writes: "The butterflies were so busy feeding upon the sap that you could 

 pick them off the tree at any time in the day." Where sugarcane grows the 

 green stalks, split open with the pith exposed, can be tacked on trees with 

 success. Crushed grapes and fruits of all kinds, with the addition of sugar 

 and liquor is good. Mrs. Avis B. Roberts, of Truckee, Cal., prepares a 

 tempting table relish for meats which is appropriately called "Heavenly Hash." 

 Take one quart of brandy and to it add one quart of sugar and one quart of 

 fruit or berries. This forms the base and to it may be added a quart each 

 of any kind of fruits or berries desired, a quart of sugar being used with each 

 quart of fruit. At the beginning of the season, to make the receipt clear, take 

 one quart each of brandy, sugar and cherries; as the season progresses add a 

 quart of strawberries and a quart of sugar, a quart of raspberries and a quart 

 of sugar, a quart of sliced peaches and a quart of sugar, etc. A quart of 

 brandy can be obtained at any drug store and no further liquor is required, 

 no matter how large the quantity of fruit and sugar is placed therein. Mrs. 

 Roberts finds that the juices of this mixture form a most excellent sugaring 

 compound, and with it she has captured large numbers of moths. 



THE SUGARING ROUTE. 



A great deal depends upon the selection of a favorable route, but a 

 single tree in a door-yard, a barn, fence or outhouse may answer for an 

 experiment. It is advisable to sugar in different localities until you ascertain 

 where the moths fly thickest. Authors differ greatly as to the best places. One 

 will tell you to select shady nooks and secluded places by old roadsides, and 

 another will tell you to avoid them. I do not believe that any definite in- 

 structions can be given. It all depends upon local conditions. Authors 

 differ as to the number of trees you should sugar, one telling you to sugar 

 fifty trees and another only two or three. I have a number of routes and 

 discover that certain species of moths favor each of them. One is along 

 the bank of the Truckee River, in the rear of stables, cabins and shanties, and 

 where there is much refuse. This route consists of a dozen trees and is about 

 two hundred feet in length. I go over it from early twilight until late at 

 night, or until the moths cease to come in sufficient numbers to justify, or until 

 I am too weary to work longer. The largest catches are made at dusk when 

 the first rush of moths arrives, but I have frequently taken as many as fifty 

 specimens on a midnight visit. Some of the routes are reached by bicycle and 

 the sides of a lake or streamlet miles from town are good collecting grounds. 

 Dense forests and clean, ideal parks, or grassy fields are not apt to be favorable. 

 Just as moths enjoy the odor of limburger cheese just so they seem fond of 

 refuse and bad smells, and the outskirts of a town generally prove most profit- 

 able. Experience is the only guide. 



HOW AND WHEN TO SUGAR. 



Spread the sugaring mixture upon almost anything; tree-trunks, boards, 

 buildings, logs, stumps, rocks, posts, fences, grain sacks and even upon bushes, 

 flowers 1 , and the leaves of trees. White cloths sugared and tacked to trees 

 or boards attract certain species. The mixture should be sprinkled upon 

 bushes, flowers and leaves, but upon any firm foundation you should apply 

 it with a brush, put on plenty, and without wasting you should not be stingy. 

 Sugar in identically the same places night after night. Apply the mixture 



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