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way, should preferably be made out of 

 the wire mesh known to the trade as 

 Japan wire. In attaching the traps to 

 the trees the following points should 

 be carefully observed: (1) The upper 

 and lower edges of the trap must be 

 tacked to the tree in such a way that 

 they both fit snugly against the bark. 



(2) There should be a free space of at 

 least one and one-half inches between 

 the upper edge of the band and the 

 upper edge of the trap and an equally 

 free space between the lower edge of 

 the band and the lower edge of the trap. 



(3) The trap must have a bulge which 

 shall raise the trap at least an half inch 

 above the band. It is vital that the 

 trap must not at any point come in 

 contact with the band; otherwise the 

 moth, if it should at the point where 

 the band is in contact with the trap, 

 emerge from the chrysalis state, might 

 be able to escape from the trap. And 

 if it did, that, to use an homely phrase, 

 would be to "spill the beans." Hence 

 the necessity for a lasting bulge to the 

 trap. The desired bulge can be secured 

 by driving the proper distance into the 

 tree through the band a certain number 

 of nails such as are used in nailing 



down slate roofing. (4) The strip of 

 wire mesh out of which the trap is 

 made should be long enough to allow 

 for an overlap of at least two inches. 

 An overlap of three or four inches 

 would be better. 



For two years Mr. Siegler carried on, 

 in the fruit section of the Grand Val- 

 ley, Colorado, investigations into the 

 habits and life history of the codling 

 moth. During the second year he had 

 the assistance of H. K. Plank, also of 

 the Department of Entomology. The 

 third year (1917) Mr. Plank was in sole 

 charge of the work. But it was Mr. 

 Siegler to whom credit for the dis- 

 covery of the trap is due. In October, 

 1916, Mr. Siegler published the results 

 of his investigations in the Journal of 

 Economic Entomology. In December 

 of the same year he read a paper on the 

 same subject before the American Asso- 

 ciation of Economic Entomologists. 



During the past year two of the most 

 prominent growers in the Grand Val- 

 ley, J. Lee Morse and C. E. Wixon, 

 tested out the traps in their orchards 

 near Grand Junction. During the same 

 year Mr. Plank, Mr. Siegler's assistant, 

 was experimenting with the traps in 



the orchard of Charles Lamb, a success- 

 ful orchardist in Highland Park, mid- 

 way between Clifton and Grand Junc- 

 tion. These three orchardists are con- 

 vinced that the traps are invaluable. 



South America's Taste 

 in Dried Fruits 



Department of Commerce, Bureau of Foreign and 

 Domestic Commerce, Washington, D. C. 



THE failure to sell important quanti- 

 ties of American dried fruits in 

 South America is due in part to the 

 native's preference for dried fruits that 

 may be readily eaten out of hand with- 

 out further preparation, according to a 

 bulletin entitled "South American Mar- 

 kets for Dried Fruits," issued today by 

 the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic 

 Commerce of the Department of Com- 

 merce. 



The predominance of European dried 

 fruits (prunes, raisins and figs) is espe- 

 cially marked in Brazil, and only 

 slightly less so in Argentina and Uru- 

 guay, says the report. Home-produced 

 fruits practically displaced all others in 

 Chile, with the United States ranking 

 second only to the United Kingdom in 

 the small trade in imported fruits. 

 Peru is the only country considered in 

 this report in which California fruits 

 outrank those from all other sources. 

 Chilean fruits practically monopolize 

 the markets of Bolivia. During the last 

 year or so there has been a decided 

 tendency in South America to buy in 

 the United States certain lines of fruits 

 that formerly were purchased almost 

 exclusively from Europe, and it is 

 thought that proper attention to the re- 

 quirements of the market will make 

 permanent at least a part of this trade. 



The report points out the shortcom- 

 ings in American methods of competing 

 with European countries in the South 

 American markets and offers construc- 

 tive suggestions for making more of 

 our opportunities in the future. Copies 

 can be obtained at the nominal price 

 of five cents from the Superintendent 

 of Documents, Government Printing 

 Office, Washington, D. C, or from the 

 district or co-operative offices of the 

 Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Com- 

 merce. 



"Principle and Practices of Prun- 

 ing," by M. G. Kains, is the title of a 

 very interesting and instructive book 

 which is well worthy of every fruit 

 grower's reading. The price of the 

 book is two dollars. Published by 

 Orange Judd Company, New York. 



Howard Ewarts Reed of Beaverton, 

 Oregon, has published a small book, 

 "Profit From Spraying," which contains 

 much information about spraying of the 

 different kind of insects and pests that 

 infect orchards and vegetable gardens. 

 The price is 25 cents. 



Liberty Bonds. — The next Liberty 

 Bonds will probably be offered in 

 April. A word of advice seems timely. 

 It is the duty of every citizen of the 

 United States to begin saving and pre- 

 pare to participate in the Liberty Bond 

 sale in February. 



