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two opposite sides, so that it may be easily rolled up, and having a 

 slit to the center into which the trunk slips. Jarring the apple trees 

 is continued by him from the time the fruit is the size of marbles until 

 he can catch no more beetles. This seems a good rule to follow. 



It should be noted in this connection that jarring means a sudden 

 forcible blow (padding the stick or mallet used, so as not to injure the 

 bark), not a shaking of the limb, the latter simulating the action of 

 the wind so closely that the beetles would not be sufficiently alarmed 

 to drop, and would cling to the twigs until the shaking ceased. 



Fig. 121. — Details of injury to Apples: a, egg punctures with larvse living in the pulp and 

 the punctures beginning to decay; b, c, d, egg' punctures beginning to heal, as eggs 

 never hatched; f, badly stung portions of an apple; e, egg puncture nearly healed; g, 

 scar in a depression. Stedman. 



The ground in an infested orchard should be plowed every fall 

 for a while, or both fall and spring, and stock, such as hogs and 

 chickens, should have full access in order either that the fallen fruit 

 be eaten before the grub emerges, which would be the best and safest 

 plan, or the grub after emergence be scratched up and devoured by 

 hungry fowls. Plum trees should not be planted in the immediate 



