 They were doubtless attracted by the odor of the preparation, the vinegar probably being an important agent in the matter. As flies feed only at night, the plates should be visited late every evening, the insects taken out, and the vessels replenished,...  Report of the Secretary of Agriculture ... - Page 347by United States. Department of Agriculture - 1880Full view - About this book
 | Industries - 1855 - 778 pages
...odor of the preparation — the vinegar, doubtless, being an important agent in the matter. As flies feed only at night, the plates should be visited late...replenished, as circumstances may require. I have since tried the experiment with results equally satisfactory, and shall continue it until a better... | |
 | United States. Patent Office - Patents - 1855 - 832 pages
...odor of the preparation — the vinegar, doubtless, being an important agent in the matter. As flies feed only at night, the plates should be visited late...replenished, as circumstances may require. I have since tried the experiment, with results equally satisfactory, and shall continue it until a better... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate - United States - 1856 - 628 pages
...the odor of the preparation, the vinegar probably being an important agent in the matter. As flies feed only at night, the plates should be visited late...shall continue it until a better one is adopted." It might be well also to try the lantern-trap before mentioned, as another means of destruction, and,... | |
 | William J. Barbee - African American agricultural laborers - 1866 - 292 pages
...the odor of the preparation, the vinegar probably being an important agent in the matter. As flies feed only at night, the plates should be visited late...shall continue it until a better one is adopted." It might be well also to try the lantern-trap before mentioned, as another means of destruction, and... | |
 | 1869 - 316 pages
...odor of the preparation, the vinegar probably being an important agent in the matter. As the flies feed only at night, the plates should be visited late...and shall continue it until a better one is adopted. " Mr. JM Heard, of Monroe County, Miss., patented in I860, a device for trapping the moth, which consists... | |
 | Agriculture - 1871 - 498 pages
...odor of the preparation, the vinegar probably being an important agent in the matter. As the flies feed only at night, the plates should be visited late...shall continue it until a better one is adopted." Mr. JM Heard, of Monroe county, Wisconsin, patented in 1860, a device for trapping the moth, which... | |
 | United States. Department of Agriculture - Agriculture - 1880 - 778 pages
...odor of the preparation, the vinegar probably being an important agent in the matter. As the flies feed only at night, the plates should be visited late...shall continue it until a better one is adopted. The boll-worm moths appear to be attracted to the same sweets as the cotton-moths, and are equally attracted... | |
 | Washington Govenment Printing Officcce - 1880 - 762 pages
...odor of the preparation, the vinegar probably l>eing an important agent in the matter. As the Üies feed only at night, the plates should be visited late...the insects taken out, and the vessels replenished ns circumstances may require. I have tried the experiment with results equally satisfactory, aud shall... | |
 | Charles Valentine Riley - Cotton - 1885 - 734 pages
...odor of the preparation, the vinegar probably being an important agent in the matter. As the flies feed only at night, the plates should be visited late...the experiment with results equally satisfactory, %nd shall continue it until ft better one is adopted. The devices which have been invented for entrapping... | |
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