Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1898-08-18
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, State Farmers Institute.

tho State OF South Carolina was
called to order at Clemson College
on Monday, August 8. President
/ Hartzog was to have made formal
address of welcome, but was detained
s in attendance upon meeting of the
Board of Trustees. Prof. Newman,
tho head of the Agricultural Depart
mcnt of the College, extended a well
come to the delegates. The re g.
ponso was made by Senator S. G.
Mayfiold, who spoke effectively and
eloqucntly. z
Tho lecture of the evening was
then made by DR.. Anderson, the
botanist of the college. lie dis
, cussed the growing plant, and illus
tratcd his remarks by series of
beautiful and striking experiments.
T. On Tuesday morning Prof. M. b.
, Hardin delivered d most Instructive
lecture upon fertilizers. This lecture
was also most pleasingly illustrated
by series of we'll chosen expert.
. ments.
Prof. j. S. Newman then delivered
a lecture on the subject of general
agriculture, paying especial attention
to the Importance of shallow culture
after planting. This, like all of
Prof. Ncwman's efforts, was listened
to with great interest by his audi
tors.
Prof. Walker, the entomologist of
Clemson College, delivered a most
interesting lecture upon insects, an
outline of which is given below:
.lnsccts-Structurc, kinds, destruc-
tive varieties, means of extirpation,
spraying machines San Jose scale.
$4,000 out of $4,000 machines.
San Jose Scalc--18,000 out of
$4,000 trees destroyed in three years !;
attack chiefly apples, ounces and
peaches multiply rapidly millions
produced in a single year. Insect
has appeared in number of places
in South Carolina. Has already cost
millions of dollars. Rigid laws
adopted in number of the United
States. The laws of North Carolina
now prevent the shipment of fruit
trees from this State, as We have no
State inspection. Kerosene, either
alone or as an emulsion, applied in
the winter time as a spray is used to
destroy this insect. A fungus has
recently been discovered which de-
sCroys the scale insect. 1t can be
grown on bread and solution being
made of this bread. The spray
made in this way will be effective as
germ destroyer.
Colorado Potato Beetlc-First at
tackled the potato plant about 1860 !;
originally appeared only on wild
plants. Paris green a complete
remedy.
Harlequin Cabbage Bug-Diflicult
to destroy, as it is not chewing,
but sucking, insect. 1t may be de-
stroycd by "trapping." When few
cabbagcs are left over these insects
collect in them and form natural
trap. by sowing row Of mustard
here and there among the cabbages
the insects will collect uron it and
may then be destroyed. Kerosene
emulsion may also be used 10 aivlil-
tagc. The rubbish of the garden
should be carefully burnt up in the
winter. Ploughing the garden in
tho winter is also of great advantage.
Many insects arc the friends of the
gardener. The lady-bug destroys
multitudcs of plal' lice. The ich-
ncuman fly prcys on the bodies of
pTctitoiolis insects.
Tho Curcuio~-Is a chewing insect.
~ PtS3C5 GItC WlHIcI aS a. DoDJlc, uSN-
ally undor ground. In the spring it
crawls up the trunk and attacks the
fruit. 1t may be destroyed by spray
ing, but the most approved method
of getting rid of it is by rolling un-
der the tree sort Of whcclbarrow
covered with q cloth. The tree is
then shaken and the curculio falls
upon the cloth. The curculio is tho
insect which produces worms, as they
are called, in fruit.
The Coddling Moth-Estimatod
destruction from this source in Now
York alone &3,O0O,O0O per annum !;
probable destruction throughout the
United States amounts to $25,000,-
900 or $30, 100000. Just after the
petals fall the application of poison
by spraying is effective.
The Pittsburg Post says "The
South has now in successful opera
ton n system of bonded warehouses
for the storage of cotton, where tho
planters can hold it during the dull
season when prices arc low and the
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