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November 6, 1920 
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General Farm Topics 
Insects in a Well 
Our drinking water is full of white 
bugs. They resemblq Timothy blossoms, 
white in color. We use a windlass, and 
when the pail comes up the outside is 
covered with bugs aud the water the same. 
We have had them for about 25 years, 
just a few. At first people paid no at¬ 
tention and thought they were Timothy 
blossoms, and would drink them. When 
they got to be plentiful we examined them 
and found that they jumped. When we 
first got them we had been covering over 
well, on account of children, and 1 won¬ 
dered if that had anything to do with it. 
It was cleaned out. recently, and investi¬ 
gation showed that they are sticking down 
in the slate and around the stones in the 
wall. All the water was taken out (our 
water always get low in Summer), but 
when it came back the top was covered 
with these bugs and one can see them 
thick on top of the water when looking 
down. One can only draw up about a 
gallon of water at a time covered with 
these bugs, and have to skim them off the 
top. What can we do to remedy this? 
Would lime help or would cementing the 
well keep them out? We do not have 
them in Winter. a. d. 
Franklin, Pa. 
The tiny insects found so abundantly 
by the correspondent in her well are 
known as spring-tails. These curious 
creatures possess the capacity of leaping 
or springing suddenly, and when dis¬ 
turbed or alarmed they try to escape by 
a succession of quick leaps. On the end 
The Spring-tail, Under Side, Much 
En larged, 
or the underside of the body of each one 
is a tail-like appendage, forked at the end. 
In the dead insect this appendage extends 
sthraigbt backward from the body, but in 
the living insect it is bent forward under 
the body, where it is held in position in 
the case of this particular one, at least, 
by a sort of projection or catch on the 
underside of the body. When the spring 
is in this position it is apparently held in 
place under considerable tension, and 
when it is relieved from the catch it is 
suddenly projected straight backward, 
thus throwing the insect upward and for¬ 
ward for a considerable distance. The 
situation aud action of this spring-board¬ 
like organ have given these creatures the 
name, spring-tails. 
These tiny insects seem to demand a 
certain amount of moisture, and are al¬ 
ways found in damp places—under 
hoards, among moss, bark of trees, in 
basements, and similar situations. This 
need of moisture partly explains the pres¬ 
ence of the spring-tails in the well. It is 
probable that the removal of all the board 
covering over the well and of all the 
damp, decaying wood about the opening 
of the well would tend to lessen the in¬ 
sects, and perhaps disperse them entirely. 
They certainly do not ordinarily occur 
iu wells in any such noticeable numbers, 
at least, and there must be some factor 
present in this particular case that makes 
attractive for the spriug-tails. Damp, 
decaying wood in the form of planking 
over the mouth of the well is especially 
favorable for these insects. The removal 
of the wood with the substitution of as 
much concrete as possible and of dry, 
sound boards for the remaining part of 
the cover, and the installation of a suc¬ 
tion pump by which the water would be 
taken from some distance below the sur¬ 
face would, I believe, tend to remedy the 
trouble. 
It might, be feasible, if a suction pump 
were installed, to kill the insects by pour¬ 
ing a teacupful of kerosene oil on the 
surface of the water. The spring-tails 
are easily killed by a touch of the oil, 
which will remain on the surface of the 
water for some time, and catch others 
of the insects that may fall from the crev¬ 
ices of the wall stones. 
GLENN W. HERRICK. 
Who Pays the Cider Tax? 
Several readers ask who is expected 
to pay the “soft drink” tax on cider. Is 
it paid by the original seller or the 
wholesaler? The following decision on 
this point is sent us from the Treasury 
Department at Washington: 
You are advised that cider sold in 
bottles, barrels, jugs or other closed 
containers by the manufacturer thereof 
is subject to tax as a soft drink under 
Section 62S, Revenue Act of 1918, at 10 
per cent of the manufacturer’s selling 
price. If the manufacturer sells cider 
to a wholesaler no tax attaches on the 
latter’s sale. 
Where cider is sold by the manufac¬ 
turer or producer by the glass or pail 
and not in closed containers no t)ax 
attaches to such sale by the manufac¬ 
turer or producer. 
Where cider is sold at a soda foun¬ 
tain, ice cream parlor or other similar 
place of business in or from .the original 
container in which it was sold by the 
manufacturer or producer thereof and 
upon which the manufacturer or pro¬ 
ducer paid the tax, no tax attaches to 
such sale at the soda fountain, ice 
cream parlor or other similar place of 
business unless the cider is mixed with 
carbonated water or other ingredients 
at the soda fountain, in which case the 
tax under section 639 attaches. 
JAMES M. BAKER. 
Deputy Commissioner. 
Value of Apple Trees 
Last bpi'ing the golf people burned over 
a section of land next to me, and the fire 
jumped across and burned the mulch 
around five apple trees, and they are dy¬ 
ing. I was away from home and knew 
nothing about the fire at the time. The 
trees leafed out in the Spring and looked 
all right for a time, but as the Summer 
went on they curled up, and now it is 
evident to anyone that they are done for 
I examined the trees about the base of 
trunk soon after the fire, and it seemed 
all dead under the bark. Now the golf 
people question whether the fire was the 
cause of their death, as they leafed out. 
However, the main ques,'' u is as to their 
value. They are seveu or eight years 
old, siuce I set them, and were two-year- 
olds when set. They had made a fine, 
healthy growth, and seemed very promis¬ 
ing. At present price of apples aud 
price of labor, etc., I claim they were 
worth at least $20 apiece. The golf peo¬ 
ple think I am a little high. f. m. o. 
New Jersey. 
The trees were evidently killed by the 
fire. This is the great danger in a 
mulched orchard. We have had such 
trees leaf out. quite freely in the Spring 
and fade away, just as you report. Such 
trees are well worth $25 each as a busi¬ 
ness proposition, provided they tire per¬ 
fectly healthy, of good size and of ap¬ 
proved varieties. In a few . years they 
ought to earn theinterest on $30. How¬ 
ever, we never heard of a case where set¬ 
tlement was made on such values. The 
general rule is to call a tree one year 
plan fed worth one dollar, and add one 
dollar for each year of growth. It is not 
fair compensation, but most settlements 
are made on that basis. 
English Ivy 
How should an English ivy be eared 
for? I have a potted plant sent from a 
reliable seed house last May. It was 
about six inches long and thrifty looking. 
It has only grown about 10 inches since 
then, and recently the tip blighted, as well 
as the tips of several leaves. I have kept 
it on it southeast porch all Summer, and 
have good garden soil for it. g. w. g. 
Washington, Neb. 
The chief requirements of the English 
ivy are moist, rich soil and a shaded sit¬ 
uation. It is quite possible that your 
southeast porch was too warm aud sunny; 
it would have done better with a north¬ 
ern exposure. It: is ti slow-growing 
plant, aud your 10 inches of growth is 
not at all discouraging. We infer that 
you wish to grow your plaut in the house, 
as it is in a pot. Keep it as cool ns 
possible; an overheated room is undesir¬ 
able, and warm, dry air often results in 
an infestation of red spider. A situation 
without bright sunlight will give good re¬ 
sults. The English ivy is considered 
hardy here as far north as Massachu¬ 
setts, and is often planted to. cover the 
ground under trees, or in cemeteries, but 
last Winter the prolonged low tempera¬ 
ture killed the ivy in many localities, and 
an enormous amount of replanting was 
necessary in cemeteries near New York. 
When there is much bright sunlight com¬ 
bined with low temperature the foliage 
suffers to some extent, aud some of the 
leaves are browned most Waiters when 
growing on a wall. It is possible that the 
tender foliage on your plant suffered sun- 
scald rather than true blight. 
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