The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1901-05-13


Fruit Milk Fever Easy to Prevent
but Hard to Cure-Clover and Corn
as Feed.
The month Of May is the time to be
y on the lookout for the asparagus miner,
which was not generally known until
the fall of 1896, but since that time the
pest has become more numerous, and
If the growers of asparagus do not take
the matter under consideration the
growing Of this valuable crop may be-
come more difficult The New York ex-
pertinent station has given the pest
careful investigation, Professor f. A.
Shrine, in bulletin 1885, making known
the results of his work in the efforts to
h assist growers with a more thorough
knowledge of the habits of this enemy.
During the past year the adult fly was
reared from some of the old infested
stalks collected early in May The
h adult flies issued in confinement on May
80 and were found in the field June 8.
On June 10 puparia and maggots were
found beneath the epdernlis of that
seasons growth, no adult flies being
& then found, but were taken again on
August q. only occasional specimens be-
ing then seen until the asparagus was
v killed by the frost. The adult flies can
usually be found around the flowers,
4 but are generally found congregated
around wounds made by the asparagus
beetle apparently feeding upon the
2.x41 md
\ The place and method of depositing the
eggs have not been determined, but
4 frequently the mine made by maggot
started beneath a leaf scale, and gene
rally near the surface of the ground,
thus indicating that the eggs are some
Il times deposited under or near the leaf
scales. In some instances mines were
" found which started nearly foot above
the ground, but generally the majority
started at or near the surface of the
4 ground and extended downward below
the surface of the ground for distances
varying from three to four inches.
s The conclusions arrived at by the in
4 vestigators are that growers of aspara-
gus are not generally aware Of the
work and injury Of the pest, as it usu-
/ ally works in the asparagus stem below
! the surface of the ground. 1t is still
question whether the pest does enough
N injury to cutting beds to warrant
growers going to extra expense to get
4 rid of it, but this does not necessarily
prove that it may not become trou-
blesome pest, as it has already been
known to injure Seeding beds. AS
SEremedy for the ordinary asparagus bee
tile (not the miner) hens with broods of
chicks have been recommended, as they
carefully search every stalk, but the
beetle cannot do much damage if the
bed is cut daily and the shoots not al
lowed to grow above ground before cut
ting. AS a preventive measure the beds
should be burnt over when the tops die
down and not a stalk is left. Early In
the spring the beds may be ridged with
advantage as a partial protection
against some pests.
/ SMALL FRUIT FOR THE GARDEN.
Every garden should have .patches of
small fruit A new strawberry bed
should be set out every year, but each
bed should be used two years, which
gives two beds The old bed may not be
ais productive as the new, but the ber-
ries will perhaps come a little earlier.
B1ackberries, raspberries, currants and
gooseberries should be in every garden,
for once obtained they will remain for
several years and give good crops.
Small fruits in the garden usually yield
larger crops in proportion to area than
those grown on larger scale as the
garden Is usually rich and receives
careful cultivation. If fruit trees are
grown the dwarf varieties of pears and
the duke cherries will take but little
space. A large amount of fruit can be
sproduced on rich garden plot
MILK FEVER IN CATTLE.
Milk fever is the most easily prevent |
ed and the hardest of all troubles to
cure, said Dr. Smead before the New
York Farmers institute. Horses and |
COWS need the same class of foods when |
idle or dry as they do when at work,
but not SO much Of them A muscle |
and milk food is health food also. A
COW that is dried off by force continues
to make blood and gets in a plethoric !
condition. Some milk settles into the
.udder after you stop milking and may
form what may become poison to the
system. If this is absorbed into the sys-
tenn q few days before caWing, an intox-
tcation Of the nerves will follow The
name is misnomer, for no fever can be
found Milk out this bad milk fire.
quently and there will be but little
trouble.
About two weeks before calving give
of pound of EPSON
salts and a tablespoonful of gentian. If
the COW is taken sick, act at once, for
d few hours will be too late. Into one