Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1914-06-13
17-YEAR LOCUST
DUE THIS SUMMER
IN Ohio, West Virginia. Virginia And
Pennsylvania In Many Coun-
ties.

ISohlihonly known as the 17-year 10
Gust, Is expected to make it's reappear
ance in Ohio, West Virginia, Virginia
land Pennsylvania etarly in June. This
| Is the territory which brood OF
| these incauses considerable damage
| to newly planted orchards and shade
trees in this territory. The scent.
| lists Of the bureau Of entomology of
the department Of agriculture are
| therefore watching this territory
| where the insect is due to reappear
with view to minimizing it's damage
The locust are due to appear in
the following counties:
OHIO: Ashland, Athens, Belmont
Carroll, COlumbiana, Coshocton, CRAY
ford, CuyahOga, Delaware, Erie. Fair.
field, Franklin, Gallia, Geauga. Guern-
sey, Harr son, Hooking, Holmes,
Huron, Jackson, Jefferson, Knox.
Lake, Licking, Lorain, Mahoning, Me.
dina, Meigs, Monroe, Morgan, Musk
Ingum, Noble, Perry, Pickaway, Pike,
Portage, Richand, Ross, Sandusky,
Sc.oto, Seneca, Stark, Summit, Tus-
caravans, Vnton, Washington and
Wayne.
WEST VIRGINIA.: Barbour, Boone.
'raXton, Brooke, Calhoun, Clay, bod
bridge, Fayette, Gilmer, Grant, Green.
brier, Hancock, Hardy, Harrison, Jack
son, kanahwa, Lewis, Marion, Mar
shall, Mason, Mineral, Monongalia,
Nicholas, Ohio, Peasants, Pocahontas'
Preston, Putnam, Randolph, Richie.
Roane, Summers, Taylor, Tucker.
Tyler, Upshur, Wayne, Webster, Wet,
eel, Writ and Wood.
PENNSYLVANIA: Fayette, Greene,
| and Washington.
VIRGINIA; Augusta, Caroline,
Highland and Shenandoah.
The most reliable means Of pro-
tecting nurseries and young orchard )
from the insects is by collecting them
! IN bags or umbrellas from the trees
during early morning or late even
| ing when they are somewhat torpid.
The collections should be undertaken
| at first appearance and repeated each
| day. Ordinarily repellents such as
kerosene emulsion or carbOlic acid
solution seem to have very little cf-
| feet in preventing oviposition Of the
locust. Recent experience indicates
| that trees thoroughly sprayed with
Bordeaux mixture are apt to be avoid
| ed by the cioada, especially if there
are other trees or woods in the neigh
borhood on which they can oviposit.
| In view Of the difficulty Of control
ling the insect on large scale after
| it has once emerged, it is we'll to
adopt any precautionary measures
that may tend to essen or distribute
the injury. Forewarned, much injury
and loss may be avoided by negleting
all pruning operations during the win
ter and spring prior to the expected
appearance Of the Cicada in order to
offer arger twig growth and dis.
tribute by this means the damage
over "a greater surface.
! Another precaution, when a cicada
year is expected, is to defer the plant
ing Of orchards, especially in the vic
unity Of old orchards or forest land,
until the danger is past. The same
advice applies to budding or grating
operations in the fall and spring prior
to the cicadas appearance. Much
| disappoin tment arising from injury
to orchards or valuable nursery stock
may thus be avoided.
Vigorous young trees will, it is true,
often recover in three or four years
| from the effects Of a loss Of or In
jury to considerable percentage Of
their branches, but 1t is difficult to
overcome the unsymmetrical appear
ance which will commonly result from
the indiscriminate pruning caused by
the work of the inseIe, and the gnarl-
ed and scarifed branches will long