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Show rHE GRASSHOPPER PLACUF.' iOW TO PROTECT TliF.F.o INSKCT1VO-KOCri INSKCT1VO-KOCri BiUVS. The be.t meatjs of protecting FECIT AND SHADE TftEtS iraerve separate conatderaiion. When the trunk ia smooth and perpendicular perpendicu-lar they may be protecttd by wbite-naahing. wbite-naahing. The lime crumb lei under ttie feet of the insucLj ub they attempt to climb, and prevents their getting up. By their persistent etlbrts, how ever, tbey gradually wear oil the lime and reach a higher point each day, to that the whitewashing must be ofton refloated. Trees with abort, rviih truuka, or whicb lean, are nut very well protected in tbia way, A atrip of umooih, bright tin answers evQ better (ur t!ie same purpose. A atrip ibreo or four inches wide brought around and tacked to a smooth tree will protect it, while on rougher trees a piece ol old rope may be tirtit tacked around the tree and the tin tacked to it, so as to leave a portion both above and below. Paa-sitges Paa-sitges between the tin and rope or the rope and tree cau then be blocked by fiilintr the uuner area between tin and tree with earth. The tin must be high enough from the ground to prevent the 'hoppers from lumping Irom tho latter beyond it and the trunk below the tree, where the insects in-sects collect, should bo covered with some greaBy or poisonoiid substances to preveut girdling. Thin is more especially necessary with small trees, 1 and kerosene or whitewash, having Paris green mixed with it, will answer aa such preventive.-". One of the cheapest aud simplest modes is to encircle en-circle the tree with cotton-batting, into which the insects will entangle their feet, and thus be more or Iush obfltrjetwd. Strips ot paper covered with tar, aliQ paper tied ou so as to ulope roof taBhion, strips of glazed wall-paper, thick coatings of aoft soap, have been used with varying Buccesa; but no estoppel equals the bright iin. The other require constant watching and renewal, and in all cases coming under our observation some insectB would get into Ihe trees, so as to require re-quire the daily Blinking of these morning morn-ing and evening. This will sometimes some-times hive to be done when the bulk of the insects have become fledged even when tin ia used, for a certain proportion of the insects will then fly into the trees. Tbey do moBt damwgt during the night, and care should be bad that the trees be unloaded ol ibeir voracious freight juat before dark. Finally, most cultivated plants may be measurably protected from the ravageaof these young, by good cultivation and constant stirring ol ' the soil. The young have an antipathy anti-pathy to a loos and friable surface, 1 which incommodes tbem and binders their progress, and thev will otten leave aucb a surface for one more hard aud firm, finally, though in sisting on ditching and the digging of pits as, all things considered, the best and moat reliable insurance agaiuBt the ravages of the young locusts, our farmers are urged to rely not on tuis meaua alone, but to employ all the other means recommended, accord -iog as convenience and opportunity suggest. Another method ol destroying destroy-ing the young has been proposed and to a certain extent adopted. It promises, if carried out effectually, to be of much advantage. It is to protect pro-tect the prairie grass from fire until spring, and alter the bulk of the egeB are hatched to simultaneously burn over the entire neighborhood, town ship, or country, or as far as the combination rr.l" "tfind. This re quire concerted action and considerable consider-able walchmlness, but if carried out rigidly will destroy a very large number num-ber of insects, and have ihe advantage of being inexpensive. It is inapplicable inappli-cable on the cultivated grounds, but .applies to the areas where the other measures are least eflective. ; IBSECT1VO110U9 BIRDS. One of the most effectual means of destroying the young locusts, and ono whicn is too otten overlooked because be-cause its effdcta are not ao directly apparent, is the preservation and multiplication of the native bird. Without undertaking at this time to specify-tho species which should be especially protected, aud about which there ie yet nnmeeliflurence of opinion, It is safe to state that, until the use ies species in this respect are di MnguiBbed from those that are bene ficial, it ia beat to protect all insect eating birds, and if the laws of the utate are insufficient fur this purpose, let communities, townships and counties use all their lawlul poweru therefor. Chiciena, turkeys, and hogs devour them in immense quan lilies and thrive during the yeara ol locust invasion, or wherever these insects in-sects aboutid. Prairie chickens, and quails devour them with avidity, and even hunt ior their egga; awallowa and blackbirds pursue them unrelent intrlv: the little snow-birds devour ' rent quantities of eggB when these are 1 brought, to the surlace by the freezing and lhawirc of the ground, and the same mv be ssid of almost all bird inhabiting the western country iu winter. The good -offices of bird were everywhere noticeu in ISbo. Prof. T. iL Snow, of LawfoCce, Kansas, found the young locudts in the gizzards of the red headed wood pecker (melanerpeserythrocephalus), yellw-hilled cucltoo (coccyzus aimiri-eanus), aimiri-eanus), cat bird (mimus earolioeni), red-eyed vireo (vireo olivacoas), great-crested fly-cutcher (myiarcuua critiitus) and crow black-bird (quis-calua (quis-calua veroicolor), epecies that had 1101 been noticed to feed on them before, file shrike or butcher bird impales them ou to tborua aud other poiuted mbatauces, and a Dumber ot other irds, as ?.'ll as reptiles, e. g. toads, frogs, and euakea iced upon them. The ra'sing of as large a cumber as possible of hrgi and poultry ia tbers-lure tbers-lure strongly recommended, both as a means of utilizing aiid destroying tbe young locusts. |
