The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1910-08-18

be rolled M like n carpet By preference they
davastate grass. but If the supply Is scaht' they
are willing to ruin small grain, corn, blra"oerrS
plantations, woodlands. and, indeed many other
situations They are especially dlfncult to com
bat because the life history Is hard 10 toIIo"
from the first to the last stage. Only Single
specimen has been bred from the egg to the
beetle and It's life cycle occupied three years
So far the best remedy has been found to
he in cropplng. especially in planting the in.
tested ground to clover Well'known enemies
of the white grub also are the festive porker.
which will dig a foot for a nice fat one. ana
crows and crow blaCkbirds.
Occasionally a farmer notices that field
which has been brown from a grub ravage be
comes green and alive He is inclined to think
II clear case Of the Lord remembering the
righteous: as a matter Of fact another insect
has appeared and Is working out another set
OF instincts This Is the Tipha, member OF
the solitary wasp family. II stings the grub
into submission and then CLUES to its thick hide
AN egg which I'm few days matches into q
yrritabla vampire. It sucks from its host Its
life juices, leaving the shell to crumbe back
to earth.
Trees. both those in natural forests and
those which have been planted, noble and
helpless products OF nature" to quote Or.
Forbes, are often dragged to n slow aud IN.
slightly dealt through insect infcstation. Have
you never late In May or in June noticed upon
shade trees little wads of cotton? Each wad,
you will see, II you look, projects from brown
cap. which is the female maple scale. 1t is a
native insect parasite Of the soft maple. 1t Will
in(cst. besides the maple the linden, box elder,
elm and honey locust These cotton wads arc
the soft bed in which the careful female lays
her eggs, and each female can be relied upon
to deposit something like 5000 eggs in her own
particular little wad. DR. Forbes found after
considerable experiment that kerosene emul.
sion was effective in dsposing of these pests.
20 per cent emulsion could be used in winter
II the roots Of the trees were protected, and a
10 per cent In summer. 1t is made by dissnlv-
ing one pound Of common soap In one gallon
OF water by boiling. This is removed from the
FIRE and two gallons of kerosene poured IN.
With spray pump the mixture Is then forced
back into itself for about five minutes when it
win look Hike thick cream, and no longer Gepa.
rates on standing. Seventeen gallons of water
added to tho three gallons thus prepared Will
give II 10 per cent solution. The cost will
be 40 cents a gallon and three or four gallons
will save large tree from destruction.
Doubtless you have noticed upon the apples
you brought home in paper bag and those
that fell from your own cherished tree cres-
cent mark This means that busy little curcrlio
mas had us peak IN your apple before you and
has probably laid an egg at the sign Of the
crescent curculios. spray compound of 12h
ounces of acetate of lead and four ounces of
arsenate OF soda to fifty gallons OF water, II
used three or four times, will catch practically
all these orchard destroyers.
Among the insects injurious to health the
common housefy takes first rank. DR.. Forbes
has found that rs per cent. of the common
housefiies breed In horse manure. As the RENE.
dies that will XIII the tousefy maggots are too
dangerous to be used In stables. except boiling
water. which Is hardly practicable. the only
protection seems to be in screening stables
against nies aa we do our houses and In careful
city sanitation.