe.
Authors differ In their estimate of the
| number of different species on the globe.
| one putting the total at $4,000 species,
| 5000 butterflies and 10000 moths, while
| Bates estimates the number of species at
| 100000. or course this 10 largely speculk-
| ton. Indeed the insect world Is very
| largely an unknown world, but surely
most interesting and wonderful, judging
| of 1t by what we know.
Committee on fiowers-We find quite a
display OF flowers. Mrs. W. d. Oberiin
exhibits gladibli, dahlias, D basket of
| SALIVA, gerApiums, verbeniA, alIysum,
| chrysamthumms, zennia and pansies.
Mrs. w, G. Kiizmilier, ReraniumH, ally
sum, verbenia, meingold, dehlias, chrys
Anthemums, SALIVA, petunis, lRrkspur,
rosepods. Mrs. s. o. Egaert, single and
double dahlias, pinks, geraniums, SALIVA,
mangolds and chrystanthemumB.
We flnd our hostess with small win
| dow garden with collection of fine
thrifty plants. Mr.. Chas. Lindecker ex-
hibIts fine bouquet of tea roses and ally.
sum. CARRIE CoxEN.
MRS. L. M. BoRsT.
ADDIE e. Cox.
Tn Hiunnaafnn tho ranprla ~ otanIin n
committees Mr. Bltzsr gave some valu-
| able suggestions with reference to raising
| potatoes from the seed balls.
Under the head of voluntary Perform
| Ances,n Rev. Green, of the Episcopal
church, gave a pleasant talk and asked
| the committee on "Noxious Weeds" what
| is meant by "noxious weeds" The com,
| mittee referred the question to Mr.. Nc
| Gregor, who answered briefly that nox-
ious weeds might, be the "right thing in
| the wrong place."
Mr.. Hall spoke of the object OF this
| noxious weed committee - being to bring
| 20 public notice new varieties of weeds,
and the best mode of getting rid of the
Mr.. Erwin wanted TO know whether Il
| would pay TO hire help to destroy the
| weeds against which the farmer has 70
contend, when he has all he can do with
| out fighting weeds.
Mr.. McGregor urged the selling off OF
part OF the farm and farming only what
| you can farm right.
w. ID. Oberlin thought II would be safe
| TO call tobacco noxiouA weed, and that
we seemed TO be cultivating that.
Mr.. J. L. Stoner spoke OF the difficulty
| Ia trying TO destroy the Canada thistle In
| certain localities.
Mr.. BayIiss spoke very Interestingly OF
| how the smartweed followed In the wake
| of the pioneer wagon-that wherever the
hroad wheel nraaaad the mud the amart.