The Elbert County tribune., 1910-08-19

be rolled up like a carpet BY preference they
devastate grass. but II the supply Is scant' tney
willing to ruin small grain. corn. strawberry
plantations, woodlands. and indeed. many other
situations They are especially dificult to com
bat because the life history is hard to follow
from the first to the last stage. Only single
specimen has been bred from the egg to the
beetle and its life cycle occupied three years.
So far the best remedy has been found to
be in cropping. especially In planting the in
tested ground to clover. Well-known enemies
of the white grub also the festive porker,
which will dig foot for a nice fat one. and
crows and blackblrds.
Occasionally a farmer notices that field
which has been brown from 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 is the Tiphia. member of
the solitary wasp family. 1t stings the grub
into submission and then CLUES to its thick hide
an egg which in a few days matches into
yeritable vampire. 1t sucks from its host its
life Juices. leaving the shell to crumble back
to earth
Trees. both those in natural forests and
those which have been planted, noble and
helpless products of nature" to quote DIR.
Forbes. are often dragged to GLOW and
slightly death through insect infestation Have
you never late in May or IN June noticed upon
shade trees little wads Of cotton? Each wad,
you will see, IL you look projects from a brown
cap. which is the female maple scale. 1t is
native insect parasite Of the soft maple. 1t will
infest. besides the maple, the linden, box elder,
elm and honey locust. These cotton wads are
the soft bed In which the careful female lays
her eggs, and, each female can be relied upon
to deposit something like 1000 eggs In her own
particular little wad. DR.. Forbes found after
considerable experiment that a kerosene emul-
sion effective in disposing of these pests
A 20 per cent. emulsion could be used in winter
II the roots of the trees were protected, and n
10 per cent In summer. 1t is made by dissoiv-
ing one pound of common soap in 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
will look like a thick cream. and no longer sepa.
rates standing. Seventeen gallons Of water
added to the three gallons thus prepared will
give 10 per cent solution. The cost will
be 4.3 cents gallon and three four gallons
will save large tree from destruction
Doubtless you have noticed upon the appIes
you brought home in paper bag and those
that fell from your own cherished tree cres
cent mark This means that a busy little crrculiu
has had its beak 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 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 75 per cent of the common
housefes breed in horse manure AS the reme-
dies that will kill the househy 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 flies as we do dw houses and in careful
city sanitation