Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1872-10-24

two weeks, the worms being destroyed
with knife as they appear in opening
the band, which was applied 10 only Il
part of our trees, but with encouraging
results The summer OF 1869 had so
many rainy days that work fell behind,
SO that we were unable to scrape the
scales Of old bark from our trees and put
on tho bands In 1870 we put them upon
most of the trees bearing fruit about the
middle of June, and as we have before
stated destroyed about 1900 worms and
pups Wethink it was in the autumn Of
this year that We saw the first notice in
print Of the use of cloth bands--beng,
as described, i've to ten inches wide and
two or three times around the tree, fast
ened with q strjug-~Worms to he killed by
taking of the hlndagGs and immersing in
hot water, or putting them through
clothes wriugcr In 1871 We effected "a
like wholesale slaughter with the general
application Of the narrow bands, expert
menting with different materials. Old
carpets being not always ut hand Old haleE
cloth being too loose and open, and new
cloth too expensive, strips uf old paper
Huursocks answered we'll, and this year
we are try ing strong roofing paper, which
is cheap and promises to answer tho pur*
pose very we'll We are also trying tarred,
felt and oiled paper, which, ii not rppul-
stVcto the worms, will lee about as cheap
and more durable, answering for several
years, Fifteen thousand apples must
have been required in 1870 TO breed the
worms We killed under the bands as ii il
seldom lhEt more than ung worm Is found
IN an apple, and allowing 500 % a huShel,
l.4sn,,f., 4, Il
rliGrd hy tAree worms and II we only
captured onghalt the worms in the or
ehlrd, the loss z increased to 100 bushels.
SHpouslng onc hat, The worms destroyed
tl have been females, and one half IL
Those 80 have been oI tlle FIRST brood,
they would have deposited in tho
lajt applies ESQ 600 c3ss, thns dam.
aging 1850 bushels Of The autumn
and winter apples Now suppose these
eggs to have produced as many worms,
2nd all to have pHssrt the winter salely,
they would, I'm the spring of lSTj, nave
aggregated, with the E 500 OF the late
brood destroyed under the bands, 1S7, 800
moths; hut u large proportion Of the late
brood are destroyed in cider making and
other uses the apple is put TO, and their
number il also greatly Iessened by birds,
t'N 'il'ht i'iHHIlst ny NC NiGiNHliu'ltS
and nclemeucy Of winter
If small crop of apples ON 10 600 trees
be estimated at one bgshcl per tree, or
3000,oOo Of apples, It woutd require 49,
0OO female moths to deposit IN egg in
each one, Of course, larger crop Of ten
bushels per tree would require 10000
moths, but as, in our experience up 10
this time, they have never infested The en-
tire crop, and as no more moths can exist
in the Spring than were bred In the pre-
yious CROP and have safely passed the
Winter, il is evident that the larger crop
would have more than nine times more
sound apples thnn the whole amount of
the smaller crop,
It the large orchnrdi,t put into con-
slant practice system OF wholesale de
struction, like the bands VIC use, il would
seem that The moths coming from the
small orchards In his vicinity could not
cause him very great injury, but woe TO
the owner of ifty trees in the immediate
vicinity Of the mammoth plantation, il
the latter r. petsistcnllN neglected - DR..
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