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The RURAL NEW-YORKER 
\ A 7ITH the incieasing in- 
Y v terest manifested in 
the broader aspects of garden¬ 
ing, caused by present condi¬ 
tions, a “review publication” 
for enthusiasts is more than 
ever appreciated. Such a re¬ 
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GARDENERS’ 
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The Locusts Are Coming 
This is to be a season of the 17-year 
locust, and the entomologists tell us it 
will be the worst visitation the country 
has ever known. There is nothing, how¬ 
ever, to he alarmed about in this. Two 
broods will come upon us at once. One 
is the genuine 17-year brood, while an¬ 
other appeared 13 years ago and will come 
out at the same time with the other 
brood. The insect will appear this year 
in the following States, and we may ex¬ 
pect a crowd: Alabama, District of Co¬ 
lumbia, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois, Indi¬ 
ana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Massa¬ 
chusetts. Michigan. New Jersey, New 
York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylva¬ 
nia, South Carolina, Tennessee ,Vermont, 
Virginia, "West Virginia and Wisconsin. 
This is without question the most inter¬ 
esting insect in the world. It appears in 
countless numbers one year, then sudden¬ 
ly disappears and is not heard from again 
for 13 or 17 years. Then it suddenly ap¬ 
pears once more, in exactly the same 
spot that it occupied on its previous visit. 
One of the strangest things about the 
locusts is the fact that they make this 
slow growth in the soil and then all burst 
out altogether. The appearance of the 
locust can be accurately told. For many 
years superstitious people have associated 
this locust with war, and have claimed 
when it appeared that war was upon us. 
That will hardly be claimed this year. 
Many people have fancied that the cry of 
this locust resembled the name of the 
monarch Pharaoh who persecuted the 
Israelites. 
Every year that the locust appears 
there are reports of death caused by a 
sting from this insect. The fact is that 
the locust has no sting, and only by acci¬ 
dent could it inflict a wound, and in any 
case it could not inject a poison. While 
the locust comes in countless numbers, the 
injury which it causes to trees and plants 
is not generally great. On large fruit 
trees there will be little if any damage. 
Young trees, either fruit or forest, are cut 
or slit by this locust. The injury is done 
by cutting or chiseling grooves in tlie 
branches of the trees where the eggs are 
deposited. Tn some cases considerable in¬ 
jury is done to young fruit trees, blit as a 
rule there is no great cause for alarm. 
We passed through the last visitation of 
these insects with very little damage; in 
fact, we paid small attention to them. 
The insect crawls from the ground and 
climbs the young trees, in many cases 
stringing out upon it like a collection of 
beads. Then they cut into the bark and 
lay their eggs. Of orchard trees, the ap¬ 
ple is the favorite, with peach and pear 
next. On large bearing trees there is 
very little injury. So far as fighting the 
locust is concerned, it is better to delay 
planting until after May. as by that time 
the locusts have usually disappeared. We 
shall not prune our young trees this 
Spring, hut shall resort to Summer prun¬ 
ing instead. On a small scale, when the 
insects begin coming out. they can be 
hand-picked or sprayed with insect pow¬ 
der. kerosene emulsion or a solution of 
carbolic acid. There is not much use 
spraying with washes or similar applica¬ 
tion, but the insect apparently dislikes 
to sit on a white surface. Therefore a 
spray of whitewash will help, and a spray 
of Bordeaux mixture also has value. We 
advise our readers not to get excited over 
the appearance of this locust. It is sure 
to come in large numbers, but the dam- 
age will not he serious. 
Utilizing Oyster Shells 
I can get one two-horse load oyster 
shells each week and be paid for hauling 
them to my fields. I don’t want to bother 
to burn or grind them- Do you think it 
advisable to scatter them whole over the 
pasture land and wait on the frost to 
crack them up so as to sweeten the soil 
the same as lime would do? I have al- 
read.v scattered some in my young Alfalfa 
field, and want to scatter some in a clay 
meadow which I am now underdraining. 
Altoona. Pa. H. A. E. 
We doubt if you will ever live to see 
any particular benefit from these shells. 
They are very hard, and the frost will 
have little effect on them. They will he 
slower to give up their lime than entire 
hones would be when scattered over the 
land. If you have fuel it will pay you 
better to burn the shells and scatter the 
lime ashes. We would burn what we 
could in the stoves anyway and use the 
ashes in the garden. 
March 1, 1919 
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