The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1920-05-27
CODDuING MOTH SPECIAL
tours PAYETTE ORCHARDS
Horticulture Committee OF Farm
Bureau Investigates Work uf
Idaho Specialist in Control
or Fruit Pests in paycttc
County

Tho MHlhcur County Farm Bureau
committee ON horticulture and other
interested orchardists of Malheur
county met on Tuesday MaylS at
o o'clock at the Farm Bureau office
iu payette, to listen TO Professor
l.. E. Longley Of the University Of
Idaho, cNplan the work of the Pay
cite Bureau I'm better controlling the
deprodatious of the coddllng moth.
After spending an hour iu discuss
sion of the various features of the
work, the party which consisted OF
Committeeman a. a. Reed and l.. G..
Willis. OF Brogan, h. r. Record OF
Riycrdolc, g. G.. Hunt Of Nyssd, PIE.
Cuuntrymau OF Cairo aud Mossrs.
v. V. UickoN and a. Gtumse of on
trrio, Wilcox and Davis OF Oregon
Slope, @. II Bridwcil OF Jameson.
E. J. Patch OF Biyordale. ". b..
Eaton OF Brogun. Professor Langley
and County Agent L. r. Brcithaupt
drove thru the orchards OF payottc
county to inspect the cages iu which
the moths are .being iucubotod in or
der 20 determine the best time TO
spray for the control OF the worms
with which everyone is familiar who
oats apples.
a number Of those cages were
visited n dnoronJ communities and
u was plainly demonstrated that
there ir considerable difference be-
tween the dates of omorgcncc of tho
moths iu different locations. accord
Ing To- the difference In elevation and
Other factors which alter tcmporo-
uro conditions According 90 Pro
fessor Langley II usually requires
about two wccks after che moths
emerge until cgg laying begins Tho
moths lo not ny in the day time
hut usually deposit oggs about dusk,
n the weather ls cold, they viii not
lay at an but n conditions are favor
ublc-o temperature OF about 90 de-
gross ut dusk The eggs will hc dee
posted ON the leaves %, the apple
rcos. n sppying is not done then
the cggs oou hatch and the larya
viii soon enter the young fruit cuus-
Ing The wormy apples with which We
are familiar The losses from this
cause amount to many thousands OF
dollars every year, NO small part of
which could be- avoided by better
knowledge of the right time 10 spray
The loss lrcm spraying no the wrong
time consists partly iu wasted mater
ial as we'll us more wormy apples.
During the course OF after dinner
oratory which followed the noon feed
at New Plymouth, the matter of what
Malheur county orohardisrs could do |
to help themselves along This limo |
was discussed by several OF thc party |
Professor Longley recommended that |
each committeeman arrange Tor three ]
DR. four moth tents" In as many dil-
ferent localities as there We're dis
.lnct differences IN elevation or other
factors which would AFFECT tcmpcrp-
lures and that these bee watched IN
rider 10 determine the time OF emer-
,ence OF the moths, with this lntor-
nation and hy Watching the temper
,tures about two weeks after the
moths begin TO emerge, with a little
heckug up by the county Agent
md the horticultural pretty dchn-
tie information could be obtained
After visiting other demonsua-
ions near Fruitland, the party broke
~. but not without first arranging
or another meeting 20 be held at
lroFan during the fore part of June
4 which time IL Is hoped 10 have
Professor Langley on hand 10 check
%. on the work which the committee
ill have going TO determine the time
or the second spraying for the dis
.nruished subject of this article. I'm
agard 20 the first spraying for the
odGHng mota it was recommended
81 the specialist that it be done as
,te us practical, Just before the ca-
~ closes. The poison must he sot-
pm into the calyN and must rem ain
here. This IS best accomplished
hen the calyN Is ready TO close