August, 1916. 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



205 



and our home markets will thereby be ex- 

 tended. 



There is one other reason why a certain 

 amount of publicity is desirable this year. 

 The export trade is restricted. There is no 

 regularity of steamship sailings to Great 

 Britain, and a large proportion of the avail- 

 able space is required for commodities which 

 are not exported in such large quantities 

 under ordinary conditions. Consequently 

 the amount of fruit to be marketed at home 

 will be greater than it otherwise would be. 



Insect Pests in Manitoba* 



During the past two years, insect pests 

 have been reported as doing a great deal of 

 damage to shade and ornamental trees in 

 Manitoba, so the Department of Horticulture 

 and Forestry of the Manitoba Agricultural 

 College decided to give a series of lectures 

 and deanonstratlon? on sprays and spraying, 

 for the control of tree pests. This work is 

 in charge of the writer. Demonstrations 

 were given at fifteen points in southern 

 Manitoba. 



At each of the places visited, a great deal 

 of injury was found to have been done. In 

 some of the towns in the southern districts 

 as high as 30 per cent, of the Manitoba 

 maples were found to have been killed and a 

 very large percentage injured. A reliable 

 authority in one of these places estimates 

 that 50 per cent, of the native maples have 

 been destroyed. The aphis and the canker- 

 worm have been responsible for nearly all 

 of the losses sustained in the places visited. 



The Department are recommending the 

 use of arsenate of lead for the cankerworms 

 and other biting insects, and nicotine sul- 

 phate for the aphis. 



Spring and fall cankerworms were found 

 <iuite abundantly at Carman. In some places 

 trees were almost defoliated by the canker- 

 worms. 



Several people in some vicinities reported 

 the presence of a .small dark brown beetle 

 in enormous numbers. These beetles at- 

 tacked the various members of the poplar 

 family. Cottonwoods, balm of gilead, and 

 willows were very badly infested. The in- 

 jects appear very quickly, and do the dam- 

 age in a short time. After they attacked a 

 grove, the trees appeared as though scorched 

 ■by fire. Specimens of these beetles were 

 collected, and upon examination proved to 

 tc the willow leaf beetle. (G-alerucella de- 

 cora), a species of beetle which infest pop- 

 lars and willows. 



Cutworms have been doing great damage 

 to garden crops, spring grains, and alfalfa. 

 A gentleman living near Portage la Prairie 

 had an eight-acre field of alfalfa nearly de- 

 stroyed by the red-backed cutworm. Sev- 

 jeral sections, one square foot in area, were 

 examined to determine the degree of infes- 

 ation. Counts were secured which ranged 

 from 28 to 70 to the square foot. One could 

 Ibe perfectly safe in saying that there were 

 [millions of cutworms in that alfalfa field. In 

 mother section, a 60-acre field of wheat was 

 [practically destroyed by cutworms. 



The spruce gall louse was found to be do- 

 ing damage to black and white spruce in 

 various sections of the country. 



*An extract from an article appearing in July 

 issue of the Manitoba Horticulturist, by J. A. 

 NeiLson, B.S.A., Manitoba Agricultural College. 



An even distribution of Bordeaux on the 

 surface of the leaves is highly Important. 

 To obtain the best results the spray ma- 

 chine should provide a constant high pres- 

 sure and the nozzles should give a fine, 

 mist-like spray. Sometimes 50 gallons of 

 Bordeaux per acre is sufficient. If more is 

 necessary it should be used when blight is 

 •severe. 



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