74 TRAILS ACTIONS OF THE ILLINOIS 



Dr. Hull — I have no doubt it would, provided it were standing in a 

 dish of water or oil. • 



The President — It would be inconvenient to have boiling water for 

 the rags off a thousand trees. 



Mr. Bryant — With regard to fires in orchards and lights in the cellar, 

 I think I once heard Mr. Riley say that the Codling Moth was not 

 attracted by light. 



Mr. G-alusha — In reply to the President I would say that the appli- 

 cation of rags is the cheapest way. 



Mr, Baldwin — When would be the time ? 



Dr. Hull — The time to begin would be when the Eed June is ripe. 

 My impression is that it would be about every twenty days, depend- 

 ing upon the warmth of the weather. 



Mr. Wier — It alwa3^s appeared to me that the time to attack that 

 moth was when it deposited its eggs. There certainly must be some- 

 thing to attract it. 



Mr. Eiley — I can give Mr. Wier some little hope. We have a 

 means, but as long as we pay no attention to it and continue to look 

 for something else, we shall never succeed. I am convinced the 

 moth is not. attracted by light. I have written night after night in 

 summer, with the windows open, and have never yet caught a cod- 

 ling moth though I have been in the neighborhood of orchards that I 

 knew were covered. There are very few insects that are attracted 

 by light. Those that you find in your rooms are all moths with long 

 trunks. I think it is sufficiently proved that the codling moth is not 

 attracted by light. 



So far as regards this hay-band theory, admitting that Mr. Burrill 

 recommends the use of rags and that Dr. Trumble recommends hay- 

 bands, I do not think that one detracts from the credit due the 

 other. It is not necessary to give my opinion, because I have always 

 thought that rags were preferable to hay-bands. It is a difficult 

 matter to go over an orchard and twist hay-bands. You have to take 

 your finger and crush each worm individually. By using carpets or 

 rags you can take them down and destroy the worms by wholesale — 



