The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1906-12-28
VOL. XIII.

trees uncorked is means of trapping
the Goblin moth and other insects.
When the Goblin moth deposits her
eggs she then hunts hiding place. An
open mouth bottle presents an inviting
place and in she goes, and not being
satisfied With her situation fits around
and tries to take swim and is lost, as
we have provided her no life boat.
[ have been fighting, trappin g and
smashing the codling moth for over
fifty years, but | have never allowed
them to give me much trouble, always
being on the watch and striking blow
at the right time. The best means o!
fighting codling moth l have used was
by keeping lot of stock hogs in the
orchard. Sows and pigs are the best.
BY all means have them there when
the early apples begin to drop; it is the
wormy apples that ripen premat urely
and drop first; the hogs get the apples
and the worms too. We have had old
sucking sows that would run hundred
yards to get an apple she heard fall.
A little packing salt sprinkled under
the trees is also preventative against
the cooling moth. We have sailed our
hogs under trees most affected with
the codling moth. A little salt at
tracts the hogs to the tree and it is
offensive to the moth and also fer
tilizer to the tree.
The orchard should be we'll Guilt
waited early in the spring; then turn
your hogs on, salt them and feed them
directly under the apple trees. BY SO
doing the ground is tramped hard and
smooth under your trees and affords
the worm no hiding place, and if the
worms are not licked up by the hogs
they are trampled to death. Be care
full not to put too much salt under your
trees as an overdose will be hurtful to
them. A pint to a pint and half is
enough at a time.
The secret of fighting cod lin m 9th
is to know when to strike, where to
strike and what to strike with. Before
the eggs are laid, spray with tobacco;
after the eggs are laid. spray with
Paris Green; when the worms descend
to the ground, have your burlap around
your trees: when the moths are mating
make your bontires in your orchard and
get your torches and use them on your
trees. With so many remedies we DC
not like to hear our horticultural
brother say: 81 have tried, but can 7
get rid of them" Vigilance is the
price of fruit.
| requested my apple pickers and
packers to keep close lookout for
wormy apples the last two years and
not one worm was found, and right
here | want to say that when | can
grow a decent apple | want to quit the
business, rid my orchard of the cod
lin moth in Illinois when they were
thick in my nsighbors' orchards, but
had to keep right after my job. In
fighting the Goblin moth too many are
like those who spray their trees to de-
stroy other insects-they seem inclined
to give way to tho delusion that one
seasons spraying is sufficient to do the
work for all time to come.
Incidence, Indifference and DISPOSE
ton to put off until tomorrow what
should be done today will not cope
with the Goblin moth. A thousand
today means ten thousand tomorrow
"Be up and at it" is the watchword.
We do not object to any one eating
wormy fruit, but we do feel that mar
that will not take care of his orchard
should 90 out of the business. Men o.
large orchards should be men of large
defenses, backed with good hortcul
tural knowledge and with a touch o
nitro glycerine touch and-go spirit.