THE CODLIN MOTH

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1771, 20 February 1888, Page 2

THE CODLIN MOTH

On the objeot of this pest Mr Marphy who has jast| retarned from a visit to Tasmania says :— •" The Oodlln moth la worse than the thistle. I mast tell you that the growiog of applos and pears baa almost been abandoned m North Taamanji » on aooonnt of the Oodlln moth. One man whose orchard I visited who need to get 2000 bushels every year only gets 200 now. Bat the moth pan be dealt with too, and, like the thistle, perseverance and energy will get rid of it Bat the effort mast be general Everybody most .make It. A man I know, by acute observation of the « habits of the beast,' manages to deal with it. He oarefal'y scrapes his apple trees smooth with a little tnai.gaUr bo rape r, oaoh aa they use for oleauing the bottoms of ■hips and boats, and fastens a band of linen and ra«s m the Brat fork. The grab, deprived of his nataral cover In the roughnesses of the bark, shelters under these; The rags are simply taken off onoa a fortnight and destroyed.. A little piece of board laid on the ground at the foot of the tree will effect the game end, and tins full of vinegar and sugar hung about the orchard , attract the moths as well. In short, if others do what you do, you need not fear the moth. And the Government are taking extreme measures' to ensure that everyone doss iot. ' v On my way homo, at a place 30 miles north of Auckland, I visited an orchard, whose ojyner had just discovered that It was infested with -the Oodliu moth. He waa m great (rouble, as his living depended on hia apples. And what I told him of the ravages the moth bad made In Tasmania only frightened him still more .

11 Bat I am beginning to gather an Impression that possibly it may never be a aerions trouble to Ha here In Canterbury, la North Tasmania it ia Inactive ejeoept on sultry o7?!>iagß. Cold a d heavy tviada destroy it m large But, of course, m the JSforttj lai\ad it win £::* a partoaiatly upnM h-.me "