The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-11

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A VALUABLE BUG,
Terry, Texas, Dear Hephnmmer: Some time
NY You told the Hnps about an ogs that
cost fortune. thought OF that Il few dnys
ago and while looking over some old papers
sew an article about bug that coat u Tor.
NAVE como % n9N 70 p, % my
I " this is true ! Will not give thu full ac.:
count us that is too long Tho price paid WAS
purchased good sized inset. but this was
only u little beetle, about oncsthrd of nm incn
~ lcngth' Vednlia Is the, name width ts.
industry was Threatened with Total drstrue.,
sr oA ~ m noWn r. ne white M ss
trees. sticRing Its beaN iito THO barE isSi
sucking the vital sap. After locating salts.
cred ul, by a whtlsk substance which cxadcl
from IT'S body. Whole orchards were destroy
"a by them. and the pos, became 80 serious
ture Gs improbable.
Tho erig,n OF thu scale iiisect was for some
Nm, time : mystery. They had certainly been
imported, and ~ ncacia trees had been tile
first tc suffer from It's depredations, It was Il
natural inference that the pest might have
been fetched from Australia An INQUIRY WAC
addressed to Australia and the reply was thar
tue orange orchards In their country were IN
lested by the white scale but that tho insect
az no serious damage over there, This dis.
closure &c, WING Of Ereat value Y The insect d.d
naturnl means. Accordingly, an oxpcrt was
sent TO Australia. to look the mstter No,
kcebole was selected. On reaching Australia
Mr.. Koebelc went right at the business Of
shdying the scale insects At home. He found
Mcst conspicuous among them seemed to b
q small specins OF lily which fed on tho scale
bngs. Thinking he had solved the problem
Of sending them to the United States, Incl
dentaliy he secured specimens of other foes
O. q. scales; Including few pairs q lady
m N shs ,rn ana ,npPenraanse shS familiar lady
purthas shorter name wes yedalla- A.
alive to the United States, a distance OF 6onO
miles II was accomplished by combining
VOYAGE. To make sure Of success, consiSn-
ments or them were forwarded by every
steamer during four months. Meanwhile in
tho noigbborhood OF Los Angeles Cali. pre-
peratinns had been made by incloslng orange
trees under tents 81 ganSs. and inside OF these
The insects were liberated; The object Was %
$50 whether the imported bugs would st.a-k
the scales or not. Alas. the fly already de-
seribod was a disappointment, for. although
y would feed on the scales 4 bred too slowly
nearly all the vedaIia beetles escaped and
flew away TO the ncighborng oranro or
ctards. II was not deemed great misfor-
tune inasmuch AZ little had been expected OF
them But strange reports began 70 tome
In. Orange growers sent word that something
yealed the fast that the esCapod lady brds
hto multiplied enormously and wero poDbing
the scale insects at an astonishing rate. Thug
by what might almost bc termed All accident
TIL, problem was solved, For some rcnson ths
veGaln found IN California conditions more
favorable than In Australia, II Ia a curious
fact that the Australian authorities reeenily
sent to California for conslgnmcnts OF ve-
dalia beetles, because the latter have become.
scarce over there. and consequently tho SCALE
bals. they VIII devour their own kind. Invent,
thous ana dollars IL u good price to pay Tor -
bag, but the ye1alin. was cheap at the price
The department OF agriculture wOnld gladly
pay for an insect that would wipe cut the
cotton boil weeyil, which Is threatening Tie
growing OF cotton IN the South.
Mr. Ilnphamnicr II ! ever favor tfl ihc
club With another letter think thpt viii
write Oh some other subject besides bugs.
have been reading something about aimanaGs
hut must arkonwIedgc THAI ! don't fcel an
WISER as there were go many hard words tha;
clcora Singleton