THE AMERICAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



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INSECT EXTERIIIXATIOX. 



AVe clip the following from the Yindaml 

 (N. J.) Weekly of May lo, 18C0. Mr. Laiulis 

 evidently means business. He is taking the 

 liglit step and if his advice is followed, and he 

 snccceds in producing unanimity of action, the 

 Vinelauders will soon obtain cdiitrol over (heir 

 lilipntian foes. 

 To the Citizens of Vineland: 



I am convinced that Fruit cannot be success- 

 fully raised in this community, or any otlier, 

 without waging systematic and successful war- 

 fare against the insect enemies. This success 

 involves a vast amount of present property and 

 more in the future. With this success V^ineland 

 becomes pre-eminently the most valuable place 

 in the Union for fruit culture. 



To encourage success in this direction I there- 

 fore offer the following premiums, to be awarded 

 under the auspices of the Agricultural Society : 



Ten Dollars for the best Half Acre of Friiit 

 Trees kept the cleanest from Tree CJrubs, Cur- 

 culios and Apple Moths. 



Ten Dollars for the best Acre ditto. 



Ten Dollars for the best Two acres ditto. 



Ten Dollars for the best Four Acres ditto. 



Ten Dollars for the best Five Acres ditto. 



Ton Dollars for the best Six Acres ditto. 



Ten Dollars for the best Seven Acres ditto. 



Ten Dollars for the best Eight Acres ditto. 



Ten Dollars for the best Nine Acres ditto. 



Ten Dollars for the best Ten Acres ditto. 



Togetlier with a Certificate of Merit, hand- 

 somely framed. 



The points to which it appears most necessary 

 for people to direct their attention are the fol- 

 lowing : 



First — Borers. Peach Trees — Dig them ont 

 with a knife — depend upon nothing else. Nec- 

 tarine—Dig out the borers. Apple Trees— Dig 

 out the borers. The first year they can be found 

 with a knife; the second and third years require 

 an aunealed wire. 



Second — Curculio. Only to be destroyed by 

 jarring the trees and letting them fall upon a 

 sheet, and burning them. Do not shake but jar 

 the trees. This Is to be done early iu the morn- 

 ing, and as often during the day as necessary. 

 They infest the Apilcot, the Peach, the Nectar- 

 ine, the Plum, the Apple, the Pear, the Quince 

 and Cherry. Also gather all the fruit that falls 

 to the ground immediately, as tliis fruit contains 

 their eggs. They appear from the middle of 

 May until July, but have to be looked for before 

 and after these periods. 



Third— T/ie Apple Tree Moth. The great 

 enemy of the Apple, the Pear and the (inince. 

 The remedy for the apple moth is : 



1st— (lalheriiig the fniil as it falls to the 

 ground, and biiniiiig it or Ici'diiig it to stock. 



2d — Trapping them Ijv coiled rope nnide of hay 

 or rags (not straw) coiled three times around 

 apple, pear and quince trees. These bands 

 should be put upon the trees about the 2i)lh of 

 June and examined every two weeks and the 

 caterpillars destroyed. They should be kept on 

 until the middle of October. 



The amount of labor this requires when done 

 regularly and with system, is very small in pro- 

 portion (o the immense profit to be obtained. 

 It ensures a full and certain crop of fruit. By 

 this means apricots and plums can be as readily 

 raised as anything else. 



I respectfully recommend tliat associations be 

 tornied in all the school districts of people who 

 will agree to keep tlicir orchards clear of insects; 

 wlio will meet together once a week, or oftener, 

 for mutual understanding and information, and 

 to take measures concerning the cleaningof those 

 orchards that are neglected. This is of para- 

 mount importance until a proper law is obtained 

 upon the subject. These meetings should be 

 held at once, without any delay. 



Citizens, fruit culture means painstaking la- 

 bor. It requires the destruction of insects, and 

 for this labor it will return you a thousand fold. 

 This necessity is a blessing in disguise, as it ele- 

 vates the business to an art, removing many 

 farmers, also careless people, from competition, 

 making the profits to the careful and industrious 

 proportionately large. Chas. K. Landis. 



VixEi.ASD, May 10, ISG9. 



Tl» DESTROY OOhOKADi) I'llTATO l!Uf;S. 



Faiiu-lay, Wis., May Sr,, ls«!l, 



FuiKXO Bkown— I noticed in your last issue 

 an article about the potato bug. Now, as the 

 season is approaching tor tliis enemy of the 

 jiotato to make its annual raid ui)on our fields, 

 1 thought I would send you a cure wliicli \\\\\ 

 most certainly put a stop' to their (le]>r(Mlnii«in>. 

 We tried it last year, and destro\ cd millions of 

 them, and consequently had a first rate crop of 

 jiotatoes. It is this : Take one pound of Paris 

 (ireen (cost 60 cents) and mix with two pounds 

 of flour. Sift the mixture through a coarse 

 muslin cloth, upon the potato tops, early in the 

 morning, when the dew is on the tops. The 

 bugs will drop to the ground by thousands, 

 never to rise again. The above quantity of in- 

 gredients will answer for an acre of potatoes. 

 Please tell everybody of it, so that they can all 

 raise good potatoes, "as I did. — Gko. Liddlk, Sr., 

 in Galena (Ills.) Gazette. 



[We can confidently recommend the above 

 remedy as the most effectual and probably the 

 cheapest yet known. Last year we tried Paris 

 Green and ashes — one part of the green to five 

 of ashes — and though it killed most of the larva^ 

 it did not seem to affect the parent beetles. But 

 we are inclined to believe that the Paris Green 

 we used was not of good quality ; for experi- 

 ments the present year according to the above 

 directions have been highly satisfactory. When 

 first applied in the morning it seems to have but 

 little effect, as the bugs continue feeding for 

 some time as ravenously as ever, but as night 

 approaches the ground becomes, by degrees, 

 strewn with tlie dead carcasses of both the larvm 

 and beetles, and by the day following not a live 

 bug will be found on the vines, if the applica- 

 tion has been thoroughly made.— Ei>s.] 



