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posterous ; and the use of such terms as 'stinging fly,' 'borer fly,' and 

 others shows that the inventor is not familiar with the insects which 

 infest orchards and other crops." 



Dr. L. O. Howard, U. S. Entomologist, Washington, D. C, says: 

 "I have no hesitation in saying that the trap lantern methods — Hasel- 

 tine's and all the rest — are failures as remedies for codling moth. I 

 am very glad that you are giving the facts about the moth traps." 



It would seem that the above statements made by the best in- 

 formed men of our country should be enough to convince any person 

 wanting to know the truth about this matter. 



I have brought this to your notice so that there could be no fur- 

 ther controversy or question of the facts, and now the only thing to 

 <lo is to let the people of our State know the facts in the case. 



L. A. GOODMAN, Secretary. 



SUGGESTIONS ON PEACH GROWING. 

 (By W. R. Wilkinson, St. Louis, Mo., Pres. State Board of Agriculture.) 



The peach requires high, well drained, moderately fertile soil. My 

 -experience in growing this delicious fruit has been limited to Southeast 

 INIissouri, on high land on the west banks of the Mississippi river, and I 

 consider this locality splendidly adapted, both as to soil and climate. This 

 soil when first cleared, has few inches of rich loam, underlaid with yellow 

 sub-soil, and containing enough iron to give splendid color to the fruit. 

 The Mississippi river running near by equalizes the temperature and often 

 keeps off the late frost that kills the swollen buds in less favored localities, 

 and the valley that puts into the river at right angles gives splendid air 

 drainage, whicli is of as much importance as soil drainage in the growing 

 of this fruit ; of course, there are many other places in Missouri where 

 peaches can, and are grown to perfection ; in fact, the whole southern 

 part of the State is considered good peach land, but the section lying 

 along the Mississippi and Missouri rivers is an ideal peach country. I 

 prefer Missouri grown trees one year old from bud, and know of no 

 lietter nursery than the one situated right here in New Haven, Mo. I 

 have bought thousands of trees from them, and have always found their 

 output true to name, and good trees in every respect. 



Without proceeding further. I would warn IMissouri planters from 

 buying trees from the East, and especially from some of the wholesale 

 nurseries of Tennessee. I bought largely from one of these nurseries and 

 liave peaches in the same row, all supposed to be the same variety that 



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