The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-08-25

W. Underworld Every evenina
Ia al'er hot sunset II forn,s
al orchestra which sbri,is
its coming acb,o ts prowess and aaunts
there is no "sn,eVement. And in all tbe WI,
It gets Iitt,a II, 40 so we'll paid To he sure
ways more s,hs. matter of attention. but IN
| 60, ''ie substantial It il rauous, o"' III
souiey For 1t is permitted 70 ," hand'
VIC corn and the wheat. the caht W" upon
~ as they grow. It is a,lou,os anu the
p.on'S OF the miller and the pra,r ~, W eat the
80 no''ioers OF the shrilline triho 49, yer
Nv ueliano greater concessions In - l'i 'ner
h,,.. '"t,shed with money tribute +ha.. e'eeu
imam ives Their gruesome trac,,, ~ eNac'
III ~ 'ne races of little children rsa ulaue
- "nere poverty forces women yin
s ,n'o NTH and Sickness tbev -, o"u va
and they bear their .. 'ne! take wing
,a, ana clean-homes whore - . 'o'iies
uo' concern themselves with ufo,s Ean,
ono'' ana SO na'".s Il her inovona,, ie'cneu
49, "n'on neither the proudest nor tho ,,e's
| brings tho ,,,in lies he link witch
D.. 'ne miserable home to the fair ono
,. iouuclng 1t to dollars and oa,.,
vo,, "n'.h all OF us understand. what wo,,IJ
each uo,u t"e insects of this country cost no
than our miiions OF dollarsl More in fact
cation FL -. system OF public school edu.
sity e"'' en 10 the univer.
moreover whole sections intorao,
ture Tor the production Of nort,o,., ny ma
oiteh are compelled to abandon tbenn w. Ups
olher reason than insect infestation MI, ~
especially true of horticulture M,,.,aI ' 10
ueeu' are the insect foes that nfest veootahiaa
anu iruit' III ever the life Of this underuor,I
10 brought upon the stage as that of tbe h.rn
Saiu mas Deen, 1t may well omen with .h,
plant of the truck grower. WIN 'niS
me insects are busy In clover and graz.
~, out sorrer fer my garden sass
iheyre happily hummln this giddv re-
frain e''' ie-
Inc OLD mule will still be your airvo-
plane. i'o-
Now the farmer has found bImse,f holm.
less before this foe which must he foroht
with microscopes and laboratory mysteries
Consequently he has appealed n the mon
Oh science whom everyone despises In the
day of prosperity and PUSHES to consult whom
the world is awry
Let me tell you of what has been accon,.
pished by one man with a microscope. His
name is Stephen A. Forbes and he is state
ehtomologlst OF Illinois. His chief work in
thls position is to eXterminate economic in.
sects, as those which damage the growing
thlngs are called. He is also head of the
state laboratory of natural history and pro,
lessor of entomology in the University of hi.
nois. He has held these offices rs years.
which means that he has spent quarter of
a century fighting the predaceous instincts of
economic insects, barring an occasional short
lapse to fight the economical instincts of state
legislatures Naturally he is on intimate
terms with vast number of bugs
For practical knowledge of an insect, the
l..
mere beginning. Its dietary must be known
not only what 1t prefers but what 1t likes next
best and what it will eat to escape starvation;
how the weather affects its health. its temper
and its power of multiplying; is it subject to
contagious diseases? If so, how may it be
induced to catch one? Also it is well to know
how its neighbor bugs regard 1t. Whether the
sight of II arouses the instinct to protect or
the instinct to kill For there bugs so
kindly disposed toward other bugs that they
will carry them to their food supply hatch
their eggs for them, and bring up their off
spring. The sole duties they leave to those
they protect are breathing, eating and multi
plying
First let me tell you about the fight against
The chinch bug. AS everyone knows, the chinch
IS a devil-devastator whose evil intentions are
packed with energy and resourcefulpess. When
t starts to take what 1t wants from the farm
here is just one thing it leafes the mort
rage. For more than a generation scientists
n all parts of the country directed their intel
igence against its instinct; and instinct won
he victory. 1t seemed that reason could not
athom the cause of the outbreaks nor hnd
way TO prevent them. In despair the men OF
cience we're for saying as did the old irish
woman of the rain that spoiled her potatoes
There's no rason in 1t, it's lust the VIII OF
od,"
And right there it seemed the problem
,ould have to rest But an occasional per
istent brain was unable to accept this solu'
ON Observations went on not only week by
eek but day by day, and often even hour by
our Even so II was a work that proceeded
owly. The chinch bug was hard TO make
lies for. Indeed it seemed more an eAcep'
ON to rule than the French language for
stance scientists fattered themselves tha'
"a ching was proved concerning his chinchship c
? the abandonment of wheat culture meant
, end TO chinch bug ravages But farmers
ode the sad discovery. quite unntentlonaIIy, ,
M may he sure. not at all for the sake OF
the men of science that the aoah'
nr,ent of wheat may even Increase the
inch devastation For If they have become a
,nnrous and can find no wheat they VIII a
can't oats barley. grass or corn. The aOah' S
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