THE BAT TALION
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AFTER INSECTS
INJURIOUS TO
THE TEXAS PECAN
The Most Important Insect Attack
ing the Pecan in Texas is Nut
Case Bearer.
EASTERN EDITOR
PAYS A VISIT TO
COLLEGE CAMPUS
Addressed Faculty and Students on
th e Subject of Conservation
and Reaction.
Professor S. W. Bilsing gave an il
lustrated lecture on “Insects Injur
ious to Pecans in Texas” before the
meeting of the Horticultural Society
Tuesday afternon.
The most important insect attack
ing the pecan in Texas is the nut case
bearer. This insect causes a loss
varying from ten per cent up to thirty
per cent of the crop, depending chief
ly on climatic conditions. Last year
the damage was less than in previous
years.
There are four stages in the life
history of this insect. The adult or
parent is a small gray moth which
is very difficult to find.
The larval or worm stage of the
insect is the part of the life history
which does the damage. The insect
hibernates Or spends winter in the
larval stage at the base of the buds.
In the spring about the last of April
the larval commences feeding in the
ends of the new growth of the twigs
and turns to the resting or pupal
stage in the burrow where it fed. The
moth which emerges from these pupa
deposits its snow white eggs in the
middle of the pestle of the young nut
or under the colyx. Eggs are also
sometimes deposited at the base of
the nut. The larva which hatches
On Tuesday the College commun
ity was surprised by a brief visit by
Theo. H. Price of New York, Editor
of Commerce and Finance. Mr.
Price had promised to visit the Col
lege in the event that he should hap
pen to come to Texas soon, but his
telegram received Monday stating
that he would make us a visit on the
following day took us somewhat by
Surprise. Owing to the continually
growing interest in Commerce and
Finance we were justly delighted to
have its editor make us this visit
though it was such a short one—a
stop off between trains.
Mr. Price was here under the
auspices of the Social Science Sem
inar. His address like his articles,
though very short was very much to
the point. His remarks were on the
general subject of conservation, and
reaction. He said if our language
were idiographic these two words
would look alike. He deprecated the
present tendency of certain leaders
to make indiscriminate condemnation
of persons and philosophies as being
radical and bolshevic. Society can
progress only by reaching out for
higher ideals. He pleaded with us,
therefore, not to close our minds to
concepts simply because they are
new.
from this fM-fr enters the nut at the It would seem that unless persons
base and hollows out the interior kt rsttverm
the nut. It is this generation which
does the most damage. However the
average person notices this damage
less than the damage of succeeding
generations. After the larva has be
come fulgrown it turns to a dark
brown pupal or resting stage within
the nut. The larva itself is a pink
ish color when first hatched but later
turns to a gray color with a greenish
tinge. Just before pupation it turns
bright green.
There are four generations during
the spring and summer. The larvae
of the first two generations hollow
out the nuts. In the third generation
te larvae lives between the hull and
and the nut. The moths of the last
generation oviposit on the leaf buds.
The larvae which hatch from these
burrow under the bud and remain
there until the next spring, when life
cycle is repeated.
About fifteen species of parasites
keep this insect in a greater or lesser
degree of control. They do the most
good after the first generation and
succeed in keeping the later gener
ation pretty well in control. Were
it not. for these parasites this moth
would destroy the entire crop of nuts
in many cases. According to the data
we have compiled they control about
sixty percent of the larva.
The most effectual artificial control
method is to spray with arsenate of
lead at the rate of three pounds per
fifty gallons of water just after the
nuts have been pollenated and again
in ten days after the first spraying.
It is desirable to use a good spray
gun so the liquid can be effectually
forced into the nut clusters.
It is reported that 95 per cent of
the people of Hungary want a king.
Well, can’t 95 per cent of any free
nation get together and elect a king?
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occupying positrons of leadership
will hold such counsel as that voiced
by Mr. Price the genius of our in
stitutions may be impaired. Before
we know it we may be pei’secuting
the innocents. At this time the state
of public opinion in money respects
resembles that of a mob, turning on
any subject to which a loud voice
may call them.
After his address, through • the
kindness of Dr. E. P. Humbert, Mr.
Price was given a birdseye view of
the Experiment Station farms and
the College grounds and buildings.
He expressed great interest in, and
admiration for the work of th e Col
lege. He promised to visit here
again, probably next fall when he
will have longer to stay.
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