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grubs come out of their eggs they at once commence to cut into and 

 around the tree in the inner bark, but as they grow larger they gener- 

 ally go into the harder wood and work downward toward the roots. 



However, they will not, as some suppose, keep up their destructive 

 work from year to year, but when full grown will build a nest out of 

 splinters inside the trunk and change into a beetle. 



I will here give a number of well-tried remedies : 



1. The first and best remedy in my opinion is clean culture, with 

 a top-dressing of manure now and then, in order to secure a good 

 thrifty growth, and to keep the bark at the base of the trees smooth as 

 possible; such trees are seldom attacked; while a slow-growing, 

 neglected tree with a lot of rubbish and weeds around the base are 

 just the conditions the beetle looks for when depositing her eggs. 



2. The beetles fly around and are the most active just after night 

 sets in ; therefore, if fires are built through the orchards a few times 

 during spring at the proper time a great many will fly into them and 

 perish. 



3. I have often seen the borers kept out by planting a bunch of 

 common tansy under each tree. The beetles do not seem to like to 

 hunt for a hiding place among a bunch of tansy. Care, however, must 

 be taken, not to let the bunches grow too large, or of course they will 

 themselves prove injurious. 



4. Judge S. Miller recommends to wrap the trees with common 

 paper early in the spring so that it will go into the ground a little. 

 This will keep the beetles away if done at the proper time. I have 

 tried it. 



5. Dr. B. F. Dunkley, of Dunksburg, Pettis county. Mo., says that 

 for thirty years he has kept the borer out by using the following wash 

 «arly in the spring : Take two thirds soft soap, one-third pine tree tar, 

 put in water enough to make a thick paint, then add one pound of sul- 

 phur and boil it together, use while still warm. 



6. Jacob Faith, of Montevallo, Mo., an extensive fruit grower, 

 uses the following wpsh very successfully: Take four pounds of sul- 

 phur, one-half bushel of lime, slack with hot water, or soap suds boiling 

 hot, and stir well, then add one-half gallon of crude carbolic acid and 

 one gallon of soap, stir well while hot ; ready to use when cold. For 

 rabbits, put in one gallon of gas tar instead of soap. 



7. The Tolysolve preparations put up in cans ready for use are 

 also recommended by some. I have never tried them. 



Any of the above remedies I would consider good if applied at the 

 proper time. — F. Lionberger in ColmarCa Rural World. 



