KILLING CODLIN MOTH
Our Own Correspondent.l
Use of Cheap Wine in Australia
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SYDNEY, Nov. 23. Cheap wine, cominonly known as "pinkie," has proved to be a means for the destruction of codlin moth. An expenment made by Mr J. Tomlinson, of Bendigo, Victoria, distriet orchard supervisor of the Department of Agriculture led to the discovery. Mr Tomlinson has been experimenting in the orchard districts of Bendigo. The wine is broken down with water and placed in reeeptacles beneath the trees in the orchard. The moths are attracted by the mixture and are killed. It is reported that the "pinkie" lure has been tried with great success in. the Bendigo distriet, and orchardists hope that it will provo a help to cut losses eaused by codlin moth.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Volume 81, Issue 62, 6 December 1937, Page 3
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