Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-11-11
Gl1at

Pennsylvania farmers are being pes
tered by the June bug, although 1t is
the middle of November, and the
ravages are causing many of the grain
fields to be damaged. The pest is the
larta of the bug which flies about in
early summer and bumps it's head
against electric lights and is to be
found clinging to grape vines, shrub
berry and fruit trees. Reports received
by DIR. III. y. Surface, the State zoolo-
gist, are that the larva, which is the
familiar white grub used for late sum
mer and fall fishing, has ruined many
acres, eating out the roots of the grass
and plants. In a number of places the
grub has been reported as having
devastated lawns and golf links and
has also appeared on some baseball
fields, apparently preferring cultivated
places, although some reports are that 1t
has shown no objection to tearing out
grain fields and market gardens. The
best advice that is being given is to
plough up the ground this fall so that
the grubs may be killed by the frost
or eaten. The pests however, are hard
to reach, as they burrow into the
earth, and ploughing has to be deep.
1t is estimated that the pest has caused
thousands of dollars loss and expert
ments are being made with chemicals
and sprays in half n dozen places to
determine the best means to extermi-
! nate 1t.
The stringent State law against per-
mltting shipment of game for sale in
markets is responsible for the very
small number of rabbits exposed for
sale in the markets in the cities. 0rdi-
narily hundreds of rabbits are avail
able for purchase, but this year, owing
| 10 the strictness with which the law
is being enforced, the cottontails are
hard TO get except from farmers who
! shot them. The market hunter, who
was the bane of the sportsman, has
been put out of business in quite few
| localities and wardens are turning up
men who have been in the habit of
| shooting their limit of game in some
counties and then moving on to the
next.
I,
| Don't let anybody charge you high
| prices for turkeys this year and don't
let anybody tell you they are scarce"
said man who has just returned from
a hunting trip through Perry county.
never saw so many turkeys in that
vicinity as at present" he continued.
Every farm from Newport to a point
| well beyond New Germantown has its
flock and many of them are very large.
The farmers know this and are hold
Ing the supply in order to keep prices
up. Many of them refuse to sell at
this time, hoping for higher prices
| idIer, DuJ JnlS very nOlQlng back or the
supply Is going to have the effect of
cheaper turkeys at Thanksgiving and
Christmas"
Now and then the members of the
Dauphin County Poor Board are called
upon to render assistance in divers
form and to divers persons. The latest
/ job one of the members was called
upon to do was the administering of
an oath to wayfarer who wanted to
swear off drinking for another year.
He came into the office the other day
and asked Poor Director c. l.. Boyer
whether he knew of anybody who
could take such an oath. Mr.. Boyer
said that the law allowed any of the
members of the poor board to act as
notaries in any matters that pertain to
matters affecting the work of the poor
board. Thus another habitue "swore
II off,"
DR.. p. P. ClaXton, the United States
Commissioner of Education, who has
been here this week to address She
teachers. is an old friend of Governor
/ rumbaugh and State educational au-
thorities. Dr. ClaXton has spoken here
upon number of occasions.