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EIGHTH ANNUAL REPORT 



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MUSLIN. 



"Illustrated Annual Register of Rural Affairs," published by Luthei 

 Tucker & Son of Albany, of two contrivances for protecting trees 

 from this insect, thai are unknown in Missouri, and that are very 

 favorably spoken of by that careful horticultural writer, Mr. J. J. 

 Thomas. The first is one successfully used by C. L. Jones of Newark 

 N.J. 



Fig. 11 is a view of tlie contrivance, which consists essentially of a band or circle 

 of tin. a few inches outside the ^^''S- -'-l 



trunk of the tree, and held there 

 by a circle of muslin, attached 

 to the tin at its edge and drawn 

 with a cord at the top, so as to 

 fit the tree closelj', and prevent 

 M /f' I' ' '^ \ ^^^ insects from getting up 



•i'l'iiiii.' ..MiiiiJ without going over the tin, cov- 



ered with a mixture of castor- 

 oil and kerosene, which as soon as they touch, they drop- 

 to the ground. Fig. 12 is a section of the contrivance,, 

 and Fig. 13 a section of the union of the tin Wvi- 13.] 

 and muslin, effected by turning over the upper 

 edge of the tin before it is bent to a circle, in- 

 serting the edge of the muslin, and hammering them together. The tin 

 may be about three inches wide, and long enough to rest three or four inches 

 off from the trunk, when bent around in the form of a hoop, and secured 

 by rivets or small tacks. After the tin and muslin are attached to the tree, 

 the whole inner or lower surface of the tin is daubed with a mixture of 

 equal parts of kerosene and castor oil. The tin and muslin entirely protect 

 the oil from the sun and the weather, and it will not dry for several days* 

 It will not run down, as the castor-oil thickens it. Of course it needs occasional re- 

 newal, with a small brush or feather. This protector is kept on the tree till the moths 

 disappear. 



Cankei woim Tiap 



For those who wish to do work thoroughly while they are about it, 

 and who believe that a little extra time and expense at the start is more 

 than saved in the long run, I do not know that any better contrivance 

 could be recommended. But I would remind the reader that even so 

 perfect an " estopper" as this, may measurably fail, if directed solely 

 against the moths. The worms that hatch below the trap, and which 

 are more difficult to manage, must also be headed off; and I would 

 insist in pursuance of this object, that, in addition to the above direc- 

 tions, the muslin be tied around the tree over a layer of cotton wad- 

 ding, and that the contrivance be kept on the tree and the tin oiled, 

 at least three weeks after the tree begins to leaf out in the spring. 

 The eggs laid below the trap should, of course, be destroyed as far as 



