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Show (A. USEFUL INSECT" IT IS INDISPENSABLE TO Tilt: 8MYI1NA FIO. inillotili CnMn'l Itslas ThU fruit Ullhost Imparling lbs I.IIIU lluf lo i Io ths llul.,. Tlis tUral Ootrrn- sural lnl.reil.il. ft While agriculturists, sclentM nnd practical, or devising meins all ortr the world (u fight Insect peels, tht United Mates department of agriculture agricul-ture has Jnt succeeded In maLIng nt least one Insect lil It In tho work of raising fruit. Thin remarkable development devel-opment o( a combination of entomology entomol-ogy and agriculture will enable the ' fruit growers at the Wt to rnUn a I fruit new lo America and one of vaat commercial Talue the famous and excellent ex-cellent Smyrna Or. Tor many year California' fruit grower have tried In tain to ralM this particularly dealrabto fruit, Much money waa wulel for plant and cut-tings, cut-tings, oxperta from Smyrna and the Mediterranean ihore wero brought bore by private persons, and time and lalwr were emended patiently to no aall. When tho scientists of tho federal government began their Inves-tlcntlun Inves-tlcntlun the Callfornlans wero about readv to abandun the nttemnt. hut now there aeein) to be hardly a chance of failure, nil uwlng lo the microscope and the scientist wllb Ills theories. They hare dono what the "practical" orchard owner could not do with all his expcrlsnr. The federal government's experts found that tho Smyrna fltc would nut grow hero becnusa we larked a little Iniect that lived on the loaves of the trees In Smyrna, and, by dying from one lo the other, fertilised them. So at ouco trvm Washington ordora went to Smyrna for aome of these little bugs, whlah wero christened with the hard and undeserved uatno of lllaslo-phaga, lllaslo-phaga, JTha question had been studied for noma tlrao by Dr. lilsea of the California Cali-fornia Academy of Sciences, George 0. Hording of Fresno, Cat., and John llork of Mies, Cal. At Fresno and Mile mauy Smyrna Baa, as well n wild figs from southern llurope. In whlrh the fertilised Insect dovelops, were started. Or. Howard, tho onto-inolaglst onto-inolaglst of the departinsnt of agriculture, agri-culture, went lo California lo look over tho ground to learn the conditions condi-tions and to fettle on the best points at whlrh to attempt the Introduollon tif the Riiropean Insect. Another agent of the department. Walter T. Swingle, va tent to southern llurope, partly to send (o this country cuttings of all varlctlen of wild figs which could bo found, and to send over llvlug specimens speci-mens nt the lllaitophaga. , It was thought worth while to tend L to this country the fruit ot tho wild - .'. or the OuuI.U.ms li J., csllnl.. fonlSlnlni! the living lusocls. and this was ilono on many occaslous by Mr. Hwlngle A Capri fig tree was Inclosed In-closed at Mr. Hoedlng's place at Fresno, Fres-no, and, on tho arrival of tho European Euro-pean figs, the Insects, which wero found to bo In good condition, wero liberated within the Inctoaure. Tho living Insects previously had been obtained ob-tained by correspondence by James Bhlnn of Nllea and by Mr Itoedlng, but the Insects had died before reproducing. repro-ducing. Mr Swingle adopted a new method of packing for transportation, each fig being carefully wrapped In (In foil and seated with wax. The first upeclmens were received at Tresno In tho early part of May, 1193, but, so far as could bo observed, noue of them laid eggs either from this or subsequent subse-quent sendlngs. All through tho In-tcricnlng In-tcricnlng year wild rig cuttings have been received and started under varying vary-ing conditions. U was realised that the attempts thus far described wero problematical In their results, and tho chances of success wero small. It was planned, thorefore, to transplant Capri tig treca Into largo tub and carry them ocros tho Atlantic In growing condition with their fruit and tho contained Insects; and one ratNr Urgo tree was sent over last kprtus by Mr. Swingle. It now turns out, bnweier. that by rtreat good fortune some of the Intern In-tern brought our In Uilg did succeed in penetrating the ilimed flowon of tho Taprl figs growing at Fresno, and that they laid their eggs and ho prattlcalry esluMUhwl Utemwelvea In California. I h. nm stop of the experimental ex-perimental ,,il l' tin u fore a kiii ce tflme the Inso-i li.ia nt iinMliieit I Itself for mi ii tltn year thfMu Is rea- j MB to iiliH'-r" t'mi It will tondiiiie to Vreed and that I'tfnrnl in Hit iic.ir future wm (h st o tn plan h Ha upon the market whliti will -,- ihn I earn suinrli i l.uvoi as Hut whla has glvi n Hie tmpjiti.l t mjiki (!, their pre eunnoi i ivrrin rank This (1sa r pii' it wlili ii i (I mht to bu dopeiidint ii wliM urn' - . t rlwneil siiedn wHliir. the fruit I N i ,i'l rrs been leer-id thr iti e nlnints In the unit', il retillUatlou of fSmvrni figs grown In i i fomla i:tiMii ills were it 1' liv 1) i:i(ii nml tr Roed-Ing Roed-Ing wli'i the traniifer of pollen from Capri (lily means nf ii to ithnlrk und I" in-1 ii uf i hlo Ii i la this iw r inrnr Tinrilur r inli were Ul feritllini iirobnb'y hall u nmnv as Pw are fertl'lel hi the worl of llw lllas- UJ tnph'.iga In U Minor b' t alrn dy tho H rhareeterlMli favor of tin Kitropean B figs was nollccl |