The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1915-06-05
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.

dicted by Experts
mo, the cold, rainy weather that
Kansas has experienced recently viii
/ not destroy or check the ravages of
| the Hessian fly or the chinch bug.
Heavy rains and cold weather viii,
in general, retard the development Of
farm, garden and orchard pests, but
as soon as the sun begins to shine the
situation viii be very different" says
George A Dean, professor OF ento-
mology In the Kansas State AgricuI-
tural college
When the ground IS wet and the
/ temperature is from 90 to so degrees
the chinch bug does not flourish be
cause the conditions are favorable for
the propagation OF the chinch bug
fungous disease. At this time Of the
year, however, the rains will not
check the chineh bug because the old
| bugs have already laid their eggs and
| the young bugs are still unmatched.
Later in the season a spell Of vet
weather with low temperature viii
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 viii be FASTENED and this
in turn means that there will be an
increased injury TO the wheat between
| now and harvest"
James ". 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 it is hoped that heavy damage
to the following years crop may be
avoided.
/
Mourning at GraduzFion.-An
empty chair was on the stage where
the graduating class Of eight sat In
the Clearwater High School auditori-
um. Three weeks ago Catheryn Gies-
endorf, Is years old, was burned when
| a can OF crude petroleum exploded
while she was visiting at the home Of
q 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 mem
DRY. The request was granted Her
parents we're given her diploma
|
Request to Employees Sustained
Mr. and Mrs. H. A GOemann received
verdict In the district court at Nedi-
cine Lodge recently, giving them pos
session Of a $4,000 ranch decided TO
them by A. " Houchin, z 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 1t had been
the result Of undue influence by the
I
pealed-
Pioneer Found Dezd.-The body or
Carlton A. Gates. q 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
uraI causes. Mt. Gates had resided
IL Wichita since 1878 He was Il
years old
Civil War Veteran Dead.-A1bert
Baleman, aged y, a 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
| 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
Dies as Result Of Injury.-Henry
SteIiman. aged q, died recently at his
home near NortonviIle from injuries
sustained when q horse fell on him
He was q teacher.
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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 a
horse three weeks ago. He was born
in KiIkeuuey County. Ireland. and
came to Amerca when a young man.
y
SaIina Is GroWing.-The new city
directory for Salina contains 6,4S2
names. which by the usual method Of
computing population gives Salina
5000 persons. gain Of 40 over the
figures given By the directory OF two
years ago.
Farm Sold at Last-Jaek Cameron
! has bouzht the 2Ol-acre farm belong