June, 1916. 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



161 



The Brown Tail Moth] in Nova 

 Scotia* 



Geo. E. Sanders, Annapolis^Royal, N.S. 

 tWe have on the whole had two very suc- 

 Bstul years in Browa Tail Moth control. 



1914 we found 18,154 nests in the prov- 

 ace against 24,156 nests the previous year, 

 pllowing the hig flight from the New Eng- 

 ^nd Statee, or a diecrease of 6,002 nests. 



1915 we found on the whole a big de- 

 rease, with increases in a few isolated 



calities. Only ten inspeictors are em- 

 Joyed, five by the Dominion and five by the 

 province. They have to cover approximate- 

 two million apple trees, so they have 

 f'ittle time for other than orchard property, 

 jxcepting when thorn scrub is known to 

 >ccur. That they have prevented the Brown 

 Tails from ever doing a dollar's worth of 

 damage up to date in Nova Scotia is some- 

 thing that we can point to with pride, for 

 Nova Scotia is the only locality in which 

 the climate is favorable to Brown Tail 

 Motih development where it has been con- 

 trolled and prevented from doing damage. 

 We found in 1915 an interesting outbreak 

 which shows in a striking manner what the 

 Brown Tails would do in Nova Scotia if 

 left uncared for. Just south of the church 

 in Torbrook there is a thorn scrub in a 

 pasture which had never been visited, A 

 few nests were found in apple orchards 

 nearby and an irregular line of nests traced 

 from bush to bush until it led to the 

 heaviest infestation we have yet found in 

 any part of the province. Over 1,500 nests 

 have already heen taken from this pasture 

 and there are probably 500 more yet to 

 come. The whole scrub does not cover 

 over thirty acres, the most heavily infested 

 portion about ten acres; there were enough 

 Brown Tails present to eat every green leaf 

 off the central ten acres. The infestation 

 had been running there for four or five 

 years. 



A campaign for more spraying has given 

 us good returns. We have our inspectors 

 call on each man whose property ds in- 

 fested with Brown Tails and inform him of 

 the fact, advising him to look for more 

 nests after they have finished his orchard. 

 We also persuade him to spray if poseible. 



♦Extract from an address. 



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Prairie Farmers Object 



strenuous exception has been taken by 

 farmers of the prairies to the increased 

 lift of 50 cents a barrel on apples, recent- 

 imposed by the Dominion Parliament, 

 is makes the duty 90 cents a barrel, which 

 fhey consider too high. At a meeting ol the 

 Canadian iCouncil of Agriculture some time 

 :o the following resolution was adopted: 

 "Whereas, at the request of the British 



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 the money. 



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