Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-08-08
CALIFORNIA GIRL HAS
MONEY MAKING SCHEME

box or bag. the females must be fed
each day while in captivity with Il
piece of dried apple soaked and thor
oughly moistened in water containing
a little honey or sugar. Some of them
will lay for many days, depositing IS
many as 200 or 300 g e These eggs
will hatch in periods varying from a
few days to a few months, many
species passing the winter in the egg
state.
Test tubes securely corked are ex-
cellent ~receptacles for the eggs. be-
cause you must examine them every
day. Eggs are OF all colors and tints
and of almost ALI conceivable shapes
They differ from c other as greatly
as do the eggs of different varieties OF
birds. and the entomologist can tell
from the egg hat butterfly or moth
will be produced therefrom. During
the winter egg must be kept in colo
storage lest they hatch out before theil
food plants are ready in the spring. II
the moth or butterfly passes the win.
ter in the larval stage the same rule
applies to the little caterpillars.
THE care of the caterpillar consti.
tutes your most exacting work, but is in.
tinitely simple. When the eggs have
Matched and you do not know the food
plant, introduce bits of other leaves un.
III you ascertain what they like. They
generally eat the shell OF their egg 70.
their first meal, and this will sustain
them for a day of two II you fail t.
find the right food. Part of a willow
leaf. "A clover leaf or a blade OF grass
furnishes food for most kinds OF moths
for under compulsiOn they will eat al.
most anything, but the leaves OF what
ever grows in your locality may be ali
tried from day to day until you flnG
what they like best.
After a few days remove your brood
Of worms to a jelly glass having 8
tight fitting tin cover. They may re-
of an inch In length. Then place them
In large mouthed bottles with tight fit
ting covers. They require very little
air. Large bottles or fruit Jars make
line breeding for broods of cater
pillars. A candy jar is ideal because
you can watch the development Of the
larvae through the thin, transparent
glass. II o have hundreds of a kind,
get a tight barrel, loosen the top hoop,
place a covering of cloth or gauze over
the open head of the barrel and fasten
IT down closely by means OF the hoop.
and you have a first class breeding
cage. Three inches OF dirt and leaf
mold should be placed in the bottom OF
each bottle or barrel used for larvae,
because they o to hide in this during
the daytime, and many species bury
themselves before they pupate. Put in
tc1Si iceNeS vi tHe 1000 plant daily, take
out the old food. and keep your breed
ing clean. OF course you may
build elaborate cages of wire gauze,
but the simple ones are Just as good.
Expenses are tritling in this
ton. Sixty cents buys a pound Of
cyanide cakes. a butterfly net can be
made with a loop of No. 9 wire, a tir
ferule and a bamboo handle, with 8
net made of bobinet or other light
gauze material. chronological pin.
nus be used in pinning the insects.
costing $1.25 a. single thousand and less
IN larger quantities. "A small pair OF
forceps to pick Zip the insects, for you
must not use your fingers except ir
plnning them. will cost half a dollar
insect cork. which you. fasten by means
of flour paste in the bottom of cigar
boxes. costs % cents a square foot. Pin.
your flies in these boxes and pack the
boxes In q largefcase. using plenty Of ex-
celstor. and ship them by express. The
party to whom o ship usually fur
nishes X pins. Mixtures for
sugaring cost only a few cent a gallon.
a large pair OF forceps is used to grasp
|lhe pin underneath the fly and press IL
down firmly into the cork. Pin the in
sects through this thorax. Butterflies
may be shipped in little three cornered
envelopes made of newspaper. All the
loetais be easily learned