The Nevada County picayune., 1910-08-23
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ba= relraaz mn iflza q earpet Hy preference they Jeyqstata grass hut if the supply is scaht they are willing to ruin small grain, corn slfd"oeIi5 plantations woodlands. and, indeed. many o'iei situations They are especially diuleail 10 co'H' bat because the life history is herl to follow from the first to the last stage. 9nIy slhs'e specimen has been bred from the egg to the beetle aHd its fife cycle occupied three years.
 So far the best remedy has been found to be in cropping. especially in planting the ih- tested ground to clover WeHhuo"n enemies of the Wtita grub also are the festive =porker. which will dis a foot for a nice fat one, and crows aud crow blackbirds.
 Occasionally d farmer notices that a field which has been brown from a grub raVage be- comes green and alive He is inclined to think 1t 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 k the Ttphia a member of the solitary wasp family 1 stngs the grub into submission and then glues to is thick hide an egg which in few days hatches into yeritahle vampire. II sucks from its host its life juices. leaving the shell to erumble back to earth
 Frees. both those in natural forests and those which have been planted. noble and helpless products q nature" 10 quote Dr. Forhea, gre often #raeeed 10 slow and un 'i@ittt 4+'tAh HlliIIltI it-ttf lHltSt1il0N. Have iou never late iu May ar in June noticed upon shadr tree~ Httle Aads Of cotton9 Each wad Foa will see. if you look. projects rom d brown caH which is ae female maple scale It is a Aa'I#e Insect parasite Of thc soft maple IL will Ihlsat besiles the maple the linden box elder elm and honey loclst These cotton Wads are the soft bed ia which the careful female lays her egg and each female can be relied upon to deposit something like 5000 eggs in her own particular lit.e "ad. Dr Forbes found after e9i 53aerabte experiment. that kerosene emul sion Was effective iu disposng of these pests 17 per cent. emulsion could be used in winter II ihe roots of the trees were protected. and q lo per cent in summer. It Is made by dissoly. Ing one pound of common soap in one gallon ei water by boiling. This is removed from the Ire and two gallons If kerosene ponrod in N5h 5Hray pump the mixture is then forced oltH into itself for about five minutes. when if " "I" i'oh Ike a thick cream. and no longer sepa. '@', U" hlahalhB Seventeen gallons of water "'as9 'o 'ne three gallons thus prepared will give l0 per cent solution. The cost will be 45 cents gallon and three or four gallons "ll save large treo from destruction.
 houhtIess you have noticed upon the apnIes you brought home in d paper bag and those '''e l'" rom four own cherished tree a cres Io"' i'afK. This means that busy little curculio mas had its beak in yopr apple before vou and uaS Iro3a0Iy laid an egg at the sign of the ,,,,,e1' ,a,'"' eHF'QIos. spray compound of 121b o"'eea ~ oi acetate of lead and four ounces of arsenate of soda to fifty gallons of Wator # used three or four times will catch nracticary all these orchard destroyers.
 among the insects injurious to health the Eo','iaoh e3 househy takes first rank. Dr Forhes Ia aas found that 75 per cent. of the common .,paseiues breed in horse manure. As the reme an 9ass tI'at Will kill the housefy maggots are too to be used in stables except boiling nro,aa,, Whlch IS hardly practicable, the only aeat,s, 9" aa- seems to be in screening stables city sanitation. seS anu Ill eafefai