The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1909-05-19
GRANGE.
WEEKLY PRESS NEWS LETTER.
On Timely Topics of Plant Pests
Protection Against Moths
How to Kill the Coddling
Moth

How to Kill the Coddling
Moth.
Any of the readers of this pa
per desiring information in regard
to the enemies and diseases of
fruit trees, or other plants of the
garden and farm, should write at
once to Prof. II. A. Surface, State
zoologist, Harrisburg, Pa, who
takes pleasure in answering ques-
tions on such matters.
TO PREVENT DAMAGE FROM
MOTH.
As q preventive of moths in cases
containing clothing, there is nothing
like making the cases in which they
are packed so tight that the moth
can not enter to lay her eggs, from
which eggs the larvae come. Naph-
thaline balls are better than cam
phor, but if the garments are wrap
ped in newspapers and put into
protected case and this sealed with
strips of paper over the cracks at
every possible point of entry, to
keep out the moths, there will be no
danger of the moths developing.
Camphor or naphthaline balls can
be used in the packages also, but
these alone will not prevent the oc-
currence of the moths, nor destroy
the moth larvae after they have en-
tered. The chief point in protect
moths is to keep them in vessel
where the little winged moth can
not enter to lay it's eggs. An aid to
this is the use of some substance
like the balls above mentioned
which act as a repellant. After the
clothing is attacked destroy the
pests at once by fumlgating with
bisulid or carbon. The State Zoo
logist of Pennsylvania recommends
one pound of this liquid to each 100
cubic feet of space, either sprinkled
on cloth or poured into shallow ves-
sells placed on it.
TO KILL THE CODDLING MOTH.
Prof H. A. Surface, the State Zool-
ogist, prefers arsenate of lead to
Paris green for adding to the Bor-
deaux mixture, to be used in killing
fruit and foliage eating insects.
Concerning the use of arsenate of
lead, he says that it is an arsenical
poison which takes the place of Par
is green or London purple. 1t is gen.
orally prepared in paste form, COM
ing in vessels, containing enough wa
ter to cover it. The proper way to
use it is to stir it into a thin paste
with a slight quantity of water US
ing a paddle so that it can be ground
against the sides of the vessel con-
tanning it, making a paste and thus
breaking the Jumps. After uni
form paste is made, with the Jumps
all crushed, more water can be add
ed and this then should be stirred,
poured and strained into the spray
tank. 1t can then be used the same
as Paris green. Being partly sus-
pended and partly dissolved in the
water, it sticks better than Paris
green, as it sticks like house paint,
and thus would not be washed Off
by ordinary rains, nor blown off
readily by the wind. One pound in
fifty gallons will do the work per-
fectly.
The arsenate of lead will not in
jure chickens by sprinkling grass
under trees sprayed with it, as they
will not eat enough grass with it to
be injured. OF course, if any ami
mails or fowls should drink water
that is strongly impregnated by the
poison they would doubtless be injur-
ed or killed.
Also, the possibility of injuring
cattle is very slight indeed. If or
chards should have considerable
| quantity of long grass when spraying
| is done, and should be sprayed in
such way that this grass is
thoroughly covered with arsenical
poison, and the cattle be permitted
to eat it before rains wash it, there
might be danger of injury; other
wise, not.