The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1902-12-21
appropriation for Boil WeeON
Suggested That Jexas Should spend
100000 in suppression. - -

professional and mechanical; depreoiating
land values, Curtullng state 1ud county
revenues beslues cutlns INTO Itttipts CO..
those great transportation lines that nave
heen aud are so buSliY engaged In Erldiron-
Ing large areas of our state, work Ot such
pronounced value IN enhancing property,
of that fast coming new era, incident 10
the growing Of rice, the distribution OF oil
lumber cane products aud widening tho
field for successful enlarged crop diyersihca'
tiuu.
Right here the question naturally arises
as 10 what methods should be pursued iu
the direction of forever stamping or aud
cAtClWtnatlug this worse than combined
grasshopper and locust Of Egypt pest
along these lines aud 10 ascertain what pre-
Cedcuts M sugl behalf exist. both 90 home
and abroad That might just.fy, eulghtcn
and assist ln bringing about results II IS
found that some years ago the silk Industry
ot France, that relatively considered ls Of
as much Importance 10 that people as cot
ton growing has been and must continue 20
be with us, IN that land the tIlb Industry
was threatened with complete uuuihiutiou
from the rqyages Of pataA- On similar
pest atacklng aud destrn the silk
worm II commerce that spin the thread
from which this character OK fabric is
woven into So many desirable DESIGNS after
exhaustive efforts IN attempt 10 suppress
partial failure, the french republic took
any one that succeeded in extcrminatIng the
pest, resulting VA the great scientist Pas.
tuer being Interested, aud with resultant
consequence Of his useful brain conquerine
the matter and re-establishing Frances sik
industry
We ask TO cite you case IN our own
country where an eXper!menter ia the
state OF Massachusetts, seeking to improve
their type Of silk worm and supersede n
by variety thought TO be better adapted
70 that climate Imported eggs OF the Cod.
lug moth After their receipt By him, he
thUughtessly placed them on a sheet ar
rsgtf ~ .st.
sill that they might benefit from the suns
rays, resulting liz a sudden gust OF wind
scattering them 10 the four quarters OF
the locality, and up 10 three years ago
the lirtlc state OF Massachusetts, little by
comparison with our Empire state onlyi an
proprated $4,000 and expended the same
IN various efforts at eNtermiuatinF the God
ling moth before success crowned their Ell
forts. The larya Of this pest produces the
apple hlrer that is such destructive
worm TO apple and shade trees aud other
varieties. There was a time Ia the history
~ wheat growing in the United states
when the ch.noh bugs threatened com
plete destruction Of that great industry IA
Minnesota and the entire Northwest SET
Chrlsts were brought into reQuisition re-
sultiug IN the discovery OF "a germ disease
that wac fatal TO the chlnch bng the
method Of destruction was In iuOCuIatfng a
comparative few " the species that were
afterwards turned loose, Coming In CON
tact With the healthy ones, they proved 70
bc swift messengers OF death and aunihiia-
tiou, resulting ia a practical destruction OK
the pest that had so seriously menaced
the raising Of wheat IN our greatest wheat
Geld The same conditions confronted these
people then As regarded their most staple
farm product and were similar 10 chose
that for the past ten years have been o.
steady growing menace 20 the best part or
our great cotton belt, aud that part 81 III
from wh-oh rhe hrst receipts are always
forthcoming
Mr.. Howard, then United States eutornol.
ogisf IN his report for 1887 for the nine
states infested by the chinch bug and Tor
that year placed the loss from this lnsect
at gG0,0O0.o0O See extract from Insect
Life" October z, 1891, page ~
IN recent years tens ~ thousands OF
grunge trees in the State Of California be
came so Infested with scale or bark louise
aud " was so rapidly multiplying thar
the State authorities acting under the war
rant Of Law IRA that behalf connected the
diseased trees cut down and destroyed is
fre In the hope of suppressng on exterDli
Mating the evll that bore every promise IN
destroying that great Industry such re-
sults alas proved futile. and again The
brain Of fhe scientist was called into re-
QUESTION and a remedy Was by him ais
covered IN q species of lady bug ~ lady
beetle that was imported from Australia
that fed upon and destroyed the scale
Since then and with the removal OF the
menace to that Industry orange groves ard
~, egltgfs X AZ sltreYs .grggtas AsYs
fruit and lsmana are rolled cat Of that