110 State Horticultural Society. 



From F. H. Speakman, Neosho, Mo. 



Ill our experiments last season we used nearly a barrel of kerosene 

 oil and caught a wonderful variety of insects and large numbers of them ; 

 in short, I think we got almost everything but what we W'Cre after. I 

 sent samples of insects caught to Miss Murtfeldt of Kirkwood, Mo., but 

 she could not find a single Codling Moth or Curculio. 



Inasmuch as these two pests were the things that caused us to make 

 the experiments, I for one pronounce insect catching by means of lights 

 to save our apples, peaches and plums, a decidedly dismal failure. 



Even were it possibfe and practicable to catch the insects, every- 

 thing in fact that the energetic moth catcher introducer can possibly 

 claim, what is to be done with the spores of apple scab, and bitter rot 

 fungus which are also present with us ? 



Respectfully yours, 



F. H. SPEAKMAN. 



Professor E. P. Felt, State Entomologist of New York, says : 

 "I wish to state that money invested in trap-lanterns of various forms,, 

 including those wdiich have attractive sweets or other fluids, phosphor- 

 escent paints and the like, apparently to make them more effective, is a 

 good investment only in a very few special cases, and before buying them 

 the advice of an entomologist should always be sought. 



"Expensive experiments conducted at Cornell University have shown 

 that the trap-lantern can not be recommended as a practical means of 

 controlling many insect pests. Beneficial as well as injurious insects are 

 captured, and some pests, like the codling moth, are takeil in very small 

 numbers. Farmers are, therefore, advised to go very slow in buying^ 

 trap-lanterns." 



The following is from a letter dated May 2, 1901, received from 

 Prof. Carman, State Entomologist of Kentucky and Professor of En- 

 tomology in the Agricultural College and Experiment Station : "I 

 tested the Haseltine trap last summer for codling moth, but did not 

 catch one, or did I catch any of the well known pests." 



Ithaca, N. Y., April 22, 1901. 

 Dear Stedman — You Vv^ill find in the Rural New Yorker an article 

 I wrote about moth traps, especially Haseltine's. I condemn it as 

 strongly as you. M. V. SLINGERLAND, 



Assistant Professor of Econoimc Entomologv. 



