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lamps iu the trees over a dish of water, and I find a large number of 

 insects in the water in the morning. I also shake the trees every 

 morning. I have been keeping it up ever since they dropped their 

 bloom, and I believe it will be successful. The WDd Goose is very 

 able to take care of itself; they are stung but not hurt, the wounds are 

 not fatal. 



Mr. Evans — What kind of insects do you find in the water ? 



J/r. Dalton — I catch millers like the common candle fly and an in- 

 sect somewhat like the wasp. I am not versed in "bugology," so I 

 can not give the names. Along about the latter part of May or first of 

 June the insect which comes earlier disappears, and I find a smaller 

 insect. 



Mr. Thomas — What distance apart are those trees ? 



Col. Reynolds — Twelve feet each way, upon bottom soil. They 

 grow very large and support each other. 



3Ir. Thomas — On what root are his Wild Goose? 



Col. Reynolds — Peach roots. 



Mr. Evans — I would like to find out about those curculios. Do 

 you know him when you see him ? 



Mr. Thomas — I find the insects upon the trees but never find them 

 at work. When I shake the trees I find these insects. It hides when 

 I shake the tree. 



Mr. Evans — What does he look like ? 



He is a very small insect, somewhat like a turtle — plays possom 

 when he falls. When he gets warm he flies. 



Mr. Thomas — To conquer we must either feed the curculio or 

 catch him. He will eat the Wild Goose, but if we plant the fine tender 

 varieties he leaves the Wild Goose for them. If we have the Wild 

 Goose alone we get but little fruit. So the cabbage is safe if planted 

 with tomato vines. 



Mr. Dalton — I plant Wild Goose exclusively and never faH to raise 

 them without planting other varieties. 



Col. Reynolds — How does the gentleman cultivate his plum, 

 orchard ? 



Mr. Dalton — Hogs and chickens, no cultivation. 



Mr. Goodman — The gentleman per^iaps never caught a curculio. 

 The only way to catch them is on a sheet, you can't find them on the 

 ground. His work has not been effective in saving his plums. The 

 millers he caught would not have affected the plums. They might 

 have affected the apple but not the plum. The curculio will soon fly 

 if left on the sheet. We carry a can of coal oil and pour them into it. 



