THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
February 29 
138 
What is “ Ammoniated Bone?”’ 
T. M. T.. Falls Church, Fa.—Is ammoniated 
bone and muriate of potash as good for berries 
and fruit trees as ground bone and potash ? Is 
dissolved S. C. rock good for small fruits ? 
Ans.—T his question is discussed in an¬ 
other part of this issue. An “ ammoni¬ 
ated bone” is usually a sample of dis¬ 
solved phosphate rock with ground fish, 
cotton-seed meal, or some other sub¬ 
stance mixed with it to give a low per 
cent of nitrogen. We prefer the bone 
unless the price of dissolved rock is very 
low. The Delaware farmer obtains an 
“ ammoniated bone” by plowing under 
a crop of Crimson clover and cow peas 
and fertilizing with dissolved rock and 
potash. 
A Colony of “ Spring-tails " in Water. 
0. 0. G., Vail, N. J. —I Inclose some little crea 
tures which I took from the surface of my spring, 
and would like to know what they are, why they 
are there, and what will make them go away and 
stay away. They frequently congregate in 
patches as large as silver dollars. Through these 
patches, no water can be seen, but a great many 
individual “bugs” are, at the same time, scattered 
over the spring. It is seldom that they move, 
though occasionally one will, apparently, jump 
several inches. The great storm we bad February 
6 , caused a sti'eam to overflow the spring, and a 
strong current ran over the spring for several 
hours. I hoped that this would carry the “mites” 
clear to the ocean, but was surprised the next 
day to see them still in the spring in uudiminished 
numbers. 
ANSWERED BY M. V. 8LINGEKLAND. 
The minute, blackish creatures, about 
1-32 of an inch in length, which congre¬ 
gate in such numbers on the surface of 
the water in G. G. G.’s spring, are mem¬ 
bers of an interesting group of insects 
known as the Thysanura, which in¬ 
cludes insects popularly called Bristle- 
tails, Spring-tails, Fish-moths, etc. As 
all of these insects are very small in 
size, they usually escape the attention 
of all except the most careful students 
of nature ; sometimes, as in the present 
instance, they are numerous and lively 
enough to make up for their lack in size, 
and thus attract one’s attention. Most 
of them live on decaying matter, and 
are to be found under stones and de¬ 
cayed leaves and wood, in the chinks of 
bark, among moss, and in damp places. 
One species, a near relative of the one 
found on the spring, sometimes occurs 
in large numbers on the surface of the 
snow in winter. It is known as the 
“Snow-flea,” and sometimes proves a 
nuisance in maple-sugar bushes by get¬ 
ting into the sap. The species sent by 
G. G. G. is probably Schoturus armatus, 
which is common on the surface of stand¬ 
ing water, both in this country and in 
Europe. The purpose in thus frequent¬ 
ing pools or springs is not known ; per¬ 
haps, it is simply to have a social, frolic¬ 
some time with each other. They doubt¬ 
less are bred in or on surrounding moss, 
old logs, or in other damp places near 
by. They are entirely harmless crea¬ 
tures, but, of course, one does not care 
to have his spring water seasoned with 
even these animate specks. 
G. G. G. mentions that, occasion¬ 
ally, one jumps several inches, and the 
little creatures are, indeed, provided 
with a wonderful means of jumping. 
There is on the end of the body a tail- 
like organ that is bent under when the 
insect is at rest, and that reaches almost 
to the head; this, when suddenly 
straightened, throws the insect high in 
the air, and sometimes several feet away. 
This action is like a spring-board jump, 
only these little fellows always carry 
their spring-boards with them, and have 
thus won the name of Spring-tails. 
None of the minute and curious forms 
belonging to this group of insects, pos- 
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sesses any wings ; the only means of 
locomotion are their legs, and, in several 
species, the interesting “spring-board” 
just described. The whole group is of 
great interest to the entomologist, for 
some of the forms show in their struct¬ 
ures close affinities to the more general¬ 
ized, but closely allied, animals known 
as thousand-legged worms. Thus, these 
Thysanurans represent one of the con¬ 
necting links which we hear so much 
about; and it is believed that they are 
much like the first insects that appeared 
on the earth in ancient geological times. 
To come back to the practical side of 
the subject, llow can G. G. G. rid his 
spring of these Spring-tails ? Remove 
any possible breeding places, as old de¬ 
caying logs, etc. Skim them off fre¬ 
quently with a saucer-like dish, throw¬ 
ing them into a kettle of water kept 
boiling near by. Or, all that are on the 
surface at one time can be quickly killed 
by pouring a little kerosene oil in the 
spring ; this will at once spread over the 
surface in a thin film which will be 
death to the insects. If this film could 
be left on the surface for a few days, it 
would also kill all others that came to 
play on the surface. The kerosene 
would not contaminate the main body 
of the spring water, and the film could, 
probably, be easily dipped off. 
(Continued on next page). 
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