Milford chronicle., 1924-05-30

ther, who died some years ago. job
Marvel served the route for severa
years and upon his resignation Ere
Walls was appointed temporary car
rier until an examination was held
Mr.. Hunter was the successful candi
date and his appointment to this routt
is pleasing to the patrons and the ole
friends of his father.
Mr.. and Mrs John r. Crouch, Jr.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford Feehan anC
children, of Philadelphia, spent the
weekend with Mr. and Mrs. John T
Crouch.
While helping to place a piling at
the concrete bridge at the Diamond
State Roller Mills, Charles Roach was
severely injured about the right foot
and leg when piling pinned him
against the side of a deep bank.
Caterpillars are more numerous
around Milton than has been known
before. They are stripping the trees,
especially apple trees, and if some
method is not soon employed to elm
mate this pest it will be impossible
for the home owner to grow apples
for family use. The caterpillar eats
the leaves from the trees and in some
gardens the trees look as though fire
had passed over the trees. In the
larger orchards where a system of
spraying is used the pests do but lit
tie if any damage. This variety of cat
erpillar worm is about three inches
long, brown with black markings, and
they literally cover the bushes and
trees. The apple orchards have been
mostly affected and many trees can be
seen that are entirely denuded Of their
leaves; although trees of all varieties
have been attacked and stripped.
Hugh nests hang from nearly every
limb and the worms in thousands can
be seen crawling up and down the
trunks. At the north of town the con-
crete road was covered with the craw-
ing worms. The leaves on wild cher
ry trees have been faVOrite food for
he caterpillars, and unless these
.rees, usually found growing in hedge
'OWs and waste lands, are cleaned out
~ the owners or State authorities it
will soon become impossible to grow
lpples in this section. The apple
rees that have been most damaged
re those in small orchards which are
Ound on most farms in this section,
where sprays were not used to pre-
ent their gaining a hold on the trees. /
1t first the farmers endeaVored to /
lislodge them by burning the nests ]
nd worms from the boughs, but the
leat was so intense that the trees |
7ere injured. One farmer claims that !
e killed the pests by spraying with
asoline, which seemed to kill the
7Orms without injury to the trees.
Cut worms are damaging seriously
be growing vegetables and corn in
his section of Sussex county. Cold
lights and excessive rains of the past Il
reeks are responsible for this cOndi-
on. There is no remedy known that
ill stop the ravages Of the worms
kept to scratch them out from ]
round the plants, long tedious Op- j
ration. Farmers say that nothing but
OF suns will stop the pests. When
arm weather comes truckers will re- e
liant those fields destroyed, making {
le crop mature several days later s
ian usual. i
While wiping the machinery at the
ilton pumping station while the ma q
linery was in motion, cost Louis i
ane, the superintendent, the end of
Is finger. Mr.. Lane had just taken I
large of the station and was trying t
make the station presentable when
e accident occurred. C