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Show FIKLD. FARM AND GARDEN. The Coriilnsr Moth Hethofls ol Kxtcrmlnation. ' Corrctpoudencc of the Hebald.1 Council Bluffs, Iowa, September 10, 1874. Editors Herald: Enclosed you tvill find a slip from thfi Mirhinan Journal coDceraing the codling moth, which I send, thinking that possibly you may not have met with it, and belioving that anything touching this important subject will be rend with interest by your numerous numer-ous renders, most of whom, are no I dtmbt j-tit-cti d in one wny or other by this destructive insect. Of coure I have no means personally of knowing know-ing whether any of the plans suggest-, suggest-, ed are beneficial, but there can be no harm in experimenting. Aa hogs and sheep are of course impracticable in jour small orchurda where gardens, gar-dens, tonus, snnill and large fruits are all in the same enclosure, other j means will have to be restored to for I the purpose of securing the fruit, upon which your people have so much depend d for comforts and luxuries, and this can bet be acooru plihed by the death of all the worms. I suppose that the germ of the worm is deposited in the blossom, and if so, to pr vent such deposit is the important impor-tant point. If Mr. Bateham is correct in hiM theory in regard to the worms in apples, then it is dear that, to stop the evil, the worms mut be destroyed. I have long been of the opinion that you have not birds enough in Salt Luke City, and have concluded that, if the young 'hoodlums" there are permitted 10 go on destroying what iVw yon have with their shut guns and flipper, the time is not far dis tant when you will have no (ruit. 1 am awtire that perhaps parents may think the term "Hoodlums" as applied ap-plied to their sons ia harsh and unmerited, un-merited, and feel disposed to so Unqualify Un-qualify the term ns to say fiat if not already -hoodlums they are on the high road to it, for my observation teaches mo that tho continued practice prac-tice of murdering innocent birds leads step by step, to major vices and crimes. If I were to oiler advice, it would be to increase by all means the number of birds, and keep the boys from killing them. Destroy as last as they fall to the ground every wormy apple, plum, peach or other fruit, kill the worm while it is in the ' fruit. As you are not likely to have ho;:3 or sheep enough to to eat them up, I would suggest the plan of cremation, burn up as l;ist as they fall ofl the trees, all wormy fruit. The cider presses kill ofl' a coed mfu y worms but not all, therefore 1 can think of no better plan than fire. As many no doubt will live, I presume pre-sume it would be well to try the experiment of puttincr bandages around the trees. Yours, H. D. J. |