New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-06-15
CROP NEWS ELUClDATEO.
INFORMATION ABOUT THE INSECTS.
ETC. THAT ARE NOW REPORTED
TO BE RAvAGING THE WEST
ERN WHEAT FIELDS

ERN WHEAT FIELDS.
Winter wheat is maturing and spring wheat
is just developing Both hedged about by great
dangers. as told in daily dispatches from the West,
particularly from the Chicago Board Of Trade.
Alphabetically arranged. these dangers are:
Army worms. Grasshoppers Rust.
Cut worms Rocky M't'n locus,s wire worms
The army worms so called because OF their
thoroughly disciplined movements. which are not
unlike those Of a army in campaign. The forces
In moving upon wheat fields are formed into COM
panies. regiments and battalions. with officers
from the general commanding down to sergeants'
With the aid of afmcroscope the Insignia OF the
various grades of official rank may be deserted On
the bugs from stars and epaulets to chevrons.
The farmers say the army worms have bands IN
their organization Is there Is with each
battalion n squad of bugs that emit musical SOUNDS
The farmers that on starting for wheat held
the band plays "In This Wheat BY and By" On
arriving at the field the order to deploy l. given
and then follows the order by bugle notes distinct
~ to be heard to charge. When the army worms
have completed their work In the field they are Pc
formed and march away, with the band playing
THE Girl Left Behind Me"
There is supposed TO be an orthographical error
in tho name OF the chnch bugs. The belief is that
the "h" should be omitted, SO as 10 make the word
"cnch" "Clnch" is a colloquialism chiefly used In
sporting circles. 1t signifies certainty. For m
stance IT may be said that a wager laid on GER
tain horse at a racetrack is cinch, meaning tha'
the wager will surely be won. Sometimes the ex-
preston Is amplifed into "lead-pipe cinch which
means that by no possibility whatever can the
wager fail to be There can be no question liia'
the chinch bugs have cnch when they aig IN a
wheat field They ravage It in thorough style
The cut worms are indeed remarkable worms
They burrow into the stalk upon whlch the "ne''
grows and cut off the stalk with as much iach'!
as if n crosscut saw were used The power OF the
hing IN
stance well authenticated. will Illustrate.
farmer left n crowbar plunged into a wheat heid
near the City Fall in Chicago. When he went 10
get 1t he found it lying on the ground On pckSiis
Of ~ Vas lacking lie Investigated and discovered
the missing piece of croWbar In the soiI, ~ ia,
in the West To- see whole fields of wheat PROSTATE
Cut worms have cut the stalks, ana lhe WIN '''
TIE grasshoppers are exceedingly voracous one
will gulp down head Of wheat and digest IL a. icS
the grasshopper is Ats legs. which are extreineN
long and mighty powerful Except in the mat tSd
kangaroo A Kansas grasshcpper is as marc G u
kicker as Kentucky mule l"T yss ,s Sa 70
Kansas farm lie had great time butng hopo,s:
Indians 1atamouns and other yar'Rt ansas grass
hopper lie one basking in the sun sun ai hsitrs
mingled with the prairie flowers: The next instant
he was executing double back somersaulii; ne
grasshopper had thrown out leg and caugnt, nm
ness he was of no earthly His courage mao ueG
entirely knocked out CT him FROM 'ha' '''"e Nv
had not the pluck TO butt ny ,..o,.,,o wbeat
Tba Rocky Mountain locusts eat growing Wnea'
with avidity and make more noise tns,Il Ca ~
shop II there IL a railroad running alohssiu W
wheat field In which they are feedins. Iltsh.
blowing for crossings. will pass ~ seetnhkIy =.
ouietlv as 4 shadow. All there IL OF IL the
create a greater din than the freight tram W men
tho iocusfs are around the farmers nave 10 Wt'ii
corks In their TO save lnef t"iu ~. -,
tbaV sleep in their cyclone cellars with the trap
doors closed down. otherwise they "ou'u ho' S'eP
at all. ,,,.o,o, g. a dir,inutivc
villain Of the insect order There - more cuSseI-
ness in the vecv than In anything ese OF lls Slhc
On Garth The parasite that by its simultaneous
oDerations extracts the bloom from 'IS uaiasnn
cheek is not worse than the weevil Inc we .
ensconces itself In head OF wheat, anu IL so. >
there wing under cover until there IL nothing
The wire worm looks like piece OF wire ~
sticks itself into head or wheat. ana wneH II
withdraws itself the life and substance are eX-
tracted from the wheat The wire worm IS rgnty
The wire worms might be utilized for nails II they
only had heads on them. AS IT Is they serve an
evil purpose solely. . ,--,,.a.,o
The rust that appears on wheat is inexplicable
from iron springs in the Western n ountains. ana
then precipitate rust the wheat fields. As soon
IA ANYTHING Ia discovered which Will keep the DOT,
toms of iron and steel ships from rusting II VIII
find a ready sale IN the VAST Wheat-fdialHs 'No-
lions of the West a,, -, !,
The hot winds burn up the wheat. The hot winds
are undeniably ALFRED hot. one farmer IN Ne
braska hauled barrel Of water to field IN which
horses with drink during the day. hot wind came
along and melted the iron hoops on the barrel. OF
course the barrel fell apart and the water was lost
The farmer tied the barrel together again with
IN hat