The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1870-06-23
WHOLE NO.g1,O33
CurculiO-the Best Yet Given
ON the Subject. go

..r..r. on the subject bgu
This morning the Hon. John
WhittleSey called at The Her
aid office, and stated that on
the 14th inst. he killed ais
curculio about the roots of 200
trees, and on the 18th, in four
hours on the same tree he kill.
ed 1866 by actual count. .;s,,
Mr., Whittlesey also, stated
that Mr.. Rapsom,, Mr.. .B9nelle
and himself had, in fiyei hours
killed upward of5,OO curculio
in aGrortion Of. 4hree small or.
chards.o That9he had himself
aloneJ in two days ot.eight
hours each; killed oneshalf
more cureulio than were ever
taken by three men,, with the
old fashioned sheet ina week.
Mr. Whittlesey is onerof the
most successfulcand scientific
fruit. growers of ST. uJoseph,
whoseiword is a bond; but he
said, "DO not belieye Dms; 60
to Mr.. RansOm's orCharda and
see forlyourself" 9 tosjdus yH
Entering Mr.. Ransomls or:
chard the editor met9Dtg Ly,
man Collins coming outs DIR.
Collins is ely..knoBn for his
successful peach culture,umo9s
Swell Doctor, is it a suceessY'
'Most assuredly. l tried the
experiment on, eight of my
trees in the evening and the
next morning took 104 cdfcul
lilo. amqgoing home to bug
my whole orchard in this man.
nerf'apnI ignnioui0 a'lGb on
sWm.pB.9 Ransom, The discov.
erer of the new method of ex.
terminating the cnrculio, was
found oon' his knees III the back
of his orchard, examining his
icurculio traps,ii This was at 10
O'Clock, a. M, and he had al
ready killed and lifted a corn,
cob not six inches long and
found and killed seven curcu-
lilo. There is no, doubt what
eyer that the long desired
means means OF discriminating o. the
curcu]ip is discovered. Here
it is: ...,t, -n ,-.r,,,
Put the orchard. in the best
orde5 level down the soil
about the root of every peach
tree, and smooth a circle for a
diameter cof two and a half feet
from the tree as 3 a center.
Have the ground very clean
around the base of the tree.
Do not leave a single hole
next to the tree. Leave no
place where the curculio can
hide de except n under the shelter
you provide. Now lay close to
the tree and close to. the ground
about four pieces to o a tree,
either chip, Or bark, Or board,
or Iatb, or rag, e or l corn-cob ,or
old leather Or Or anything. 70: f !: a !
cover.
The curculio will conceal it
self7under this shelter andsmay
be destroyediby theethodsands.
60 arohndIe9ery day rapdoturn
over each, chip killieyery1 CUR
cuhomiThey will generally. ad
here toithe chip; but maHtofter
'befoundI out the groundsundel
the chip. ,1g9y lsaI omi
Probably no person in the
United States has studied the
'cauirtcuiitoS and Its habits more
cjatefllIy than Wm!9B' Ransom.
For fifteen Years he has been
trying newspaper eaw7ap experiments
unsucSessfuliy.I Last year
when 'buggihg, he discovered
that all the curculio dropped
within twoeer three feet of the
roots ofJthe peach otree,and on
examinatiap found the little
Turk sheltered on the trunk
and in holes near the base and
the urderside of the principal
limb. .bei1sis sRw 81 Gslv so.
For the last, fortnight Mr..
Ransom has spentimost all the
boursjof9 the day alyitei on tbe