Show antidote for ITI oili editor enquirer As the subject of trait destroying insects is agitated jaet now I 1 fc I 1 coald eay a word on that subject I 1 hava been engaged in fruit growing to a limited extent for forty yeara in abib coa atry and of late have matie somewhat of a study of the bame I 1 find in connection with spraying tha burning of torches in the orchard at attracts all manner of beatles or moths that fly in the night they pitch into the blazs of the torch and burn their wings and thus destroy themselves A common coal oil torch will do this soon after the blossoms fall it will destroy the moths or millers before they lay their eggs try it and report to the enquirer another good thing ia to tie a piece oi burlap around the tree at the forks this will catch the grub or worm take the clothes down once a week and dip them in hot water and replace them repeat this through the season and you will find it will assist in destroying this peat I 1 have also observed that where there is a black hornet fl neat in the apple tree the fruitts nearly clear of worms and a sure cure for the bad boy that infests some orchards in this state T JP ATTEy |