Evening journal., 1902-02-08
Sold bv II. K. WATSON, Druggist, sos Market Street.
AGRICULTURAL HINTS AND HELPS
What the Farmers Are Doing and How They
Are Doing Ii
Are Doing 1t

e. Dwight SandersOn, of the Della
ware College Agricultural Station, has
issued a bulletin dealing with the lives
and customs of the apple bud-borer,
the fruit tree bark borer and the per-
iodical cicada. His summary is;
1. The Apple ud-BOrer.-Young
apple trees have been considerably in
iured by small caterpillars boring into
the terminal buds and thus stunning
their growth. Upon trees tOp-wOrked
by budding the shoots from the buds
are often seriously injured. Only the
water sprouts" are attacked upon old
trees. These caterpillars ultimately
transform into small moths. which lay
eggs for another brood. -Four broods
occur in a season. about six weeks
being required for each. During the
winter the caterpillars hibernate in
their burrows in the twigs and in
small silken cases on the branches
They may thus be spread on nursery
stock. The best means of control is
by pruning off infested terminals in
winter. keeping water sprouts" cut
of old trees. and frequent spraying
with arsenites.
g The Fruit Tree Bark-Borer. APP
pie and pear trees are injured by cat
erpillars. boring under the bark. de-
stroying large patches Of bark, and
sometimes killing trees by girdling
them. Injury is worse upon trees
with rough bark and near the crotches
of the trees. The presence Of these bOr-
ers is usually recognizable by cracks
in the bark and by masses OF excreta
thrown out The caterpillars pass the
winter in cocoon under the bark
The adult insect is a small brown moth.
Two brOOds occur in a season. In
pruning make all cuts as smooth as
possible. and paint the exposed sur
faces to prevent attack. Scrape off
loose bark during the winter. Cut out
all borers about May /. Wash the
trunks and lower branches with car
bolic soap early in May, and subse-
duently cut out borers whenever found.
3. The Periodical Cicada.-The
principal brood Of the Cicada will ap-
pear throughout Delaware in the spring
Of 1902. Injury is done to young fruit
and shade trees by the female Cicadas
puncturing the branches and the main
stems. In these Sits they deposit
their eggs. Young orchards and nur-
series are often ruined by the numerous
Sits made in the Cicadas. These
wounds also furnish points of attack
for borers. woolly apple-aphis, etc
Injury is worse on land recently clear
ed. and the number of the Cicadas
seems to be decreasing with the dis
appearance of our forests. Upon land
known to be infested with the pupae,
many may be destroyed by turning in
hogs, which will root out and devour
them. Constant cultivation would
also probably accomplish the same end
Trees should not be pruned to any ex-
tent during the coming winter and
spring, so that the Cicadas may deposit
their eggs in the terminals, which can
then be cut off and destroyed. Injury
by the Cicada is local; and by ascer-
tanning whether the pupae are present
in the fields in early spring, the best
methods for preventing injury may
then be used effectually.
There is a trife drop in the price Of
bran. a wholesale dealer states. but it
lstill remains too high, the farmers
complain. The price quoted yesterday
was $50 per ton.
~ a. N55o ~ AAEAf EN@EA~ a. .
asking every day as they are confront
ed with the staple figures of 30 cents
per dozen. which has been the price in
Wilmington for several weeks past
Dealers shake their heads and tell Gus
toners that cold storage men are hold
/ ing the supply back. Cold storage
eggs have however, appeared, and are
selling at lower figures than the
/ fresh article Ii there is any great
stock of them held back the holders
would do well to bring them out, for it
will not be many weeks until warmer
weather will start hens TO laying
afresh and the cold storage egg will
be more at a discount than It is now.
Farmers are killing OF their chickens
and marketing them at rate that
keeps prices down, and that Is said TO
be due to the fact that the prices Of