BrownTail Moth Imported on European Nursery Stock
The brown-tail moth was introduced to the United States on European nursery stock from northern France in 1909 and 1910. Inspectors tracked nearly 800 shipments across 36 states, finding nests in 15, with up to 7,000 nests in a single New York shipment. Despite improvements in export stock, infestations persisted, causing health hazards from irritating hairs and potential lung inflammation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. L. Marlatt
France
An‘Berg
New York
Bureau of Entomology
Commissioner of Agriculture
Customs Office
New York State
Belum
New England
Building Good Summer Compost
Practical guide to com posting leaves and manures into square heaps four to five feet high with perpendicular sides. Keep under shelter to prevent washout, fork regularly, and ensure damp conditions for rotting. Use eight to ten tons of leaves over four or five heaps. avoid diseased vegetable vines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. G. Weatherstond
Timothy and Redtop Grasses For Hay And Pasture Uses
Reads like agricultural notes on grass types for hay and pasture. Timothy remains in demand for market hay while redtop serves low ground and early cutting needs. Orchard grass grows well in good loam for early hay. sheep and horses favor timothy and redtop. A farmer near Halleck, Minnesota sold timothy seed for 850 dollars after a bumper crop. A retired merchant who moved from Colorado reports harvesting 700 pounds per acre timothy, yielding about 30,000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Penang
Redtop
Halleck
Minn
A. L Briggn
Briggs
Colorado
ABC
Hard Battle for the Dog Ends in Cat's Death in Idaho Gulch
In Lamp's Gulch Idaho a medium-sized dog named Sport owned by rancher W M Butterbaugh killed a large bobcat after a 16 minute battle. Sport was badly scratched and bitten and not fully recovered. Butterbaugh arrived to find his dog near death, but the cat lay dead, the dog having tracked it up the gulch. He credited Sport with solving a predation mystery as chickens had been missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. M. Butterbaugh
Irving
Lamp's Gulch
Idaho
Mr. Butterbaugh
Sport
Also Mentioned on This Page
Angers
Yakims
James Zinnerer
Yakalwa River
Central Avenue
Hel
Pecantiaby
Sullivan County
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!