The Codlin Moth.

Waipawa Mail, Volume XVI, Issue 2715, 30 January 1892, Page 4

The Codlin Moth.

(Wairarajoa Daily.) The eodlin moth has bad it all its own way in Masterton this season, spoiling probably some eight or ten tons of fruit, which may represent a money loss of two or three hundred pounds to the growers. A year ago we suggested a remedy which we still believe to be the right solution of the difficulty. We then proposed that the local Horticultural Society should pick out a man competent to wage war against the pest, and let his services to the owners of orchards on reasonable terms. An expert of this kind, furnished with the best appliances, could do an immense amount of good during the two or three months that the apples might require protection. The idea of every man being his own eodlin moth exterminator is as absurd as that of every man being his own lawyer or doctor. The awful grub requires a special study, special appliances and special skill. It may quite possible to train and equip one man for the fray, but it is patent that nine out of ten growers in this neighborhood are quite incompetent to deal with the difficulty. Probably less than £SO would suffice to break the neck of the animal in any one year, and it would certainly pay for local residents to subscribe some such sum for the practical suppression of the moth.