The Progressive West Virginian. [volume] (Williamson, W. Va.) 1911-1913, 1911-06-15

c11D EtpASS& ny 1h0 tUOWn tAC Vott0tkl
OF q tin pan.
This song, produced by myriads on
Z warm day between May rs and the
middle Of June, is like an atmosphere
of wild, mcnotonous sound, tiresome
and dolefu., roar not unlike a fac
tory or reaper One sound is repre-.
scented by the letters "Tshe-e-e-E-E.
E-e" continuously for a quarter to
4 half a minute. But the more charac-
teristic is the "Phar-r-r-aoh. = or Far
FRO" note, lasting two or three sec
onds. AS cicadasx seldom sing alone,
| the effect is startling
They seldom sing at night, though
once in while one will start chorus
between eleven and three O'Clock,
others will take it up, and then It viii
die gradually away.
His Little Life.
The aerial life of the cicada Ii
short. In the latter half OF May they
begin to appear, and by the third
week of June they begin to die of.
In July they are all gone as suddenly
as they came The female deposits
her eggs in Sits made in small
branches; then she dies. 1t is all
over in less than six weeks Of life in
the early summer. after seventeen
years preparation.
Then, month or so after it is
laid, the ant-like larva matches from
the egg. 1t escapes from the slit in
the branch of the tree or shrub and
falls lightly to the ground, for 1t is
only feather weight Next, it bur-
rows down a few inches, or even sew
eral feet, into the earth and makes a
minute subterranean chamber for it.
self over \ rootlet 1t is only one
sixteenth of an inch long, yellowish-
white
The Damage He Does.
The danger is in the laying of the
eggs The female has a sort of Dor
ing apparatus, or "ovipositor." She
| literally saws a slit in young branch
and there deposits double row of a
dozen or so little white eggs about
one-twelfth inch in diameter. Then
she starts somewhere else to repeat
the process, depositing in all four hun
dred to six hundred eggs.
Mostly fruit trees, oak, hickory and
forest trees in general suffer, but al
most never the pine.
After the damage is done, the best
course is to prune off the most dam
aged twigs the next season, so that
the tree can concentrate its strength
on the less damaged branches. In
| md hxr def wi v,1o M n
until the year after the cicada's visit,
much injury and loss can be avoided.
His Field of Operation.
Observation-Disclosures county.
West Virginia--Brooke.
Indiana Bartholomew, Davis, Fay.
cite, Floyd. Gibson, Jackson, Jen.
nings, Knox, Montgomery, Owen,
Posey, Putnam, Ripley, Spencer, Sui.
Ivan, Vanderburg, Vigo, Warrick.
Kentucky Ballard, Barren, Butler,
Caldwell, Galloway, Carlisle, Chris
tian, Clinton, Crittenden. Dayiess.
Fulton, Grant, Graves, Green, Han
cock. Hardin, Hickman, Hopkins,
Livingston, Lyon, McCracken, Nc.
Lean, Marshall, Muhlenburg, Ohio,
Todd, Trigg, Union, Webster. Wolfe.
Ohio-Hamilton.
Benton, Carroll, Ches-
ter, Crockett, Davidson. Decatur
Dickson, Dyer, Fayette. Gibson
Hardeman, Hardin, Haywood, Hender
son. Henry, Humphreys, Lake, Lau
derdale. Lewis, MacNairy, Madison
Maury, Montgomery, Obion, Perry
Robertson, Rutherford. Shelby, Stew
arr, Upton, Wayne, Weakley. viii
hanson
Treasurer's Report.
The report OF the state treasurer
at the end of the month of May show.
a balance in all funds and invested
aggregating $2.066, 095.38. The repor
shows that $2O2, 105.O2 has been pait
out of the state road fund, but tina
there is still remaining something
over $4,000.
The state fund shows a balanc,
! April 80, 1911, of $846.91 .38; receipts
during May, $225,3O459, Total, 81,
072,215.97. Disbursements during May
$154, 928.96; balance May 81, $917,
2S7.01
In the state road fund the balanc,
May 81, is $141,524.3s.
In the general school fund the bal
ance May 81 is $1,000, and ethe schoo
fund the balance May 81 ise $7,283.9s
with investments in bonds. etc, o
$993.90C.
Charleston May Be Represented.
1t is quite likely that the Charles
ton Gun club will be represented b,
three Of its best shots at the Gran,
American Handicap in Columbus. Thi
shoot is held annually and this yea
will be attended by about 500 of tn,
J best shots in the country. The loca
representatives will only take part II
the preliminaries. 1t is likely that Dr.