Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1915-06-03
CAN'T CHECK BUGS
Cold and Rainy Weather Only
a Temporary Relief, Says
Prof. G. A. Dean.
new BROOD ALREADY At WORK
Increased Injury to Wheat Crop Be-
tween Now and Harvest Is Pre-
dicted by Experts.

No, the cold, rainy weather that
Kansas has experienced recently will
not destroy or check the ravages oil
the Hessian fly or the chinch bug
Heavy rains and cold weather will
in general, retard the development of
farm, garden and orchard pests, but
as soon as the sun begins to shine the
situation will be very different" says
George A. Dean, professor Of ento-
mology in the Kansas State Agricul-
tural college.
when the ground is wet and the
temperature is from 70 to so degrees
the chinch bug does not flourish be
the propagation of the chinch bug
fungous disease. At this time of the
year, however, the rains will not
check the chinch bug because the old
bugs have already laid their eggs and
the young bugs are still unmatched.
Later in the season a spell of wet
weather with low temperature will
check the chinch bug.
Weather conditions that are most
favorable for growing crops are also
the kinds of weather that the Hessian
fly 'dotes on Favorable crop weather
means that the development of the
spring supplementary brood of the
Hessian fly will be fastened and this
in turn means that there will be an
increased injury to the wheat between
now and harvest"
James W. McColloch, assistant in
staple crop insect Investigations in
the experiment station, who returned
recently from an inspection of the
wheat fields Of Harper and Sumner
counties, reports that the flies of the
spring supplementary brood are al
ready emerging and that their eggs
are now laid on the blades of the
wheat plants.
Absolutely nothing can be done this
spring to prevent a heavy loss in the
wheat crop this year, say the college
entomologists, but they urge the farm
ers to prepare to plant their wheat the
coming fall after using all the pos
sible preventative measures. In this
way 1t is hoped that heavy damage
to the following years crop may be
avoided.
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Mourning at a Graduation.-An
empty chair was on the stage where
the graduating class of eight sat in
the Clearwater High School auditori-
UNI. Three weeks ago Catheryn Gies-
endorf, 10 years old, was burned when
a can Of crude petroleum exploded
while she was visiting at the home of
a girl friend in Clearwater She died
the following day. Her classmates,
eight of them, asked that the place
where she was to have been seated be
draped in black in honor of her men,
ory. The request was granted. Her
parents were given her diploma.
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Request to Employees Sustained
Mr.. and Mrs. H. A. Goemann received
a verdict in the district court at Medi-
cine Lodge recently, giving them pos
session of $4,000 ranch decided to
them by A. VI. Houchin, wealthy pio-
neer, who died recently. Both had
been in his employ many years. A
brother and several sisters of Mr.. |
Houchin brought suit to set aside the
deed on the ground that it had been
the result of undue influence by the
Goemanns. The case will be ap-
pealed
Pioneer Found Dead.-The body of
Carlton A. Gates, a pioneer resident
OF Wichita, was found in his room the
other day. He is believed to have been
dead four days, as four daily papers
of consecutive days were found un.
opened at his door. A coroner's Jury
returned a verdict of death from nat |
ural causes. Mr.. Gates had resided
IN Wichita since 1873. He was n
years old
Civil War Veteran Dead.-Albert
Baleman, aged 70, veteran of the
Civil war, is dead at Atchison. He
served in the Thirty-first and Fifty
first Illinois regiments and had resid-
ed in Atchison fifteen years.
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Veteran Victim of Pneumonia
Samuel Dickey, aged so, resident at
Salina for fifty years and Civil war
veteran, died recently at his home
from pneumonia.
X X X
Dies as Result Of Injury.-Henry
Stellman, aged 81, died recently at his
home near Nortonville from injuries
sustained when a horse fell on him.
He was teacher.
X X X
Saline Pioneer Dead. - Timothy
Hoyne, 81 years old and one of the
first settlers in Central Kansas, is
dead at Salina, following a kick by
horse three weeks ago. He was born
in Kilkenney County, Ireland, and
came to America when young man.
Salina Is Growing.-The new city
directory for Salina contains 6,492
names, which by the usual method of
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