The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-10-31
BATS AND ToAOS
Valuable to Farmers and
Gardeners.
As Oestrcyers OF Worms. Bugs arc
Other insects-A Toaa's Cspa-
city for Files Tested.

As a result OF experiments with iulds
and bats il has been demonstrated taa.
a house. or even 4 community. can Dee
rid of various troublesome insects. in
Guiding flies and mosquitoes. Iu.Sr
experiments We're maze by Professor
Clinton =. Hodge OF C.ark University.
Worcester Mass. Professor Hodges
first experiment was with The toad. 'l
constructed \ small pen - my garden. 90
he said, and in it, IN q pan uf water.
installed a male AMI female TOAD. To
attract food for them ] placed within
the Enclosure bits % food and bone.
The results Were Is satisfactory rs
they We're unexpected. TIE tuId- <pru.
most OF the Zine sitting within reach.
ing distance u -ls bait G. al killing IA.
flies attracted o. l.. watched On.
toad snap Up s!sn'y-S!N nous. flies In
less than ten minutes.
One day J gathered quantity oi
rOs" bugs u a tin box and began "a
feed the bugs % \ toad. st first I lid
not count. hut finding his appetite. 50
good I started - count When I had
counted over eighty bugs and the toad
showed no signs OF wishing to conclude
his meal. / picked him M. Previous
TO my beginning % count ae had taken
anywhere from ten - twenty bugs.
Found the toad equally greedy for rose
beetles. Caaksr worms. ants. Caterpfi-
lers, moths. june bugs. weeviis. SnailS
and many other insects. So. too. i'm a
house. a room may be cleared of cock
reaches b. leaving a toad In u over
nigRt.
"A single -1ad may destroy over 2OUo
worms during the months Of May. June
and July. ana one o. .Hsse harmless
creatures may we'll do . gardener ser
vice to- the amount .: Sass each sea
son, ami Yet ne can raise 10000 wort d
OF toads At an expense Of not more
than twenty cents.
Farmers IN England buy them. pay.
ing us high as So per 100. for use ia
their flower beds and gardens. F1J
household purposes = small number n
toads could ne given homes i'm a.
aquarium. AZ night the toIds could
be left loose TO Kill bugs, while in th,
day they could Kill flies. l have built
sort OF cage or wire screen. a foo.
WIUe anu hNp ~ Nslt Top ~
which is Kept open. II is only -sscs-
sary TO put n TAO or three loads. pro
y:de them with shelters, a dish uf Va.
ter in one corner. and then keep Il
supplied with bits OF raw meat and an!
other refuse matter calculated to n
tract flies
In speaking III the bat Professor
Hodge said: We have no ANNA
more interesting and probably non'
more valuable. and certainly none less
understood and more abused than the
bat. They are easily tanned. absolutely
harmless when gently handled. ant
make pets as funny as tiny monkeys
As destroyers of many OF our mos
pestiferous night-fiying insects. like
mosquitoes, me bat is almost ouI
sole dependence. and, as he Is known
to hunt insects afoot. as well as OF
wing. he * also of some value for lar
| vac that do not ay.
My attention was turned tn the ba
| through the Goblin moth, the insect t.
| blame for most Worm-eaten apples. IL
an orchard near my home found nine
of the grubs OF the insect in n minute
CHANGING 20 go into another orchard
| hardly mile away. J found only foul
OF the grubs IN an hour > search. Their
is an old barn near By, IN which live 9
| colony OF between Savsnty-iive ana lp'
bats. Tn. owner informed me that III.
| apples were always free from worms.