Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-09-17

FIG. s.-Chrysobothris tenaordta: a, iarva;
b. beetle; C, head of male; d, pupa-twlce nat
ural size (origtnaD.
we1l-established trees, it evidently
prefers to select sickly or newly
transplanted ones. especially those
whose bark has been injured by ex-
posure to the sun. The eggs hatch
within few days after being depos-
tied. The young 1arva soon eats
through the bark and proceeds to bore
at some depth beneath the surface,
lsaving behind it f1attened channel.
Sometimes a single borer will girdle
tree and cause its death. The larva
reaches it's full growth by the end of
the summer, being then pale-yellow-
ish grub about half an inch long, with
a broad, fiat head. During the winter
it remains quiescent. The next spring
it bores out nearly through the bark,
then moves back a little and under
goes its change into the adult beetle
form the transformation being COM
pleted in about three weeks. The
beetle then cuts an opening through
the bark and escapes to continue the
work of destruction begun by it's an
cestors. During the warm part of the
day it may be seen flying about in the
hot sunlight.
There are three ways of combat
ting the borer: (1) by destroying the
grubs while they are at work in the
tree; CD by the application of some
substance that will prevent the eggs
being deposited or will destroy the
eggs and newly hatched larvae, and
CD by wrapping the trees with some
thing that will prevent the females
gaining access to the bark. But, by
the best methods known, borers are
difficult insects to combat The larvae
make their way into the wood SO
soon after the eggs are deposited and
keep SO completely out of sight as
they work. that they may do much
injury before their presence is sus-
pected, and are difficult to kill when
detected. 1t is case where an ounce
OF prevention is most decidedly more
effective and more economical than
pound of cure.-Arizona Station. N
The Birds
read your short article on song
birds. This has always been an in
teresting subject with me, and have
always tried to protect the birds.
have been on my fruit farm here for
about IL years, and think that song
birds have increased in numbers, as
have other birds during the last five
years. This year particularly we have
noticed more wrens, Baltimore and
Orchard orioles and American mock
ingbirds than usual, the last named
bird being very seldom seen, I be-
lieve, further north than Central Illi-
nois. Doves are also more numerous
than ten years ago, but there do not
seem to be so many Bob White quails
as formerly. There is also one new
bird here that we have not yet been
able to find name for. On a berry
farm we cannot give as much time
to birds as we would like to-
Frank Akin.
Macon County, Illinois.
We are pleased to receive the
above, as it is in line with our OBJ
servation and our hopes. We would
like to learn from other observers
what the conditions are in their
neighborhoods as regards the birds
Are they more abundant or less so
than they were hye years ago? What
kinds of birds have increased or de-
creased? What have been the causes
for the change? Are birds protected
better now than they were five years
ago?-Farmers' Review