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Show Spraying and Dusting. When tho petals fall from tho pplo, tho codling moth Is on hand to 10 her eggs; tho calyx Is then wldo open, and tho young caterpillars will seek tho calyx for their first meal; later this calyx will closo up tightly and If poison can bo Introduced before this closing It will bo hotter retained, says Prof. P. M. Webster. Tho wholo object of a lifetime with these moths Is to deposit their eggs, and will do this, largely at least, as soon as the bloom falls. Then Is tho time to spray, and not after tho other work Is over and the eggs laid and hatched and tho young worms making their way Into the young apples, and the calyx of thoso not affected so closed over at to prevent the free admission of the spray. Tho young canker worms are mlnuto and very hungry, easily killed by poisons about this time, but let thorn alone until they aro ono halt to two-thirds grown, and they seem to thrive on poisons. Tho potatoes aro Just coming out of tho ground; thero aro a few booties only nnd but little plant to treat. Got an old fruit can, punch fine holes In one end and fix a broom-handlo to tho other so as to hold tho con vertically over the young plants, and tapping It lightly with a light stick, sift a mixture of one pound of parts green and ten pounds of a low grado of flour directly on the surface, where It Is needed and whoro It will adhero to the leaves. This Is not spraying, but It will kill off tho old beetles that first appear, or at least many of them, beforo thoy lay their eggs. |
