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REPORT UPON COTTON INSECTS. 



traps now in use are provided with bails or similar contrivances for the purpose of 

 suspending them where wanted. They are thus subject to be oscillated or even over- 

 turned by the wind, causing the spilling 

 of the substance in the pan essential 

 to the proper operation of the trap 

 and often, also, the extinguishment of 

 the lamp or lantern. Suspending such a 

 trap in fruit-trees is not so objection- 

 able, because it is protected by the foli- 

 age against violent oscillations; but 

 when used in open fields of growing 

 crops, such as cotton, tobacco, &c., it 

 becomes a very serious drawback, to 

 remedy which is the object of my inven- 

 tion. To this end my improvement con- 

 sists in rigidly securing the pan and its 

 lamp or lantern to a stake of proper 

 length, providing a 'device, complete in 

 itself, especially adapted for use in open 

 fields of growing crops, and not liable 

 to serious interference from high winds. 



The figure is a side view, partly in 

 section. 



A is a stake driven into the ground, 

 and to the upper end of which is nailed 

 or otherwise securely attached a board 

 or plank, B, which should be about 

 eighteen inches, more or less, across. 

 Upon the plank B is placed a sheet-iron 

 pan, C, about eighteeu inches across and 

 two inches deep. In the center of the 

 pan C is placed a block or support, D, 

 about two inches high, upon which is 

 set an ordinary lantern, E. The lantern 

 E is secured in place by being connected 

 with the edges of the plank B by two or 

 more cords, F. 



This device is set among the plants 



FIG. 66.-J. G. G. Garrett's trap-lantern. to be P rotected > is "g^toxl about dark, 



and enough coal-tar, molasses, or other 



suitable viscous material is poured into the pan C to a little more than cover its bot- 

 tom. The insects will be attracted by the light, and flying toward it, will fall into the 

 pan C, and being unable to escape from it will be destroyed. One or more of these 

 devices should be used for each acre of the field to be protected. 



Another lamp aud pan apparatus was invented and patented by 

 Jesse B. Duke, of Norristown, Ark. It consists of a pan of sheet-metal, 

 having a tube or socket rising from the center of the bottom, which sup- 

 ports a lamp projecting above the top of the pan; the lamp having in- 

 clined sides and a very narrow or sharp top. 



In the following cut, 1 is a perspective view of the invention, and 2 is a 

 side elevation, partly in section. 



A is a sheet-metal pan, and B is a tube or socket rising from the center of the bot- 

 tom thereof. This tube or socket is soldered water-tight around a hole in the bottom 



