RURAL NEW-YORKER 
1021 
BARN PLANS 
WM. LOUDEN 
Koco^nizod Load* 
ms AuUiority on 
AH Earn Butldms 
Problema. 
I Louden Planned and Equipped Barn oj 
I Uon. Tho3. Taggart, French Lick, Ind, 
Insect Pests 
The Hateful White Grub 
We are receiving many qiiostions now 
about damage done by the white grub. 
Particular damage seems to be done this 
year with strawberries and on lawns, 
and many people liave never seen this 
grub before. The Department of Api¬ 
culture has issiiwl a very timely publica¬ 
tion in Parmers’ Pulletin 040. This 
gives the facts about our common white 
grub. I’lie pii'tui'e at Fig. Hill sliows the 
insect as we find him comfortably chew¬ 
ing at our berry plants and potatoes. 4 he 
picture at Fig. 511 shows typical speci¬ 
mens of the hlay beetle which _ is the 
parent of the white grub. In the infested 
part^ of the three States of Illinois, Iowa 
and Wisconsin it is estimated that these 
white grubs cause a loss of not less than 
.$7,000,000 in one year, or .$li:.000,000 if 
we include these entire States. iNfost 
people suddenly come upon this insect in 
the grf>und and do not understand it. 
The life history of this insect covers 
three, and in some latitudes four years. 
The eggs are laid by the iifay beetle, 
which, as many readers know, is de¬ 
structive to many kinds of trees and 
shrubs. The ^-ggs are deposited by the 
beetles in the “ ^tj)ring. and the young- 
grubs hatch in three or four weeks'. Dur¬ 
ing the first season these giaibs live on 
the veget.ible matter in the soil. As 
Winter approaches they burrow down 
deeper and remain there inactive until 
the next Spring. Then they crawl up to 
a point near the surface and feed on the 
roots of many dilVei-iuit crops, including 
nursery stock. In the Fall they again go 
deep into the soil, coming back in the 
Sliring once nn>rc-until about .Juiu'. uhen 
they change to the pup.-i or true dormant 
state, as is shosvn at Fig. 5lo From 
this state the beetles emerge and go 
through the life history once more. 
Thus with its life siient entirely below 
ground, the white grub is one of the 
hardest insects to fight, as it must bo dug 
out or reached by some gas Avhich rvill 
work through the soil. Most of our r<'ad- 
ers who complain of the grubs find them 
in the strawberry (latehes. The large 
plants suddenly begin to wilt and finally 
fall down. On pulling up the plant the 
grub will be found near the root, having 
trimmed it so thoroughly that there is 
little left below the thick crown of the 
plant The lawns and meadows begin to 
turn brown without apparent reason. On 
digging into them the white grubs are 
found just below the surface, having 
eaten oif the roots id’ the grass. Moles 
destroy liundreds of these grubs, and Ave 
should let the moles alone on a lawn 
where the.se pe.sts abound. The tunnel 
made by the mole is not nearly as bad as* 
the Avo'rk of the Avhite grubs. In the 
strawberry patch it is difficult to detect 
the work of the grub until the damage 
has been done. We have knoAvn of cases 
AA'here at the first sign of Avilting the 
plants were pulled up and the grubs 
taken out and destroyed, and the plants* 
were tlien trimmed back, the tojis being- 
cut off, and transplanted once more. 
"When thoroughly soaked Avith Avater, 
such plants will often revive and thus 
can be saved. On small iiatches Avith 
A’aluable plants, many of the grubs can 
be killed by injecting into the soil around 
the plant small quantities of hisuliihide 
of carbon. This can be forced in from 
an oil can by pressing the bottom, or an 
injector may be n.sed. The gas from the 
bisulphide will work through the soil and 
usually kill the grubs, but of course this 
Avould not be practical on a large scale. 
In valuable lawn.s, Avhere iiatches of the 
sod are being destroyed by the grubs, this 
method can be folhoved Avith fair results. 
Deep cultivation Avith hoe or cultivator 
clo.se around the plants Avill often help, 
by throwing out the grub or d'siorbing 
him so that he Avorks deeper into the 
ground. 
The May Iwetles ma.v be fought by 
spraying the trees Avhen> they feed Avith 
Paris green, or by the use of moth traps 
Avhich represent a light Avith a reflector 
placed over a pan of kerosene or sticky 
ffy jiapor. Light attracts tin* beetles in 
the night, and tiiey fall upon tin* jiaiier 
and are caught. f>f course this AA’ould 
haA'c no effect whatever upon (he Avhite 
grub stage. Fall jdoAving aaIH turn many 
of these a'rub.-, ’i[t to tin' surface, and 
with a dock of poulrry. or a few young 
pigs to follow the (ilow, the land Avill he 
fairly well cie.uied. Of all farm stock 
Ave have foumi the pig best suited to 
cleaning out these in.sects. The pigs are 
extravagantly f<<nd of them, and A\-e haA'e 
knoAvn them to dig over t\vo feet doAvn 
into the ground after one of these grubs. 
If there is a (liece of sod knoAvn to be 
badly infeste«i, one of the best Avays of 
cleaning it is to fence after cutting the 
grass and turn in a drove of livel.A' shotes. 
They will rin the wlmle surface over and 
tiioroughly -lean tlie grubs out. 
Poisoning Ants 
M'e lur.-e lui.i ,( great many letters this 
year de.M-ribing trouble Avith ants, and 
asking how to kill them. IVe li.ave fre- 
quentl.v described the method of punch¬ 
ing a hole with a croAA’bar into the ants’ 
nest and pouring into it about half a pint 
of bisulphide of carbon. When this is 
covered with a blanket the fumes of the 
gas work out through the ant hilt and kill 
most of the insects. It is not ahyays 
possible to find the hill so as to handle it 
in this Avay, and in such cases poisoning 
is resorted to. A recent statement from 
the Missouri Agricultural College tells 
hoAV this is done as foloAVS: 
'I’lie folloAving poison syrup, Avhich is 
effective for the small species of house 
ants, and especially for the little red 
ones, is recommended: Dissolve one 
A Groiii) of Bcrllcft. Fir/. 5.11 
])onnd of sugar by boiling in about a oup- 
fnl of Avater in a double boih'r. T'hen 
dissolve ono-tAventieth of an ounce of 
sodium arsenite in a very little Avater and 
add this poison liijnid to the sugar .syrup. 
Pour a little of the poison syrup on a 
liit of sponge, rag, paiier or otlier ma¬ 
terial and droi> this in discarded tin cans 
and distribute the cans in different parts 
of the kitchen and pantry. Tlie ants on 
locating the SAveet syrup Avill feed on it, 
curry it to their nests and feed it to the 
young, ^ince the syrnp is a mild poison, 
The Dcstnictirc White Gruh. Fi;/. 512 
it is consmiiod in large quantities before 
the poison is detected. Prof. Ilaseman 
says that ants seem to have a very keen 
sense of taste and Avill leave rank poison 
alone, although a weak one is readily 
eaten. _ 
Controlling Fleas in Henhouse 
I read the impiiry in regard to fleas in 
the henhouse. For several years I have 
been troubled with them, and tried many 
different things Avith only partial success. 
Last year Ave had a young man from 
Florida Avorking around the place, and I 
knew fleas were plentiful in the South, so 
While Grub Pupa in Earth Cell. Fig. 513 
asked him if be knoAV AA’hat peoide used 
Avhore he came from. lie said some 
used one thing and some another, but the 
best thing he laieAV of was air-slaked 
lime. So I had him clean out the nest 
boxes and sprinkle liberally Avith the 
lime, then put in ncAV straAV and siirinkle 
more lime on that, also a good coat of 
it on the dnqiinng boards and floor (I 
have earth lloors). The fleas disap¬ 
peared. This Spring I repeated the ex¬ 
periment, and it has proved the most sat¬ 
isfactory of anything I have used. I 
shall be glad to help anyone get rid of 
such a pe.st. jirs. l. h. 
Connecticut. 
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Worcester, Mass. 
For Sale for Cash or Cash and Stock 
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This is a good apple country aqd needs this 
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rain.The Splash Oiltngl 
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The oil supply is renewed once a year. 
Double Gears are used, each carrying half the load. 
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We also loan money to purchase Hogs 
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