INTRODUGTOBY. 



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had one in the year 1879 ; we had none in the year 1880 ; we 

 had none in the year 1881 nntil he discovered it, as he says, 

 in the chrysalis form. Tliat year we gathered our fruit and 

 carried it into the apple-house, and I saw very little of it on 

 the fruit. The apples did not seem to be much affected, but 

 the suggestion was made to me by Mr. Cooke, the following 

 Spring, that I had better scald all of my boxes. I asked him 

 whether they had gotten out of these boxes into the cracks of 

 the floor in the l)uilding, and how would it do if I should close 

 this building up by putting mosquito netting over the win- 

 dows, so that there Would be no possible chance for the moths 

 to get out. He agreed with me that it would be a good 

 idea, and I did so. Having done that, I thought I would like 

 to know the result of it. I nailed all the doors up so that it 

 would be perfectly impossible for anything to get in and out 

 without my knowing it, and I locked the door and took one of 

 my men and put him in possession of the key. He com- 

 menced finding some of the moths about the middle of April 

 and killed them, and up to the 27th of May, kept a running 

 account ; after that date he kept a daily account ; he found 

 that he had killed 15,627 up to the 27th of October. As the 

 account is called for I will read it ; it will give an idea. As 

 the days grew longer and warmer the moths increased ; as 

 they grew colder the moths diminished. This is the account 

 of the moths themselves, not the pupae. 



DESTRUCTION OF CODLIN MOTH IN FRUIT-HOUSE. 



From beginning to May 

 27th, inchisive...2671 



May 28 129 



May 29 388 



May 30 337 



May 31 343 



June 1 335 



June 2 224 



June 3 149 



June 4 165 



June 5 138 



June 6 218 



June 7 245 



June 8 146 



June 9 144 



June 12 582 



June 13 4U5 



June 14 177 



June 15* 990 



June 16 484 



June 17 412 



June 18 116 



June 19 440 



♦Cellar opened. 



June 20. 

 June 21. 

 June 22. 

 June 23. 

 June 24. 

 June 27. 

 June 28. 

 June 29. 

 June 30. 



July 1, 



July 2. 



July 3, 



July 4 



July 5 



July 6 



July 7 



July 8 



July 9 



July 10 



July 11 



July 12 



July 13 



July 14 



221 



268 



397 



199 



154 



336 



314 



467 



447 



315 



330 



415 



307 



238 



278 



75 



.No count. 



175 



231 



143 



Ill 



112 



90 



Julv 15 62 



July 16 66 



July 17 157 



July 23 65 



July 24 47 



July 26 108 



July 27 46 



July 28 24 



July 29. 



15 

 July 30 22 



Aug. 

 Aug. 

 Aug. 

 Aug. 

 Aug, 

 Aug. 

 Aug. 



36 

 43 

 14 

 14 

 16 

 7 

 31 



Aug. 13 14 



Aug. 15 14 



Aug. 18 5 



Aug. 20 3 



Aug. 26 7 



Total No 15,627 



