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thorit}^, said : The borer beetles fly at night and can be attracted b\'^ 

 lights and caught by them in June and Jul}-. We. can catch them with. 

 this moth catcher. We put this trap in our orchards and tried it 

 and know it will catch the striped bugs and the Codling Moth. The 

 authority of Prof. Saunders says they are attracted by lights. We do 

 catch them in our traps. I have a number of affidavits in my pocket now 

 of those who swear that they do catch the Codling Moth. All moths 

 that you hatch out of worms in the apples look alike. When they are 

 young they are bright with stripes, but fade when they get older. You 

 catch mostly young ones in the moth catcher. I have a number of au- 

 thorities on the subject of spraying; some of them admit that spraying 

 is not sufficient for Codling Moth. They are attracted by the lights dur- 

 ing the mating season. It is then that we catch them in the moth 

 catcher. You can set this trap in the orchard when the next crop of 

 moths come and you can see that the insects are the same. You will 

 know that you are catching the Codling Moth. If you make this 

 experiment and then catch the same insect in your trap, you will know 

 that I am right, won't you? Just try it; hatch them from your wormy 

 apples, then send me your statement, whether you really catch them 

 or not. I know that I catch them ; I don't guess or think anything: 

 I have hatched them and know them. I compared them with 

 the ones that I hatched and the}^ were the same. But the best proof 

 is that when we can use these moth catchers in our orchard w.e get 

 perfect apples. 



My brother used to be prejudiced agamst them, made all manner of 

 fun of me for using them. But we had orchards right along side by 

 side. Now I don't spray at all ; never had a spra}^ in the orchard, and 

 I have his affidavit that the most perfect apples he had were on the 

 rows that stood next to mine. He did spray. This 3'ear he has been 

 using the trap and not spraying at all and he has fine fruit. 



Dr. Green. — Would the present be a good time to test this lantern ? 

 Hazeltine. — Xo, sir; it would not. I have authority that was dated 

 the 5th day of last June, stating that at this time the Codling Moth is 

 in its caterpillar state and that it would not be out until the middle of 

 this month. The middle of Alay has been tried and caught numbers 

 of them. They last from a week to ten days. One man gave me his 

 testimony that he caught over 500 plum beetles, Curculio, in one night- 

 Question : Would it be good to put it in corn fields ? 

 Hazeltine. — Yes, sir; Prof. Stedman says so. 



