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June 10, 1890
Daily Yellowstone Journal
Miles City, Custer County, Montana
What is this article about?
Proposal to use electric lights to kill insects by luring them to charged cages. In Durham, N.C., electric illumination has reduced tobacco worm damage. Suggestion to use powerful lights on sea islands to protect cotton plantations from army worms.
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Electric Light Destroys Worms.
Attention was recently directed to a proposal to destroy insects by luring them against a charged cage, within which is an intense electric lamp, the shock from the bars killing them. A well known industrial organ, in commenting editorially on this idea, makes the statement that at Durham, N. C., since the city has had electric illumination, the ravages of the tobacco worm have been greatly reduced. It suggests that a powerful electric light in the center of one of the sea islands growing the famous long staple cotton might save all the plantations surrounding it from the destruction so frequently wrought by the cotton army worm.
Attention was recently directed to a proposal to destroy insects by luring them against a charged cage, within which is an intense electric lamp, the shock from the bars killing them. A well known industrial organ, in commenting editorially on this idea, makes the statement that at Durham, N. C., since the city has had electric illumination, the ravages of the tobacco worm have been greatly reduced. It suggests that a powerful electric light in the center of one of the sea islands growing the famous long staple cotton might save all the plantations surrounding it from the destruction so frequently wrought by the cotton army worm.
What sub-type of article is it?
Curiosity
Extraordinary Event
What themes does it cover?
Triumph
Nature
What keywords are associated?
Electric Light
Insect Destruction
Tobacco Worm
Cotton Army Worm
Pest Control
Where did it happen?
Durham, N. C.; Sea Islands
Story Details
Location
Durham, N. C.; Sea Islands
Story Details
Proposal for electric cage to kill insects; electric lights in Durham reduced tobacco worm damage; suggestion for lights to protect cotton from army worms.