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THE LANCASTER FARMER. 



[June, 



made the observation of tlie habits of birtLs a 

 life study says, ■• >?.. nii,-; oT all the yoifli 

 American birds is niin'c aburnlant and lietter 

 known than the Barn .Swallow. From its 

 first appearance in early May, till its depar- 

 ture, about the 1.5th of September, the im- 

 men_se good which it accomplishes should 

 prompt us to awwdloTt a"genefous"wele"(Jtii3e,' 

 and bestow ivjiou it the full protoetioii\bf the 

 lawS: It frequents out [)iistures wliere the 

 cattle are grazing, and kindly rplievos theni 

 of their insect tormenters, even alighting on 



"Something ne>v for tobacco- 

 growers. 



'i'.iliaci'n-'.jrowiiig ha-, luany 'IithvI^.icI^s in 

 the form of iii.^ii'l iiifi--l;ilinris, ;nul il is solrly 

 to reflect even llh' fiH'lili'si ray dl' lii^ht upon 

 th^ subject, of r^iuedies for circumventing 

 these enemies thAt we.'piiblisli tiie bel<)w' fllus- 

 tratiohs and thP follDTVhig" remarks upon ihe 

 .sahie,:believing that it is as well in t.ob!><>co- 

 gr|)\Ving,9sln0ther tilings to t 'prove f^ll: things, 

 ani:I hold fast that whi<;h is good. V , •/, -., ,, ' ; 



iThere are few men— especially in TUr;iJ 



their backs for t4iis purpose ; it;i)uts aii end'to ! hohies— that are blessetV wi-fcli the fjeuse of 

 the insects tliat infest our fruits and vege- I sight,, who Itave not observed, oven fjrnm their 

 tables, and indirectly rids man of many of his j ho /liwod, that the "Btawk-niqths'" are iiartial 

 most inveterate insect foes. It may be justly ' tn tke aectai' in' tlw flowqrs ofithe '.■.Jimson 



charncteri«)d as an unmixed good. Not; the.; 

 slightest itinge of ervil; we are happy tO' eayi. 

 exists in its nature; 'to mar the happy resulls 

 which flow from its labors." Its food con-;, 

 sists entirely of inSects from its first apjjear- 

 ance ill the spring until its departure .in tlie 

 fall. Its' sqjouni iu ohr latitude is about 'I Inui 

 foumioutlis', and during that period the 

 insects it directly destroys. And indi- 

 rectly prevents, airiount to uoany mil- 

 lions-^ven in a smgle individual— what 

 must it, thereforei, amount to in a colony, 

 or by the whole liumber that , viflit the :. 

 entire country y ; il! ..';'[ . • -■.lur; -jil) nr 

 Atoong the many individuals which Mi. viito'J 

 Gentry; has examined he fonnd in thaiifi .kmms 

 8tomafchs nothing but insects, and of thefeeinin.U 

 eight species belonged to the order DifterIs '•fif;i!i 

 (Two^wingert Flies) iiieluding a vpry;laifgff:.HU)-iiY 

 number of Mosdiitoes, six species of C6iiE>« 'yivHi 

 OPTBBA (Beetles),' eight sl)eciea of liEPiDOa-tjIidiK! 

 TBEA (Butterflies and Moths), iiicluding .<■,- 

 the Applte-codhng and the parent Of tte ■-'.''■ 

 Canker -worm, beaides a large number ofu". 

 others i too decomposed to identify ji and-.n I 

 this characteristic distinguishes Clie whote;n i 

 families ;of Swallows and Swifts, among;. U' i. 

 which are included oftt familiar Htttelrr. .x^) 

 friends the Honse Martins and Chimney-ii )i;i(i 

 birds. 'Another interesting observer, whose. II ?.i;-n 

 name and paper we cauiiot at present layifiim )• 

 our haiids upon, shot half a dozen Swal)')w6 i(<n f-. 

 each month of their sojouriilin his locality, ■r.<§ , 

 and'foUTid from thi-ee- tb fiv;e hulidred ia'-. i .?» 

 sects in their Stomichs at one tiinei The; ^aVo 

 highest DTimber was found in the moath • ::^f>^ 

 of Julie, and the lowest in the moilth.- .-< .5 

 of Augnst<and nodoubt millions of Hee.sian; i., i,; 

 flies fall victims to their rapacity late Idd iK.jt 

 summer. They feed almost ex'clusivelynodtd; 

 white rtn the wing, in tlie morning aadii .1.1;;) 

 evening; or -during cloudy days. When i'lnrp n 

 rain is threatening - inseets instinctively 

 keep nearer the e^r^J, aptt ^ring such 

 times the S,\Ya|Hp.yi's, will be fouufl -'jkimmipg; 

 near the groundi as if in play, in quest 

 of them ; and,tli*n, toO( iiatighty boyis iindi 

 sensless mert'Will be; ifound oecupj^ngi JC' 

 stand, with hat or bat, attempting to strike 

 them down, in which 4«aniy;iSpp>rt they too- 

 often succeed. A great many winged in- 

 sects that remain 'hidden oi- asieeii dni-ing' 

 the day, fly kbi^oriU durinf^ the evening ai^tf 

 early hours of the night, and it is thdh thiit 



weed,??; "Thora-apple,,',', ajid eapeoially , that 

 pa -tlculair species of moth which deppsit^ the 

 eg! ;s on- tJiW;plant from wfhich develops tine grecii' 

 jihins'' or: "Ilorp^wflami.iV -Jidiiisfc.pf the 

 kii d of men aU-udedito may.havieiwafle aigeu 

 en I obscrv^ition ;Qf this; .U^it-only, perhaps, thfi 

 I 



temptjrto escape througM'fte ■)p"%f a coop 

 lii for^hey wonJgJnajC&Jne tcflcreep under, 

 niilcsa-xhey weredSnlstaated «id free to go 



in :nid out wheiVnnd Svliive tlw^-plcased. 



Til.' ciimmon Jimson weed (Batura stramo- 

 niwli,) has long been known as; the favorite 

 food plant of both the ijorthern and Southern 



Tobacco Hawk-moths, of which there_are_at 



least two distinct species ; namely, the "Caro- 

 lina" and the "Five-spotted," technically 

 nained Spkivx Carolina, et Sphinx qiiinqtie— 

 mi\,ciilala.) Tliis/itet has been .long since 

 knbwa (jiiid availed of by some .Southern culti- 

 vator's, \yh6 liavd poisoned the flowers 'of the 

 plants, a i id when the moths nartook Of it tiley' 

 died by scores.' .^Jiit, as tampering \rith pblibns' 

 is olijectionablfe ttj iiiany ' people. Hie jioiisbn " 

 reniedy has neve'r 'bedohie of '.gefaei'al'aiipfca- '':'! 

 tioii, hence thR'.ti^byHhiiVe I3eeh 'loolchig' trap- 

 ward, amV heMld hete it iSj"'asper illustra- 

 tion, of wiiicll No. '1 Wtbe L'^rra and N'd; '2 

 ,t|ii PMpi.t o'f ^the.inoth'of natural size. ', Iffo. 3 

 'is tiie Imn,ll<J'oi- fh'^ moth itseff r'ediiced" 7 

 ]\^ size. "So. -^isa''flpwot.of the Sfrmii- "'' 

 ' mn((/)i, 'and Ko'. -.5 Illustrates the eg^i^ '"' 

 about tlieir' hattil-al 'size. ■'-'!N'6. 13" is 'the 

 ti-ap itself, in pbsitioii, VerV ir(diihVi-<i- ' 

 duced in size. ' '= "'"f >••" .rf;. i n,., !„.■, ., 



, , The motli^ of 'Horn--<vofiiis aie'M-ejp'ris('tJ-' 

 '%rean^', ortmlight'fliei-S, and th$y'con- 

 ''■'''' "'!,.'tin'ue abroad in the eVtirting 



" as- late' as''0 Or 10 O'clock. '-"■' 

 iTie foi-eiiart of the'cVehin^ '" 

 is occlipied in brealcipg:tli^ir 

 fast 'on 'the nectar: of' the'' 

 I Jimsoii Weed,' as' welt ks' 6'ri | ' ' " 

 other trumpet rt6\Vers,"h'nr'|" 

 mdinly On that nahied. "ft ' ' 

 seems evident, therefore, that' 

 ' the traps ; would reqtWre 'no'. 

 K, ».' 'ittfehtioli ' except .a /Very' 

 '*■•' •^ short'Vime'after the labors 

 ;■;{ the 'day ifa other'; dirfe- 

 tioiis lik've' closed. "An'ftoiii- 

 <ii"hlilfhour' daily sj'ient'jn 

 baiting the traps with 'frefeh''^ 

 flowcrs,-?tnd iibout as long a 

 ctiSiie. in. the; early, morning 



^oths, 1!^ all/tne, tjj^e ;t^at , . . 

 ,woum,De|Occupi6d, arid' thai!,'",' 

 tal^ai: 'pp4ld.'be pei-f<^rii|e4jj}:|,. ' , 



1 ' 



TOOK wojjay 



. ^ , S. S. Gibble's Celebrated SphJftx Trap. 



the iSWinoW.slaml( (the -Bats/ sa% forth/ Itbt m<is«..prabkical./'have u4a<le mora flxtremled*. 

 breai)!!'the,t;^dajly.;fast,affld< lalthc(ngh,they.|,de;f*.,r had hioro thorough l>bBfliVations,„04id 

 seertj to Ire gi^rati-ng without purpose Ihtoughf l^ity' wodld.in^oessarijy.ffl^ice laWue, of the, 



the air,' 'j;^t' they ^ 'know what they areaiioutj 

 for blijectS' tnd small ; for » u* to j'deogniie,! -iir-ej 



the "™sfpess"«.iid'i egress ; 



hai^S'ailifaiTOerfe d^e'rwt/-a^vare.,tUat(M^«a*u.,v^ rouSh wiiich it^i&igM W6?i^k!^^A .„. .., 



weovSis"! .{8rtqiMi,'^mnxirms)i have; .ample .,;„,. ^^f, ^ft^,„ jjerscnrwe' in, atteriipbing , to - paHS 

 wings ;and'«.r abroiul to^-meet, taieir- niates^ ! tf it^ttifh the tip of a window paae, even When 

 and deposit biteu- egg* on the wh«^ ihe^^^ 



thethe^dsor TO the-. staOk.txive Swallow* 1 do,Jt'is8t^^^^ or three feet.ou either 



chan6e a,nd they will^pickl off hunda-eds^of j'feiie'iWF it, Petelungibirds,.6r even. chickeDS,; 



e 

 th 



"w 



di; itlngiHishiligiharbits ©f ■ t)iese ;in6eut6. .-i When; 

 ,,.,^ , J i K,. 1 1 ..u ■ ^ , ,■ 'Miiy-i'Dseet,-'whnchlih.ail)0i6ed pasitiion*ipsthe! 



mimeldi Ad;ely detebted t>y their ; quu-k, i keea ne c-tar Wom a^flo wer. h,T6 exhausted the flowerT-i, 5" 



sight(fand^^oMrted^,np'in. vast Trnmborh.: .Pet- I'cup-ltnalmo^t' inVaruilily,- if-not ;con8tautly,1,i( 



haf«|itr;i»«ru« bha* '>onf Itwandw/never rfaadeil .n, ..'^ ,Bo*e;;Dri;;les* .pieiif^endtouWly i.bpfpre, it j 



asufamer^n but/ His •trueii.'vlni that oiiinslmi.ia^^ thi*. habit,, of the ,„ 



mei'.^i'riiight.beoou*B mtiokirab e.i« itiwer^.not^ 'insdct'hasmafiiily ei/Mtad.tlie inniulBe or.idea. N 



or'iiSate'a,n(l)rtywiai(!>w3 «ndith6jrianiaa«d>«©.i ..tbatdtas;ohilmInated iii/the.tfri/jWcvTwj),; w.liich; .pi-bved'to.be .Wwee distinct species, tw.o ,<}fr;,„ 

 fJ^;li' '•'«' ' I-^u" j'J'-'. M'T •""' ^s reiJnjsenteid iby, the^euccofflJimnyiiiig Ulustta- :taihn, biftloffjWnglp.the family^aifw'AK, cpra^ 

 to«6n<Mus,oti ^ve^WJuH-^mOm^hali. fam> -tj, „«,„, , Aniiirisect,tb«t;ifl,ca.ptuied in, a hos. mUy,;callfdi 'tFlea^Beetle." . the po^rior 



fnt^i'i^ 'Ztt^"^;«l a*^, r*'^'"P"'*''l'"'^^'''^'-^^^ '^^ .kindo.wiy,;-att,emi>t /to :malfQ,fil*,.'.ih u'i^i ibfcing..Brt>atiy ,enlarged, giving, rt.hem 



ing new ohe8,/to- make; ample provjsionri.tw .'fe.4i„e throuirh the ton if lisrht is admitted, .til-., i.oiv...i- t<» lean a, considerable diSiauce, 



lere and tliere a, few, ^ at several ijiim'^g,^."/' 

 Take foijr huiijdrecras'tli^ basis of ' cpntiil-7"'" 

 ?ent' pois-sibilitiiss, arid it >Vill bec'o.me e.vi-/'") 

 dent lluit if we 'can catchbiit a siiigle female''''" 



in ail evttniug, in a trap, we practi-'^I'" 

 ',!„..♦ /..,.',. / ,7,.„,7 rr... ;...,' J'.',"i'.a 



gen 



dent 



moth 



cally dest,ryy four iiundrefl Hurn-ivornis';^ 



f^,nd : that, ip^^liiibeij ^^(^'f. ji'orapiousj tobaccp' , 



clie\yers, cafi do^',g,. y^st flfal 'ot^ cft^iiiage '■ 



d'uriiig tlieir season.' If you capture, Jivf 



feinal^s ,tljp,,res,ult .^^IylJ)e .eci.uij^lcnt'tolfu/'''''' 



<(i,oys(ti)c?,'a^ic^ [ten wo^l'd do " "■ ' 



b.er. apt! 'so^.pn oi.' pijil; 



wo^ld double that riuhj- , 



,^ j plfillUiim. yixteeh;6'f ■'■■.'' 



tl^ese .si)tin;x 'jpioths haVc been Ciliitured i/f,'"^ 

 a, singly trap' in one iii_g-lit!' For the pyacti-.'."' 

 .dftail's of' t,lus' trap, its .'pijice' AnA oih^t', ', '' 

 ittcrs ..rcla,tiii';',t,heret(i,j tlie 'in^iurer hald'''' " 

 it a'dilvess'a potilal car^ to'fhe pi'opr|etOr 'of 

 ! trap; Mt. Joy, jl';i..,j' sitieifihg a ui'rculav, 

 n can only vouch' for !t'ne''iiriwcM>W''Whibli,' 



^IpeMeVe: 4 t,e^sOi,n'a.''VV''' '/';'• T 

 TO ?.-)rnmit! •j/Ti ill, .J:// )■; (.iljjd ts io iAii'^ia 



ca 

 matters. 



Dbe iia.«ftots si.jibraitteiQlii.to my ejfaiwatfipp- 

 Mili^.I.iIJfllififtaia Her8bey,,of UohjeijsjtOrWii, ■//?; 



;v^^u„ucu.i,init,,uiMm-..,t,.,j,\of a/Ajr -kjndo.wiljl; ; att,enii>t ,to :iiaal{Q,iits„..thSu'}!s;ibtiing..Bireatiy ,enlarg 

 /tuple pro vjsionriitoav.' (escape through the top if light is adniitted, <tlik'/imw««- tt* l«ap: a .consit 

 otj . Swallows. vHer-t (,{] i-ough it even if there-ts a hole in the side TJieMiwer/e fQVuWTLy included 



-,, ,.„ -..„.. ,„,„^ , — .—_„-., iu thep.ldge.uuS;. 



i^(^j«>avJ*utli»av*rfeeen-^mpjyfft;t(0'jthei genus,, i 

 JSpUnx,!,' A-' iliLvr:'-! ^,. (!■■"■' !ii:' ;i)/-ii' ^:'' i'r;-i 

 Thfere H'e(ii6;but two specimejis of these flea,-, 

 ■beetles in thedot, one being E. cu<:um(rics, .of 

 Dr.. Harris.; This, is black all; over ejccept (the 

 a/uoHfifflianditbeifeet.' 1 The thorax- is thickly 



themionthe wiig/oi3Qtiaerw.weii;d lo c.jlol bjJjj^k'asiifeicYillyitorWeyfel, wiliiDopkeia dQaen„at-,. .piin^tMfed),) ian^A mfflflyimiimS.'Vim^wm^ii 



