The herald., 1897-07-15
Notes

Prof. Slingerland demon strated last
year that the coddling moth laid its eggs
anywhere on the apple, and also that the
eggs are not laid, or at least do not
match till some time after the blossoms
fall. 1t is evident from this that 1t Is
not wise to spray for at least two or
three weeks after the bloom has left the
tree. Prof. Slingerlapd concludes an
article in the Rural New Yorker with
the following words: LAS nine-tenths of
the first brood of the worms begin feed
ing in the manner just described, be-
lieve that this first spraying just after
the blossoms have fallen is of the utmost
Importance, and will result in the death
of more coddling moth caterpillars than
would follow from several later appli-
cations" Years ago, after we had dis
covered the excellence of the arsenites
to destroy the coddling moth, we found
by repeated experiments that one spray
ing was enough usually in fighting this
pest. We are glad to have our advice,
given 80 long ago, sustained by 50 ex-
cellent an authority as that just re-
ferred to.
We are glad that the farmers and fruit
growers at San Francisco are to have
a free market. Is 1t possible that Los
Angeles will allow the metropolis of the
north to surpass her in such just conces-
sions to the farmers? We cannot be-
lieve that the city will continue in its
refusal to give the farmers and fruit
growers free access to its markets This
is a matter that the several clubs may
well take up and agitate until the priv
| ilege is granted.
The following from the Fruitmans
| Guide is ominous of evil: Equivalent
| to seventy-five carloads Of Strawberries
containing about 10000 sixty quart
crates. or 100000 quarts Of strawber-
| ries, were brought into New York mar
ket from various southern shipping
points on Wednesday last MAY 26th).
| They averaged cents per quart. This
| is about the lowest price for strawber-
ries in good condition. Tremendous ar
rivals Of this fruit have been an i'm
portant factor in causing low prices for
California cherries and oranges" Is it
| not clear from the above that what W
| have already said about the need of CO.
| operation that there may be an intel
| ligent harding of the fruits from all sec
| tons of the country is not wide of the
mark? 1t is certainly true that the
farmers can never reap the full advan-
tage from their labors until they are
banded together throughout the whole
country and act as one man. In this
way there will be wise cooperation
everywhere and rot unwise competition
anywhere. With an overplus of produc-
ton the farmers cannot afford to antag-
onize each other in the markets; but
they can arrange by developing markets
in all the towns and cities of the country
to sell all the products that may be pro-
duced at living price. 1t is high time
that farmers look this matter squarely
in the face and resolve that they will
enter into the most perfect combination
and thus be able to hold their own with
those of other kinds of business.
Mr.. Frank Illingsworth, a student of
Pomona college, has just mounted the
skeleton of fine ostrich for the museum
of that institution. The specimen was
donated by Mr.. Tonner of Pomona. In
preparing the bird for mounting, Mr..
Illingsworth discovered a large piece of
baling wire which had entirely pierced
the liver of the bird and was still in the
liver, extending quite through it. Sure
ly this ostrich might have been said to
have the liver complaint. 1t is a matter
of common remark that the ostrich will
swallow almost anything with its food.
This ostrich seems to have been no ex-
ceptiop to the rule. We have seen the
report that an ostrich once swallowed an
umbrella, and upon trying to raise it
lost its life. We cannot vouch for the
truth of this assertion.
The students in the entomology class
at Pomona college have recently been
making a thorough study of all our in
furious scale Insects One Of the MEM
bers of the class counted 1000 eggs under
a single black scale during the last week.
] There is no wonder that the black scale
| is terrible pest to our olive and citrus
| orchards