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Show Tlio Codling Moth. Salt Lake City, April 26, '79. Editors Herald: In a city of orchards like thia all aro more or leas interested in the culture and preservation of ile delicious deli-cious products. This season is the mojt propitious for an abundance of fruit we have had for a long time. Now, tbe question ia: Shall W9 Bit supinely down and let that universal peat, the codling moih, reap the harvest for which we have labored and expended our meana? or shall we, with a unanimity una-nimity of feeling and concerted action take steps to destroy them? I am satisfied ihe latter can ba done, not entirely, perhaps but to such an extent ex-tent lhat we would realize at least ball acrep.where we now get none, and in disgust leave our once prolific orchards unpruned, uocarcd for, to go to ruin. Who is there lhat would not give a dollar, aye five, to eea the delicioUB Spitzsoburg apple, once eo plentiful in our m dal, again oficred for sale, instead ol Ihe car bads of Michigan apples which are shipped lo ibia mar kct, draining the territory cf thou3-anda thou3-anda of dollars, which should circulate right here in our midst? Although it is moat insiducuj in its advance and less noticable in its destructive work, I believe the codling cod-ling moth can much more easily be destroyed lhau the "iron clads" which our toterprising farmers bo nobly fought, and are still figDtine, with fire and water, thereby saving a large portion of ihe young cropa of grain and vegetables The method I would suggest is this: Place in the iower fork of every bearing tree a piece of cloth, no master what kind, the coarser Lite better, (an old gunny-sack gunny-sack cut up answers well,) pay a visitevory day or two, unroll toe ciotn and examine it, and in it will be found the "worm" comfortably secreted, undergoing transformation for another attack in the form of a moth. Thia part of the experiment I tried the past two seasons and usually found from ten to thirty worms. By killiog them we destroy the gf rm ol the prolific moth. But as these grubs also find other places to pass iuto the chrysalis state, such as old fence?, wood piles, etc.. it ia necessary to trap the moth which, like the owl, is nocturnal in its habits. It is a tact which I presume ' has been demona'.ra'.ed to every one, that r.Kjtus are invariably attracted by a tight and usually find their way tu the- supper table uniting their wings and landing in v.in butler or some other soft delicacy. Now, tbe moat ell'jctual and least expeniive method to dipoe of the moth ia to att one, two or three tuba I in the orchard, say half lull cf water, 1 and in the centre place a light. The ' cheapest and moat convenient can be I arranged in a few minutea by taking any old plate, tin can, cover or whal- ever is nearest to hand, put some tallow tal-low in it and insert a floating wick, light thia at dark and I am assured Jne result will be gratifying and well worm the nominal cost; keep up this procedure until the fruit ia matured, and anolher season will v ilneaa a change in the appearance of our fruit-stauds fruit-stauds and a surplus of the toothsome tooth-some lruit in nur cedars. Now, Mr. EJitor, with your widespread wide-spread iuHuence and usual energy in briuing .o a successful issue vital improvements all around, cannot you stir up tbe reaidenta of thia city and suburbs to the necessity of grappling with thia evii? It is a work that must be universal lo be edicacioua and thoroughly effective. Reapeotfnlly, J. J. Duke. |
