Rocky Ford enterprise., 1900-04-27
FARMING MATTERS.
COOLING MOTH.
Ways Suggested of Exterminntipg the
Fruit Pest.

Gle by w B. Osborn, on the Codling
Moth pest:
Briefly. ! will give my ideas as to how
we may come the nearest to eNtermin'
ating the codling moth, the greatest
and most destructive of all insects
known TO the apple industry. First, We
must become familiar with Its habits
and haunts In order that We may
know where Il is nj any period OF the
year. There are three periods or sea.
sons OF the year when we may Hight II
quite successfully. The remedies for
each season are quite different nni We
must know just what to use NJ each OF
these periods or seasons. II we fail to
utilize the three opportunities At the
proper time with the proper rcInedics,
we fail In all In n measure. ms ihe seed
Will be left unmolcsted for another
years crop OF worms ir the apples.
The codllng moth IL one of the easiest
Insects To destroy for Its habits are
such thnt It's puts Itself In our way.
Seemingly IL does not want TO leave the
orchard and saycn-tenihs or more OF
the larvae ear he destroyed by closely
following the plans herein mentioned.
The b:st period Is nj the early
spraying time. which must bc done
within ten days after the blossoms
fnil. Later than this will be OF no use.
The second period IL when the apples
begin 10 fall. and In many Instances
there are worms In them. II the worms
nre not destroyed during the iirsr
spraying season they viii appear again
about midsummer. Tie effects OF their
appearance. VIII bc seen In tho fallen
apples. TIL. larvae. or worms. VIII
crawl out OF the apples nj that time and
either fail to the ground In the apple.
drop from the nppi" or crawl down the
tree to the bandnrcs. The first move
u worm makes after II gets TO the
ground In To Ind a suitable place 10
crawl Into or under to pass Into tn.
cocoon stat" again. preparatory for
hntchins Into moth fer the second
brood OF worms. These go Into the np.
piles. most frequently where two OF
more apples touch each other. or un.
der leaf which touches the apple. Al
this time norr can bc accomplished
than at any other time In III. way OF
destroying the larvae. for each worm
caught means one less miller TO lay
eggs FOR the second crop OF worms. and
each female will average about fifty
eggs.
\ stiinb'. place should be prepared
Tor the WORMS aud almost Invariably
they VIII fnd these places. We SHOULD
piac- burinp tsln,ln:-. seven or eight
Inches wide around the appi. irc,.s by
The 10Th OF June and remove them
every ten days To destroy the WORMS
aud replace again. These can lc tackled
ON hy prc.sin. large carpet tack in
the center Of the banisxr- with the
thumb so u can H. easily pulled oui. I
caught .E!J worms from under the
handnE-s from one Hysiop ctnb trr,,
n At NssrF a.. -.
caa bc caught 4. this: Take two
boards ten or twelve inches viii. and
tut together with leather hinge. open
wide and place n strip of buFlap the
whole length nearly as wide as tile
bonri. then turn the lid over on the
other. leaving Ealf.inch crack by
placing two or three wedges In 80 II
VIII not come together. Examine
every few days mud one will b. sur.
pFiscd NJ the catch OF worms. I'iac,
two or tuurc of these In the orchard
according TO size. II this plan l. fol.
lowed In n wotmy orchard grcat ~.
suits will H. obtained.
The third period l. the las, oppos.
tunity We have mt the years crop Of
worms. When worthy apples arr mi,
In the cellar In bins. boxes or barrels
the worms may lie drstrpyc,i II the
following directions arr hc,Sir,l: About
the ist to the 10th OF MAY these
worms begin to hatch into miil.r~-
the co'liinr moth. if ,hcrc Is window
IN the cellar they may all tr caught
by placing n funnel in n funnel made
OF mosquito bar over funnel lshnpy-I
frame. The small funnel will admit
them into the larger funnel and our-
inside they arr safe. The door TO the
cellar must bc kept closed while tyap.
ping them. As have repeatedly
said. II we fail 60 srrny or TO catch hy
trapping at any one Of these oppor.
tuuiiics we fail iu all. as We leave
the seed for another years crop. II
these plans were carried out II would
i,c worth millions to the United sist,..
aud Canada. yea. to the whole world.
The instructions formulated are from
practical experience which has given
wonderful results.
Mr.. David Brothers. writing on the
same subject. says:
| feel confident that II all fruit
growers would work systematically
together we could Keep this awful pcs,
from destroying SO much Of our fruit.