CODLIN MOTH TRAP.
W'liAl is ciainicd to b<; a thoroughly ellisctivc plan of destroying the endlin moth ■ i s liecn coininuuioated to the Hobart Mercury. The apparatus consists of u simple hurncaiiu lantern with three winq* of tin »t angles, and vertically from the sides of the lantern aro sir.eireil with kerosene or sweet oil after the lantern is lialiti-d and huns in the tree. The writer stales that there appears to bo ■io c-icapu for moth or liy that may be iill'.irod hy the light. The lantern should '■•■imiin ab nit an hour, xty lrom eight to lino o-closk. At the ..nd of that tiinu the ■ laughter i.> 6aid tu Liu iiK.jt cheerini'. It i:i ■ittittid that thruc: or fom lantern:.' Would ■i.-.ir an auv ol orchaul. The apple:; in thu orchard in which thu eApenmunt was tried were freo from thu ii'sects ulHiuukU thy -laughter of thorn wus almost fabulous.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 2899, 12 February 1891, Page 2
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152CODLIN MOTH TRAP. Waikato Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 2899, 12 February 1891, Page 2
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