Middletown transcript., 1915-12-18
DELAWARE COLLEGE
WCme'ns Christian Temperance
Union Held OratOrical Contest
THE APPLE TREE BORER

uiesseu Ihe community gathering at
Iaylor's Bridge on December 3. Her
talk on THE Value of the Parent
Teachers Association" met with an
enthusiastic response.
The work of the Women's Clubs in
arranging circulating picture collection
for use in the Delaware schools is meet
ing with great favor. A gift of three
thousand mounts for such pictures has
recently been received, as we'll as a
collection of two thousand beautiful
sample pictures, which HardcastIe and
Son, of Wilmington, have generously
donated.
DIR. Rowan, pastor of the Newark
Presbyterian Church, is giving series
of talks at the Thursday morning chapel
services, of the Women's College, on
the subject, "The Sources of the Bible. "
The Department of Education of the
Women's College has considerable
amount of illustrative material which it
will be glad to loan upon request to any
OF the teachers throughout the state.
This includes material on such subjects
as the manufacture of scissors, pro-
cesses in the preparation of chocolate
and cocoa, corn products, the manufac-
ture of flour, and allied subjects, Fur
ther information as to the character of
the available material may be gained
through communication with Miss Rich.
W. C. T U. CONTEST
On the evening of Saturday, Dec. II,
there was held at the Women's College
an oratorial contest under the auspicies
of the Women's Christian Temperance
Union. Two prizes, one of SIS and one
of $40, to the two students who should
write and deliver the two best essays on
some subject in the field of scientific
Temperance reform. Five students
competed for these rewards, the order
of the program being as follows: Miss
Susan Kern-"The Attractions of the
Saloon; Miss Amelia Leicbter-'' Sub
stitutes for the Saloon; Miss Anna
Scott Labor Unions and the Temper
ance Question; Miss Helen Barkley-
State or National Prohibition?"; Miss
Thera Twitchell-''The Value of Co
operation. The first prize was won by
Miss Amelia Leichter, of Wilmington,
and the second, by Miss Thera Twitchell,
of Trenton, N. j. The other contest.
ants were presented with 81 each. All
the speeches were practical, simple and
logical compositions, well constructed
and convincingly delivered.
On Thursday, December 8, Professor
Firman Thompson, of the department
of agricultural chemistry, explained at
the chapel exercises the discovery and
development of the modern process of
producing metallic aluminium, and
showed some of the difficulties commonly
met with in the development of an
original idea. In closing, the speaker
gave brief description of the methods
used in mining sulphur in Louisiana.
ROUND HEADED APPLE TREE BoRER
1t has been reported that considerable
damage has been done to the young
trees in the apple growing sections of
the State by the round-headed apple
tree borer. The presence of the borers
may be detected by the retarded growth
of the trees, by the yellowing of the
foliage, and by the sawdust-like cast
ings which the larvae throw out from
the entrances of their burrows, accom-
panied by discooration of the bark
over the new burrows, and often in
early spring by slight exudation of
sap.
The parent beetle is a handsome in
sect about three-quarters inch long.
The antennae and legs are gray, the
head and under surface of the body
silvery white, and the upper surface is
light brown with two longitudinal white
stripes. The beetles emerge from late
May to the middle of July and the fe-
males SOON commence to deposit their
eggs. These hatch in about two or
three weeks. The young larvae tunnel
just under the bark on the sap-wood,
usually working down toward the base
of the tree, the bark over these bur-
rows often cracking the next spring,
and fine castings and bOrings sitting out.
At the beginning of the second year
the larva is about five eights inch long.
1t continues in the sap-woOd during the
second season, and then is the time the
most damage is done The next season
they penetrate into the heart-wood. and
sometimes burrow straight through the
tree.
One means of control is to prevent
The females from laying their eggs by
wrapping the trunks with wire netting,
building paper or wood veneer. These
should be applied about May 1st snd re-
moved in late summer. They should be
tied to the tree tightly just below the.
crotch and should extend an inch or two
into the soil below. pNious washes
have been used to repioun 'sSaeettles.
Thick whale-Oil or causleyery soap 10
which pint of crude ? win 4 acid *
added to every 10 galIots downlsis used
and should be painted q 80 nlnft the
as to form a thick s'Aer''-s- !,
recommend thick c. \.
wash to which a LITTLE 4