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Destroy the Woolly Aphis Now 



"The woolly nphis is one of the most 

 serious jjcsts of the apple tree, for the 

 reason that it lives not only above the 

 ground on the leaves and bark, but it 

 also infests and seriously injures the 

 roots," said H. A. Surface, state zoolo- 

 gist of the Department of Agriculture, 

 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. 



"Its injury to the trees is done by 

 piercing the living tissue with the sharp 

 beak or proboscis, and injecting a poi- 

 sonous saliva and sucking out the modi- 

 fied sap. Its presence prevents the 

 healing of wounds where it prefers to 

 live, or causes knots which are abnor- 

 malities that prevent the flow of sap 

 and the normal growth of the tree. 



"A tree that is attacked by woolh 

 aphis at the roots remains stunted, it 

 does not bloom early in the spring nor 

 do its leaves and fruit become large. 

 The knots on the roots caused by this 

 pest are nearly as bad as the knots 

 caused by crown gall. They check the 

 flow of sap and cause the springing up 

 of numerous shoots or root suckers, 

 which appropriate the food taken from 

 the soil by the roots, and continue fur- 

 ther to stunt the growth of the tree and 

 imijair its fruitfulness and reduce the 

 size of the fruit. 



"In the fall of the year the woolly 

 aphids can be seen in clusters around 

 wounds in trees, or even around twigs 

 that are not damaged, and at the bases 

 of leaf stalks and other places where 

 they can get a start. The females de- 

 posit their eggs beneath the edges of 

 bark or in cracks, and then proceed to 

 go to the roots of the trees. It is for- 

 tunate that the horticulturist can see 

 the pests before they reach the roots, 

 and can thus tell when the trees are 

 liable to become seriously infested. 



"It is very important for every apple 

 grower to look over his orchard in the 

 fall of the year and see if the woolly 

 aphids are present. If so, he will be 

 ai)le to observe small tufts, like cotton, 

 which upon crushing are found to yield 

 a brown litpiid. By carefully exam- 

 ining without crushing he will find the 

 dark-colored bodies of the woolly 

 aphids beneath the cottony protection. 



"This cottony substance is a very 

 effective protection against rain and 

 against most aqueous spray solutions, 

 or spray solutions made in water only. 



"There are two or three ways of com- 

 bating such pests while yet on the 

 blanches. One is to rub the clusters 

 where they occur and crush them. If 

 the operator is careful to do this thor- 

 oughly he may kill most of them. With 

 this he can combine cutting off the 

 worst infested branches and burning 

 them. They .should not be drojjped on 

 the ground, because of the danger of 

 the pests reaching the branches or 

 roots. A second method is to iiaini the 

 attacked spots with brushes dip])ed in 

 very strong solution of soap or nico- 

 tine extract, or a combination of both. 

 The best preparation is made by using 

 one ounce of strong commercial nico- 

 tine extract in about four gallons of 

 water, containing at least one pound of 



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Caught 51 Rats One Week 



Trap resets Itself; 22 Inches high : will last 

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 When rats and mice pass device they die. 

 Rats are disease carriers, also cause fires. 

 Rat catcher sent prepaid on receipt of $3.00; 

 Mouse catcher, 10 Inches high, $1.00. Money 

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 Bhould be in every school building. 



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Universal Rat and Mouse Trap 

 Box 566 SCRANTON. PA. 



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