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Nothing but stumps left. This was because the windbreak was too 

 close to the trees. 



PROTECTION FROM RABBITS. 



Rabbits are a fruitful source of annoyance to a young orchard. To 

 protect the bodies of trees set laths or split staves around the bodies of 

 the trees, and tie the tops fast to the tree by means of a cord. But it 

 is often the case that the snow is so deep that rabbits can walk among 

 the branches of the trees. If such be the case they must be trapped, 

 poisoned or otherwise destroyed. Rabbits are easily caught in figure 

 4 traps. Bait the trap with a sweet apple. Then catch him. Now 

 proceed to eat him. But the easiest way to destroy them is by the use 

 of poisoned fragments of sweet apple placed on sticks a few inches 

 above the snow. This is very effective. The animal in question is 

 usually found beside the apple or outside it. 



Borers sometimes do considerable damage in the vicinity of poplar 

 and hickory timber. They are hatched from the larvae deposited by a 

 beetle during the summer. The beetle splits the bark from three 

 quarters inch to an inch and a half in length, and deposits the eggs 

 under the edge of the split bark. The scratch will resemble that 

 made by a cat. An experienced eye will detect the scratch at once. 

 They are generally to be found on the upper part of the trunk or lower 

 half of the large limbs. There will generally be from four to eight 

 eggs under the bark. Take the back of a pruning-knife and draw 

 down over the scratch, pressing hard on it. You can hear the eggs 

 crack distinctly. If unmolested the eggs will hatch in about ten days 

 from the time when they were deposited. The little fellow begins to 

 eat at once, and its presence may be detected by pellets of dark col- 

 ored sawdust exuding through the bark. An examination will discover 

 one or more little worms at work under the bark. Either cut them 

 out at once, or drown them by holding a large rag over the spot, and 

 pouring on it warm soapsuds for ten minutes. If the borers have 

 been at work for some time, there will be some dead bark. Remove 

 this, and then take a wire and probe the holes you find there. Gen- 

 erally the wire will reach and kill the worms. After killing the borers 

 be sure and wax the wounds over. 



CODLING MOTH. 



To the orchardist expecting to realize money from his orchard, to 

 know how to overcome this prevalent and destructive pest is of the 



