THE ECONOMY GARDEN ENGINE. 



This machine was originally designed as a Lawn and Garden Engine. Its size is 35x14 

 x22 inches, and holds forty gallons ; is mounted on two strong iron wheels, with tires 2^ 

 inches wide. Total weight 175 pounds. It can be moved about by hand to spray small 

 orchards, or mounted in a wagon, it can be used for large orchards. 



Price Complete, including three feet Discharge Hose and " Boss" Nozzle, $20.00, 



With Return Hose and Discharge Pipe for stirring liquid, $22.50. 

 Additional discharge hose can be furnished at a reasonable price. 



TO DESTROY THE CODLING MOTH. 



Prof. Cook gives illustration and description of 

 the codling moth, as follows : 



The moth, V and G, is accurately represented in 

 the picture in form and size. The main color is 

 gray, flecked with darker dots and bars, and with a 

 characteristic copper-colored spot at the end of its 

 front wines. This spot will always enable one to 

 distinguish the moth. In May, about two weeks 

 after the blossoms appear, the female moth com- 

 mences to lay eggs in the calyx of the blossoms, B. 

 These soon hatch, when the minute larra (shown 

 full grown, E) eats into the apple and feeds upon the 

 pulp around the core, filling the space with its fecal 

 filth. 



The whitish larvae attain their full growth in 

 about four weeks. This period will be lengthened 

 by cold and shortened by beat. When mature, the 



larva leaves the apple, which may have fallen to the 

 ground, and seeks a secluded place in which to spin 

 its cocoon, I, and pupate. The pupa or chrysalis, D, 

 is much like those of other moths. The pupae of 

 the June and July larvae are found in the cocoons 

 soon after the latter are formed, while those of the 

 autumn larvae do not pupate till Spring, but pass 

 the winter as larvae in the cocoons. The eggs of 

 the second brood are laid in July, August and Sep- 

 tember. The larvae feed in autumn and often till 

 mid-winter, while just as stated they do not pupate 

 tin Spring. 



Professor Cook prefers London purple to Paris 

 green because it is cheaper and easier to mix in the 

 water. The mixture is as follows : I mix the pow- 

 der one pound to 100 gallons of water. It is best to 

 wet the powder thoroughly and make a paste before 

 putting into the vessel of water, that it may all mix, 

 and not form lumps. Always keep the liquid well 

 stirred. One common pail of the liquid will suffice 

 for the largest tree. For a large orchard a common 

 barrel should be used, drawn m a wagon. I prfefer 

 to have the barrel stand on end, with a close mova- 

 ble float with two holes through it, one for the pipe 

 or hose from the pump, and the other for a stirrer. 

 If very large orchards are to be treated, a good 

 force pump should be fastened to the barrel. In 

 Western New Tork the handle of the pump is at- 

 tached to the wagen wheel, so that no hand power 

 is required other than to drive the team and man- 

 age the pipe that carries the spray This apparatus 

 is manufactured by the Field Force Pump Company, 

 at Lockport, N. Y., and is known as the Victor. 

 The spray may be caused by a fine perforated nozzle 

 or a graduating nozzle. The finer it is the less liquid 

 will be required. The important thing is to scatter 

 the spray on all the fruit, and get just as little on as 

 possible. The larva is killed by eating the poison, 

 and we find that the faintest trace suffices for the 

 purpose. 



The danger from this practice I have found to be 

 nothing at all. Of course we should not turn stock 

 into an orchard till a heavy rain has washed the 

 poison from all herbage under the trees. 



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