Show FIGHTING TH THE CODLING MOTH measure th cod col codling ling moth uro ure those from which Ith or no 10 benefit Is derived except that of ot Raving the fruit from frol attack ot of the tie In Insect II sect says sas Farmers No 11 of ot th tho Department of ot Agriculture It I Is IN sometimes as RS well to know what whatnot not to URO uso against an nn meet ni nl It Is to know knoll what lo 10 use The following rem remedies rei edies edlea havo hoo been bOtn at various times It sug suggested have been found to 10 be of ot Ito or no n value Moth balls Ils hung In II the trees tre 1 supposed l lo II keep koep moth AWn smudging orchards with Ill 11 smelling compounds plugging tho with th sulphur plugging the roots tEN with calomel banding trees with tarred wil wih paper to keep the larvae Ian Ita from crawling up UJ tho ine trap trail lanterns baiting tho moths with wih mixture of ot and mo lasses spraying with all com COl pounds spraying with water and elec trIo on as a n of tho moth These Thele remedies havo hn 0 boon tried so often orten that a 1 Is sim ply wasting his and Ind money when he UI them The of ot against this Insect was Ins discovered In II for tor canker worm which feed CeM upon tho leaves lene pf pt tho apple that tm the machinery and the solutions used u ld In spraying spra have been greatly cd NI now this method IH I well wel known to be the tho best hest and most mORt Many farmers have hlo iv 1 deeply rooted objection to spraying on general prin principles They hey have hl never sprayed many of oC thorn thor are aru proud ot tho fact that they the do not spray spry their orchards even een If It they do Lo lose IOle the larger part of ot their fruit which otherwise II might have h been cel saved S Th The mott progressive arid t tl businesslike growers ro thu tho advocates of ot and their efforts ore aro uniformly successful l gained by hy m vi years earl ot or spraying always about hout greater and 1111 a n of ot expense el A who wl hel to begin spraying can cal well afford to study the tho spraying In II other orchards methods familiarize e elt with the general Th arsenical sprays contain as IR the HIP poisonous There here are of ot the tH spraying upon tho market and many mun others other which tha fruit grower can cun prepare himself Purls green In Illen probably the best known of oC these It I Is II n de nie chemical compound 1101 nl nf nC amend copper and ant acetic arid 1111 and should hould a n uniform un If composition H I IH o n rather coarse oarse powder and the I he fault fn of ot Ding rapidly In the K t It I uJ costs losta 20 i cents a pound while wile In the West the coat COlt Is IN 25 26 cent Paris green gr en may Iny be prepared for tor spraying as ns follows Paris green pounds l 1 Mine pounds 1 to 2 Water gallons 10 to 30 The Tho should bo fresh and nn should he le In at II needed neele Mix II the Purls green with wih a 1110 water un til tl a n paste Is II formed and 1111 then add nd thin to tho required amount of ot water walor lo 10 which the lias haa h heen en added A good average strength to UKO ule Is II 1 I pound t to gallons but bul Is II must be weaker on tree Ih delicate foliage such a n peach Many are lre minK it on 01 ap plo trees as strong etron an ns 1 pound to gallons Any Al of o the Ih other arsenical sprays nn be bo used Ise The spray should be b applied to tho leaven and ond foliage so 80 that a thin coal CORt Ing will wi remain the water Inter ban hR evaporated To do IJO this the spray should bo I applied a wih great force fOlce ao aoun 0 un IU to form Corm a n den lenee e mist At all ni times the solution In Iho tho tank he kept thoroughly If It green reen Is used Probably the most 10 t rapid progress In oan an be he made In II the tho following way wn Drive Drle the outfit between two rows rOIl I MIl spray halt half of wh tree Ir In each row rol The hu routes followed In an nn orchard should be he gov governed by the position of nt tho water sup Io ply pi If It tho wind hll Is In blowing It I Is best bp t tto to go with wih It I rather than at It n h i right angles to 10 it I advantage ninny be taken of ot the wind by I allowing it I to blow the mist mill Into the tha trees tres lit 1 most important consideration In ls Is the time of ot the application Tho Thu of ot application for tor codling moth hould depend entirely the stage ot the Insect as ns the Ih greatest t I obtained by I spray I UK Jut when the lanne are lre entering the tl fruit or before Tho Immediately sprayings mo directed against the genera gentl tion of ot the codling moth Two of ot these tha are lre ll lel ont a I few tew after ICtor the havo ha 0 fallen and be h fore tor the calyx closes and the tl other two weeks to a n month later when the larvae lanne are entering the fruit trul In 11 cimos of ot bad Infection when tho th pre preventive venlo measures have bean neglected other spraying may lay be b added Tho fie later are Ir directed the larvae of ot tho later Ken when they are oe entering the fruit Tho rho second en tern teR the fruit frit varies with Wih tho Iho and tho Suns masons In the canic but It IH II easily found by b watching fruit for the first now lew or may bo ho commenced about days after the tho dat when the tho largest number lumber of ot larvae nf ot generation are ready to 10 spin Tho larvae 1111 of ot the tho second Kon n usually begin lo to enter the hint week weel ot July and tho majority enter to In August while hUe 1 a 1 tow few enter In Sup t The rho number I of ot to toK he K made against this second genera generation tion tol depends upon tho of tho preventive and III the tho r Sprayings Two lW aro usually ully hut but If It Infestation Is II bud hl hould bi h made Light shower havo but hul little effect in II washing the spray hut but a I win n or a 1 heavy shower makes It In tn rex at the th spraying Tho ho lend ICo In II lefts affected by b bruIn ruin than the other compounds The Ih larvae killed III led by tho ln they tl eat ent they the have lulo enter entered ed od tho fruit They got et It I In the tho calyx coly colyon on the thC of or iho tho fruit trl or on thu 1 1 work tends to dhow Khow a n great gral many 1111 get Ket tho poison by 1 y nibbling the poisoned loaves IlvO HAN lANDINO PINO Tho to t of ot bands to trap the tul grown Krown of IC this Insect In ct the only olly remedial nf ot value ulue before be ore the I he ute uie of o wan I ills ls covered cOet When nn An orchard has hM lx m given good care preventive urel have hae been beel fully tul curried out and spray ing Is I thoroughly done loP It Is IR unnecessary sary ry to t use Ul bands bull If I however tho trees are lre old havo hlo crack and Rn holt holes In tho thC branches and nr nr close together to P that the cam not nt be well dono dOlI It Id I quite necessary sary to use U II thee thoe band I or If I It IB II de to bring the tho Insect cl under con control trl In a I badly led orchard thC i bandH can on lie bo h with good as 11 an nn additional preventive Handing for COI this Infect In et In general Is l pimply Imply offering a I good god 1111 In II the larvae will wi lin Its ls coon cocoon Ind kill Idl Ing It It han haH dOM dono PO Cloth loth from JO to 10 12 13 Incite In 11 width arc folded once lengthwise I the th tree They can ho he fastened 1 In II such Rueh a I way ny im 11 to 10 bo easily removed replaced by hy driving a I nail through the ends and then nipping off ol the tho head henel at nt an nn anglo ro 10 an ni to tn leavo a 1 sharp point point If IC a I tree tre Is IN large one band should be bl placed on the tho trunk ono on each of the larger limbs Cloth bands of at any nn heavy hM IM tuff turC are much preferable Pl Irl to hands bandit of ot hay or paper When hand banda are U l other places In which tho larvae lanot might spin cocoons should be destroy ed lor or rendered unsuitable It I Is Ie ot course a most Important that the tho larvae which go under the bands be hf destroyed detro To o accomplish Ic thin the tho 1 h he regularly fit nt Intervals of ot ten ln H At bet best bund la II hut little effective In II badly bad In l 1 If IC used alone but hul U Is Ing a moot valuable adjunct to pra I |