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ARMY WORM
IN 80 c0UNtEEs
Pennsylvania Gets Serbs Of
Alarming Reports.
DRIVES FAMILY Fagv4 'onE
Woodbury., N. j., House Fille8 WITT
Swarms of Pests-LaWns, rres anc
Shrubbery Damaged.

| Woodbury., N. j., House Fille8 With
swarms of Pests-Lawns, Tries and
Shrubbery Damaged.
Philadelphia, July 20.-Army worms
have invaded thirty counties I'm the
state and are destroying thousands OF
dillars worth of crops, according to OF
fcials at the department of 1grlcuf
ture at Harrisburg.
Farmers in all of the infestef coun-
ties are sending frantic appeals to
the department for quick methpds OF
killing them.
The pests are also raising havoc
with crops and lawns in sou; Jer-
sey. In Woodbury. thousands q the
wrigglers took possession of resi-
dence, causing the family to ABANDON
the place until the worms werej exter'
minated.
Harry Gehman, Philadelphia's act
ing city forester, opened a campaign
of determination. He set a squad OF
men at work in the vicinity OF the
Northeast boulevard and Ninth street,
SPRAYING IUe WOIlS WILL W
arsenate of lead.
The worms marched" rapidly
through the Germantown district, de-
vastating lawns and gardens. Resi-
dents attacked the pests with arse
nate of lead, kerosene and gasoline.
Arsenate of lead was sprinkled freely
on the lawns and the grass WAS cut
short in an effort to check the advance
of the worms.
Herman Hornig, city entomologist,
offered the comforting assurance that
the worms would soon disappear. He
said they were full grown and that IN
a few DAYS they would begin to re-
enter the earth.
According to reports from upstate
millions of army worms have invaded
the Wyoming valley and are doing
much damage to lawns, trees, shrub
berry, flowers and crops. Hundreds OF
lawns in Wilkes-Barre were destroyed.
Property owners have appealed to the
city officials for aid in fighting the
pests. G. L. Seybold, superintendent
of parks, has taken charge of the
fight against the invaders.
Farmers in York county are suffer
ing from an invasion of the worms
Many acres of crops have been strip
ped and the farmers are bending ev-
cry effort to drive out the destroyers.
The worms reached York week ago
and laid waste lawns, shrubbery and
gardens. Paris green, wheat bran and
orange juice are being used by resi-
dents of York to destroy the pests.
From Williamsport comes the re-
port that the army worm has appear
ed in great numbers in northern
Pennsylvania. Fearing that grain and
vegetable crops will be ruined, the
farmers are making a determined
fight against the invaders.
Deep burrows have been plowed
around fields by some of the farpers
in Gloucester county, N. j., accoItin8
10 dispatch from B6sllggl
worms fall into the trenches
thousands, and heavy log is dra
by a horse through the burrows
a day to crush the fnvadersS<
The ravages of the army worm con-
tinued In Woodbury., N. j. Large Juan
titles of paris green are being s5rin-
killed. on lawns and shrubbery. A num-
Der of people have turned their chick
ems loose in yards where the worms
appeared A few made the mistake OF
doing this after the spraying of the
poison and lost both lawn and their
chickens.
George D. Chenoweth, livingon East
Cooper street, Woodbury., N. j., had to
close his house temporarily because
of an invasion of worms. The worms
first consumed his lawn and then they
crawled all over the exterior of the
house, many of them getting inside.
The family abandoned the house un-
til the pests had been exterminated
by spraying them with paris green.
The worms were prevented from eat
ing the lawn of the high school when
paris green was sprayed over It