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feelings and experience he would have hut little to do with the hog. He did 

 not give much credit to the notion of the worms hiding in rubbish, etc., for he 

 had as much of that article around his premises as anybody, and as much of 

 it in his orchard, and there was no more damage near it than there was remote 

 from it; nor had he in fact, much faith in the apple business anyhow. Ap- 

 ples were grown everywhere almost, and to such an extent that there was no 

 longer any profit in the business. He would not take ten acres of good land 

 covered with an apple orchard as a gift, and were it not for the wind-break it 

 afforded he would cut down much that he already possessed. Mr. A. Hamil- 

 ton inquired of Mr. Loomis how many apples his orchard annually produced, the 

 amount of land occupied, and the net proceeds. Mr. Loomis said he had about 

 three hundred barrels per year, sometimes much more ; he thought he ought to 

 have a thousand every year; he had ten acres in apple orchard, and thought 

 his apples had not averaged to net him over one dollar per barrel. 



Mr. Bandle said he was just comparing the profit of raising apples at Mr. 

 Loomis' figures, and wheat at the usual market price, and found it better than 

 a yield of thirty bushels to the acre, which no country in the world averaged 

 to produce; in fact, it was far better, for the cost of producing the wheat was 

 several times greater than producing the apples, and yet we were the envy of 

 the world for tha faculty with which we could produce this great staple of the 

 world, although our best average net profit per acre was not one-third as much 

 as the apple orchard of Mr. Loomis; for his part he should not despair of the 

 apple business so long as he could do so well at it as Mr. Loomis. Illinois 

 produced good apples and was noted as a hog raising State. There he had his 

 orchard entirely spoiled by turning hogs into it. He would like to hear if any 

 one had tried the use of lime for the pest, and if so, the method of using it. 

 Mr. Corner said a Mr. Hanford, at the State pomological meeting at Paw Paw, 

 recommended the use of slacked lime thrown through the tops of the trees. 



Mr. Doud had tried both hogs and sheep in his orchard, and both did much 

 more harm than good. Mr. James Goodrich said no remedy would be of any 

 use unless it was thoroughly tried. It was true that Mr. McCormick had tried 

 hogs in his orchard and they had done but little good, and he ought to have 

 known that it would have been so; he never had over four or five, where he 

 ought to at least have had forty. Somebody asked about the expense of 

 keeping so many. Mr. G-. said they would nearly pick their own living in so 

 large an orchard. 



J. P. Wade said the moths worked most in Baldwins and Greenings, but 

 with him the Jonathan was nearly exempt. President Taylor said with him 

 those facing the lake and nearest to it were the freest. Mr. Hill believed in 

 destroying the animal that laid the eggs, for if there were no eggs laid there 

 would be no moths. To do this, set a tub or other vessel in the orchard, 

 partially fill it with water, and at night set a light in it, and all the moths 

 would rush to the light, fall into the water and be drowned. Mr. Lewis said 

 that codling moths were not attracted by light ; those attracted were not the 

 codling moth, but many of them were of great benefit. 



May Meeting. 



The regular order of business was the discussion of the insect enemies of the 

 fruits raised in this vicinity. An essay was read by Mr. A. Adams of Ganges. 



J. P. Wade said the rose bug had been greatly troublesome with them. He 

 had picked sixty-three from one peach not as large as his thumb. Knew of no 

 way to destroy them. 



