The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1900-01-16
FARM AND GARDEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO
AGRICULTURISTS.
some Up-to-Date Hints About Gull
uvat,on of tho Soil and Yields
Observation-Disclosures Vitieulture and
Horticulture.
uor,,cnltnrnl ohservatIons.


horticultural Observations.
The California peach crop has been
fairly good this year and II has brought
\ good deal Of money. Some or our
roaaors that have heard so much about
the peach crop failure in this part OF
the country may have wondered al the
fact that the market seemed to be tair-
ly well supplied by fruit salu 10 DC
raised near at home. The facts appear
to be that much of the California
product has been sold as fruit grown
near at hand, the dealers catering 10
the prejudice in favor of homegrown
fruit.
Herewith we illustrate the Maple
Slug Worm. The length OF this slug
is shown in the straight line by the
side of it. 1t is frequently FOUND III
the fall Of the year on the maple
leaves and even under the trees. Inc
body of the slug is oval, with VIDE
dorsal square ridge, followed silghtiy
along the middle. where situated on
each suture is a yellowish round spot
centered with dark green dot. The
edge of the ridge is stained with yell
low. On the outer and lower side oil
the ridge is a lateral row OF spots ike
those in the middle of the back. The
body is pale green with yellow touches
and spots besides those described. The
head is green but the jaws and iaDruP.
are dark amber. Along the edge OF
the body is a whitish line. The moth
is about half an inch long, measuring
with the closed wings, and Is OF pale
green color and variegated.
Every horticulturist should BIZ, to a
considerable extent an entomolcgist.
He should be able to recognize any
common insect that invades his fruit
plantation or his orchard. To accom-
plish this he should have small col
lection of the insects that are most
common. These collections are not
readily obtainable at this time, but
the demand for them will create sup
ply. In older countries this demand
and supply already exist. In England
one entomologist makes a business OF
breeding insects for the purpose OF
supplying collections. He has what is
called a butterfly farm. He supplies
collections Of both the butterflies and
the larvae. Some of his collections
number up into the thousands. II is
evident that the interest in entomology
is on the increase. In the United
States the state universities are in
some instances authorized to make
collections for the use Of the high
schools in the state Such law ex-
lists in Illinois. but the privilege is OF
no effect for the reason that the state
entomologist never has the funds
available for doing the work necessary
to put the collections in form where
they can be of use to the schools. o.
course these insects must be mounted
in proper arrangement and correctly
named. This work takes the time o.
man for a number OF days, in this
case of each collection We wouiC
suggest that high school boards take
the matter up and make appropriations
to defray the expense of this work
Certainly there should be in every higl
| school in the state such a collection
for it would then be center from
which would go out a great deal o
: information on chronological subjects
Frequently it happens that a destruc
tive insect appears in some neighbor
: hood and is unrecognized for weeks