Culture of Raspberries i7°9 



Cane-borer 



The adult is a slender beetle, with black wing covers and a yellow 

 thorax. In laying her eggs the female girdles the tip of the cane with 

 rings of punctures. These rings are separated from one another by about 

 an inch. Between the rings the female pierces the cane and forces into 

 it a long, light-colored egg. Immediately after this girdling, the tip of 

 the cane droops and soon dies. The egg hatches in a few days and the 

 young larva burrows down the center of the stem, consuming the pith. 

 The larva passes the first winter in its burrow not far from where the 

 egg was deposited, and by the second fall reaches the root, where it passes 

 the winter and changes into a pupa the next spring. The beetles escape 

 from -their burrows in June, at which time they may be found on the 

 bushes. 



Control. — Soon after the female punctures the cane at the point where 

 the eggs are deposited, withering and drooping of the tip is conspicuous. 

 As soon as this is noticed the cane should be cut off well below the injury, 

 so that there is no danger of leaving the grubs, which may have hatched 

 before the injury is noticed. 



CORNELL STUDY CLUBS 



Often several persons in a community desire to undertake reading that 

 will help them conduct their farming operations to better advantage. 

 Readers who have found the lessons of the Reading-Course to be of 

 assistance to them may invite ethers to join the course. The demand 

 for Reading-Course lessons has increased rapidly during the past year. 

 In a number of communities, study clubs have been formed. If Read- 

 ing-Course lessons can be studied in a group there is added interest and 

 a better opportunity for self-expression, resulting often in mutual help- 

 fulness among members of the group. Such study clubs may include 

 men, women, and young persons, and may have social features as part 

 of the programs for the meetings. The two Cornell Reading-Courses — 

 the course for the farm and the course for the farm home — provide 

 lessons of particular interest to both men and women. Study clubs 

 may confine themselves to lessons in either course; or, if one club is 

 composed of both men and women, the lessons in the two courses may 

 be alternated, or two separate groups may be formed holding part of 

 the program in common. 



The organization of a club for the purpose of studying lessons for the 

 farm can easily be effected even if at first only a few persons desire to 



