THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



same species of an insect normally confined to pip-frviit, all at once taking 

 to stone-fruit, and thus acquiring a new habit. Yet, so far as we now know^ 

 the stone-fruit-feeding branch is yet confined to plums around London, Ont.^ 

 and to peaches around Williamsbui'g, Mo. 



The kind op Bandage that is best for the Purpose. — There has been 

 some difference of opinion as to the best form of bandage to be used. To 

 *be thoroughly eifectual and durable it should be sufficiently firm in texture 

 that it cannot be too easily cut through by the jaws of the worm, or drawn 

 in folds and wrinkles by its silken threads. A stout and narrow piece of 

 cloth or canvas, drawn around and fastened to the tree by a tack, is per- 

 haps the simplest form of bandage and the most quickly fastened. Mr. Jas. 

 Weed of Muscatine, Iowa, (Western Pom. Sep. '70) uses strips of cloth 1 1-2 

 inches wide. But every one must decide for himself what will be cheapest 

 and most expedient, according to the extent of his orchard and the fiicility 

 with which he can procure rags, cloth, haybands, or other substances. A 

 good bandage, ready made, is greatly needed in the country, and if some 

 enterprising fii-m would manufacture canvas strips about six inches wide, 

 lined on one side with four inches of tow, cotton wadding, or some other 

 loose material, and would put it upon the mai-ket at a reasonable price per 

 yard, there would be an unlimited demand for it. Such strips would last 

 for years, and could be cut of any desired length, drawn around and tacked, 

 with little labor, to each tree ; while, by smearing with tar or molasses, it 

 might also be made to do good service, after the apple worm season, in those 

 orchards infested with the Canker-worm. The advantage of the looser, 

 thicker inside lining (which should however be closely and compactly 

 pressed) Avould be that it would enable us to fill up all the inequalities of 

 the bark, so as to absolutely prevent the young Canker-worms, as well as 

 the moths, from ascending; and at the same time it would furnish a most 

 enticing substance for the Apple-worm to spin up in. 



New methods or trapping. Thomas Wier's Apple-worm Trap. — Mr. 

 Thos. Wier of Lacon, 111., has hit upon a very simple device for alluring the 



worms, which is destined to 



play an . important role in 



' counterworking their injur- 



,m ies. In conjunction Avith his 



' cousin, Mr. D. B. Wier,. he 



has patented the trap, and 



though I do not think that 



the patenting of such simple 



devices is quite in accordance 



with a progressive liorticul- 



tural spirit, or that the paten- 



r* tees will find it a very profit- 

 able undertaking, they have a 

 ^' perfect right to think other- 

 wise. 



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