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[Figure 8.] 



Front view of Ward's Curculio-catchor. 



The machine is simple in construction and any one with 

 ordinary mechanical ability can build it ; modifying, of course, 

 the diameter of the wheels and the inclination of the sheet to 

 suit the character of his trees, or of his ground. Mr. Ward 

 has taken no patent out for it, and the machine is, therefore, 

 public property. It has been argued in favor of the one-wheel 

 machine, that it can be more easily run on rough ground, and 

 more easily turned, which in a great measure is true ; but the 

 Ward machine is so light that it can easily be tilted on one 

 wheel in turning, and our Benton Harbor friends have so far 

 found no difficulty in operating it. Either machine can be 

 used with a bumper, or with a mallet, and there are certain 

 rules which should be adopted in jarring for the Curculio, no 

 matter whether a one-wheel or a two-wheel machine is used. 

 These rules are : first, in jarring with a mallet it is best to 

 ' prepare each tree by squarely sawing off some particular limb, 

 or else the mallet must be well protected with rubber to prevent 



