Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1858-05-05

are invariably the color OF the SOIL where theyl
are to be found hence it is impossible to
capture one after it falls from the tree. As :
they are in their habits very much like the =
opossom, as soon as they are disturbed they
become sullen and to all appearance are
dead. There has been more discussion t
about the grand turk" $50 called) than any !
other individual of his diminutive size and
standing in society, not even excepting the
Turkish Admiral, now visiting the United
States.
The Curculio may be captured very easily,
and it is only necessary to spend a minute or
two to each tree, during each day, or until
they become extinct for the time being
Some orchardists have used an umbrella for
the purpose of capturing them 1t is made
so that the stem Of the tree can be surround
ded with the umbrella 10 an inverted con-
ditien. When the umbrella is placed under
the tree, the operator gives the tree a sudden
jar, by striking the stump of a limb, (which
has been sawn off for the purpose,( and eye>
ry CurculiO at once falls from the tree, and
the umbrella receives them. We have been
observing the many experiments made upon
the CurculiO for years, and have tried several
ourselves, and we find no mode used to de-
stroy them better than the following We
use domestic cloth, such as is used for ma
ing sheets, one and q half yards wide, and
/. tack it on strips of light plank nine feet long,
after the following manner: Take three
yards of the sheeting and tack the edges OF
!, it on two strips cf the plank then take three
: yards more and tack it on two other strips
5 We now have two sections of the Curculio
; frames, and if they were placed together we
=. would have an area ofnine feet square but
], we do not wish to do so they must be SO ar
; ranged that the frames when connected to
. gether can be passed around the tree, ant
y either lay them down or hold them up while
8 the jarinG process is going on. In order t.
q connect the two sections together so that tn
4 tree will be right in the centre, they shoulC
D be laid Town fiat, seven inches apart, ant
IS parallel with each other then connect then
P together nearly halfway by lacking a piec
I of cloth on the two Stats that lie seven inche
of apart this connects them together: Sti
le let the frames lie in the same position an
a take another piece of domestic, four feet lon
and fourteen inches wide, and tack on or
as of the stats at the other end this last pie
"a o fdomestic is designed to work like a hing
&c either to be turned over on the edge of tt
he other frame when it is placed around the tr
- SO as to cover the whole area, or to turn ba
We out of the way when the frames are tax
away from the tree. When placed und
,se the tree, jar the tree by q sudden tap with
Iue mallet on the stump of q limb left for t
1e purpose, and the Curculios will at once t
M on the sheets. Take hold of the ends of
off Stats and remove it from around the tree a
nd, pass on to the next, and so on until So
twenty trees ale Jared then examine
,ars sheets closely and kill all that are upon tn
on or empty the contents in a bucket Of boil
l.. water. some four or FIVE small boys &
one grown person, will jar a hundred
two trees each morning and evening,
itS but little time, while they will save o val
ow- bic crop of Fruit. 1t is not necessary to
.O the tree when the C~urculio have been
,hes stroyed. Sometimes we do not jar any
all several days, but we watch the trees dali.
ana see if there are any fresh punctures on
;;aaJ' fruit. When we find small crescent-sha
will punctures on the fruit again, we CONNIE
dry Earring the trees, and so proceed during
nds Growth of tho frr;t until i g ont of dana
in