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half a dozen times; I think some fly away. I think, however, that the 

 first time we get two thirds of the whole brood. 



Mr. Rork : While it is in blossom the curculio is there, like the potato 

 bug. He is there, and if you shake the tree you will thin them out before 

 they have a chance to do anything. As to spraying, it seems to me that 

 some one is not careful in observations about spraying. I both spray 

 and shake. If you jar a good deal, you won't need to spray much, but 

 the spraying is easier done, and it kills other things, insects and the like, 

 and I consider one or two good sprayings will be beneficial. I can drive 

 them from one row of trees to another with cold water, and I can drive 

 them with spraying from one orchard to another. 



Mr. Morrill: Mr. Markham did not go quite far enough in describing 

 that trap. It is simply a labor saver; it is on wheels and has a trap unde-r 

 it. I have it and it is a very nice arrangement. 



Mr. Lewis: We were taught years ago to catch the curculio soon after 

 the foliage gets out; there was one method highly recommended, and 

 called trapping. It was to place shingles under the tree. The theory 

 was that at night they would seek shelter under the shingles, and the 

 theory was borne out by the facts, for we would find them there, on tak- 

 ing the shingles up in the morning. That is before the trees have blos- 

 somed. Then, when we took up spraying, we were recommended to spray 

 before the trees blossomed, and we killed a good many that way, because 

 they fed on the foliage. Take it all in all, we have a good many theories, 

 and the facts must be sifted out by observation. I find in jarring, how- 

 ever, that you won't find them very plentiful until the fruits are large 

 enough for their needs, and then they will come in swarms; they come 

 from somewhere. I recollect, years ago, jarring to catch them on early 

 peaches. I had an orchard contiguous to a forest, and on'the row nearest 

 the forest I had more trouble than on all the rest. I had an idea that 

 they came from the forest. They are all over the country, and when it 

 comes time to deposit their eggs they are on the move for food, and I do 

 not find many curculio until the conditions are right. Of course, you 

 will find some, but they come in swarms when it is warm enough. 



