The Daily Review
Towanda, Pa., Friday, December 2, 1881.
EDITORS
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The White Grub.
Correspondence of the Free I'ress.
The farmers in this section have sus
tained great damage to their crops from
the white ground grub. The crops at
tacked by the pests have been principally
potatoes, corn and timothy. Old timo
thy meadows 011 high ground are ruined,
the roots of the grass having been sever
ed by the grubs from one to two inches
below the surface, and the same with
corn, potatoes are more or less eaten
according to the location in which they
were planted; those on the sod ground
having suffered most, and those on cul
tivated land least from their ravages.
Can you inform us through your paper
what these grubs originate from, how
long they live in their present state, and
what is their next stage of existence? In
short we want a full history of the pests,
and a practical way of destroying them,
E. G. OWEN.
WYSOX, PA., Nov. 5.
ANSWER. — Our correspondent has
touched upon a very important question
and one which deserves the consideration
of every tiller of the soil, for certain it is
that -the white grub is getting to be
among the most destructive of the in
sect pests.
The destructive work of these pests is
not confined to the crops mentioned by
the writer, but garden crops also are
known to have suffered severely from
their depredations, and we have seen
strawberry beds completely ruined from
this cause.
The white grub is the larva,' or grub
state of the brown beetle, which is com
monly known as the "May-bug," "June
bug," or "dor-bug," which enters our
nouses attracted by the light, on warm
nights in May and June and bounces
about and knocks its head against the
walls and ceilings in such a manner as to
attract notice. The few that enter our
houses denote the existence of countless
thousands without, which frequently har
bor in fruit trees, especially cherry trees.
The female beetles lay their eggs in the
ground, and the eggs soon hatch and be
come the young grubs which require
three years to complete their growth.
While in this state of existence they feed
upon young roots but they do not appear
to be large enough to do great harm un
til the third or last year of their grub ex
istence, when their wore upon grass and
other roots is sometimes most disastrous.
Late in the summer of the third year the
grubs burrow deeper into the ground and
appear on the following spring as the
new brood of beetles; and thus the round
of life goes on, generation after genera
tion.
CHECKS AND REMEDIES
One or the most unpleasant features I
about the white grub question is that
there seems to be no human aid for the
destruction of the insect while it is in the
grub state. The only destructive agents
are the animals which kill and devour
them. Of these tile common crow is the
most active helper, and for this reason
they should be protected by law. The
unpopular and odoriferous skunk is an
other enemy of the grub and many of
them go toward allaying the cravings of
his appetite.
Numerous means have been employed
for destroying the beetles or bugs which
lay the eggs. In early morning when
found in small trees, they may be easily
shakeu down, caught upon cloths and de
stroyed. Lanterns suspended or placed
over tubs of water arc sometimes suc
cessfully used, and the beetles attracted
by the light, come dashing against the
sides of the lantern from which they fall
into the water. these or similar
means for destroying the insect while in
the beetle state are the most practical
means of preventing their increase there
is little doubt. Every female beetle thus
destroyed prevents the laying of from one
hundred to two hundred eggs, which
produce directly the germs so destruc
tive.
It is to be feared that these pests are
rapidly increasing. It is certain that we
did not hear so much of their ravages fif
teen or twenty years ago.
To prevent the rapid increase which it
is probable is going on, farmers in local
ities where the pests are destructive
should unite in an action to destroy
them. JSy lighting and killing the bee -
tles wherever they can lie found a neigh- ;
borhood of farmers could hardly fail to
produce profitable results in the way of
making the posts less destructive in the
future.
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