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President Phillips said he bad just received a letter from Missouri, 

 stating that such an insect was destroying their raspberries and blackberries. 



Mr. Bonham said the rust was spreading on the raspberry plantations of St. 

 Joseph and Benton Harbor. They knew of no remedy but to exterminate the 

 affected plants. 



The Entomologist of the State and of this Society, Prof. Cook, expects to be 

 here next week to make and classify for us a case of insects. Let every member of 

 the Society be present with such insects as he may be able to capture. 



South Haven, July 19, 1873. 



The meetings have been interrupted for several weeks, and from this cause, 

 the pressing work of the season, and the very short evenings, the numbers 

 present indicated a stable interest in the Society. 



Mr. H. E. Bidwell called attention to the fact that the time to catch the cod- 

 ling moth was nearly past for the first brood, which, if not caught, would de- 

 stroy the balance of the crop. He says wrap a strip of cloth or paper of any 

 kind, about four inches wide, around the body of the tree, four or five inches 

 below the branches, and fasten by tying a string around at the middle of the 

 strip, or by a small tack where the ends lap. Examine these bauds once in ten 

 days or three or four times during the season, and kill the moths. A man's time 

 at such work in an apple or pear orchard would pay better than at any other 

 work. 



Mr. D. B. Williams suggested that copperas might be a remedy for the 

 blight, it being an element of iron, and iron being healthful to pear trees and 

 a successful invigorator to pear trees which were in a decline. 



Mr. A. Fitch said he noticed blackened spots on several of his apple trees, 

 with cracks around them, and in some of the cracks the chippings of worms. 

 On examining he found flat-headed white grubs large and small. 



Mr. Bidwell said that trees which were leaning over and unhealthy trees 

 were most apt to be infested by the borer. 



Mr. T. T. Lyon, a distinguished fruit-grower of this State, holds that a 

 perfectly healthy tree is never occupied by a borer. 



Mr. Bidwell said that a tree which was leaning should be straightened by un- 

 dermining, if necessary. 



South Haven, August 8, 1873. 



The room was well filled at the last meeting. The Vice President, Mr. 0. H. 

 Wigglesworth, presided in absence of the President. 



"How to exterminate the codling moth" was the question. 



At the previous meeting Mr. Gregory, of Pine Grove, brought up the ques- 

 tion, stating his experience, as did also several others who were not present at 

 this meeting. 



Mr. Gregory wrapped strips of cloth, a foot or more in width, around the 

 bodies of the trees near the ground, tied with a string at the top and bottom. 

 The strings being a little loose the moths crawled under them, and be caught 

 many. He also found under the cloths many curculio similar to the plum 

 curculio, but larger. Wondered why they were there, and wished others to 

 make observations. 



