The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1893-06-29


Miss Sarah Niesz's bouquet is composed
of sweet peas,roses and clematis lcocinea
A box of perpetual moss was exhibited by
Mrs, Taft. Cluster of syrinRia by William
Niesz. Three bouquets OF several varie'
ties of geraniums, three varieties of PEI
tunias, sweet alyssum, heliotrpe and CEN
tauria cyanus by Mrs. j. Il. Roth. Mrs
Ann Kryder bouquet of roses. One oi
the choicest collections on the table 1,
exhibited by Mrs. S. II. Rockhill and il
composed of moss roses, poppies, laure
and magnolia. JAMES BAYLIss,
| ALLIE SAYLER,
| CARRIE CoXEY,
| LENA w. CoRRELL,
MRS. S. III. RoCKHILL.
Mr.. A. McGregor, society ehtomalogist
offered the following:
| FEW WORDS MORE ABOUT INSECTS.
In my former paper spoke OF arthro
poda being the term now ussally applied
| to insects, meaning Joint footed, but in
tance from arthropoda. Twas equally un-
| fortunate with other terms.
/ wrote Horticultural and Agricultural,
but the types added anoted syllable, max
ing them read horticulturalist and agri-
culturalist. These latter terms, believe,
| are not to be found in Webster's UnaI
bridged. lpresume the proof reader did
not compare with the copy.
| do not know, however, that should
have attempted at this time, few words
more about insects, had l notreceived
over a month ago from the experiment
station at Wooster, Bulletin 46, on "Un-
derground Insect Destroyers OF the Wheat
| Plant"
This Bulletin is by Prof. Il. NJ. Webster,
entamolagist, has q pages Of reading
matter OF an interesting character, but
mostly going to show how little we know
and how much we are at sea-sailing as IL
were, on an unknown sea,
Although much attention has been given
to that destructive pest called the wire
worm in the past, as extracts in the Bulles
tin from writer's on the subject show, no
certain remedies seem to have been found
in this connection. Prof. Webster says:
"Of all the remedies which have from
time to time been prepared, rs means of
destroying wire worms, none have yet met
the requirements of the extensive western
farmers, and, indeed, even the efficiency
OF many of the prepared measures is, to
say the least, doubtful. A fruitful source
OF error, with regard to the result of ex-
periments with remedial measures, is that
the non-appearnnce OF the pest in deBtruc-
tive numbers, following an application of
remedy is taken as proof of the latter's
efficacy, when. as is more often the case,
this non-appearance was due either to the
fact that the larvae had all transformed the
previous summer. or bad ceased to feed
prior to pupating,"
The Bulletin says that: "For some rea-
son corn planted about the fret of June in
this latitude is the least injured by wire
worms; !" and among natural enemies he
gives the crow great credit, stating where
crows have been killed their crops were
each found filled with seventy or eighty
swapping beetles. No doubt the crow is
the untiring enemy of the wire worm.
But other birds, the thrush family and
black birds deserve credit also. The Bul.
letin names two other preventives, name
ly; rapid rotation OF crops and under
drainage.
the Bulletin, and authors are quoted
showing that ii was troublesome and de-
structive centuries ago. John Jossylin
who wrote about 1910 speaks of il being
injurious to corn by eating the seed. Prof.
Riley, writing in 1868, named the white
grub as the most nsdious of the farmers
foes. On this pest Prof. Webster says:
"Up to the present time neither the ento-
moloRist nor the agriculturist has found
an efficient, practical remedy or preven-
tive"
This Is true of America and equally true
OF European countries. "The Society of
Arts in London, during many years offered
a premium for the best account of the in,
sect and the means of checking itsravages
but without having one successful claim
ant"
The bulletin also gives sketch of crane
flies, known at tgallinipperv and says wire
worms are the larvae, or grubs of snap.
In low, damp cold soils and feed on roots |
of grass, and other plants. White Rrubs |
are the offspring of the May beetles or |
June bugs, the eggs are laid in the ground,
notably in grass lands, and hatch in about |
thirty days. The young work little injury |
the first year, but the next they may
ravage the fields seriously. Rapid rota-
tion Of crops and good barnyard manure
are recommended.
So much for bulletin 45, at this time, we |
may conclude, l think, that the insect
world is to us largely unknown. We
have enough to realize that Ii il full of |
little knowledge OF ants and
bees Ia sufficient to astonish,
1t was the conviction of my own lack of |
and OF the comparatively lit
lie that was known of the insect world,
hat made me demur to my appointment
ls Entomologist, and delay so long writ
ng anything upon the subject. / claim
'ealize the great difficulties attending in
There is no doubt as to the
Importance of the subject to mankind,
specially to tillers of the soil.
According to Mr. p. L. Simmonds there
ire & We times as many species of insects
ls Of all other living things put together.
The oak alone supports 450 species of ini |
ects, and 200 kinds make their home in
he pine. Forty years ago Humboldt esti.
mated that the number of species of in
ects presented In collections was between |
$4,000 and 10000; but scientific men
low say, that there must be near million,
Without taking into account the parasite
reatures. or the 5000 In Europe, how
ver, not more than $500 are noxious or
Recent catalogues chow that entomol>
gists have found 1863 species OF spiders in
he upper CahuRa lake basin; $40 In the
district of Columbia, and $40 In New
sngiandL;o Loo DR.. George Marx has compiled
list OF 292 species which have been found
n the polar regions OF the globe. The
gonders OF creation are not yet all known.
minated nature 10 extensive and multi-
orm and though great attention has of
ate been given to II, and grand dis
overien made, much yet remains undisI
overed.
II the insect world we see the minute
orms Of life ,improvemeI ts In microscope
lasses making us to observe organic life
hat the naked eye cannot. All this in
uces me to give on extract from poem
rst published In 1928, In which this life
rinciple is referred too.
bee thro this air, this ocean ana this earth,
u matter quick and bursting into birth,
boYe, how high progressive life may go
round, how wldel now deep extend below
asst chain OF being which from God began,
atures ethereal, human angel man,
least, bird, hsh, Insect, which no eye can see,
10 glass can reach; from infuite 10 thee;
rom thee 70 nothing. On superior powers
YeTe we 70 press, Inferior might on ours;
n In tine full creation leave avoid,
ghere. step broken the great scales destroyed;
rom natures chain whatever link you strike,
enth or ten thousandth breaks the chain alike.
nd II each Bystem in graduation roll
like essential to the amazing whole,
he least confusion but in one, not al