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:ire attracted by the blaze, and fall easy victims. The old bark 

 should be scraped off in the spring for twelve inches above the 

 ground and two inches under, and if there are borers in the tree 

 their holes will be discernible. Eun a needle or a wire into 

 these holes and destroy their occupant. Swab this portion of 

 the stem with tar, or wash it thoroughly with strong soapsuds. 

 Burn the old bark scraped off. Put a peck or two of lime or 

 ashes around the stem of the tree in May, and keep it there 

 until October, when it should be distributed under the tree. 



The Tent Caterpillar is a terrible foe to our apple or- 

 chards. The eggs from which they are hatched are laid in 

 rings around small branches, mostly in July, by a reddish brown 

 moth. Each ring consists of three or four hundred eggs. They 

 are hatched with the unfolding of the leaf the next spring 

 They immediately begin to form a web or tent (whence their 

 name) and to forage on the young leaves. They do not leave 

 their nests until about nine o'clock in the morning, again at 

 noon, and just before night. They increase rapidly in size, and 

 if neglected devour every green thing within their reach. The 

 first thing to be done is to have every wild cherry tree cut down 

 and burned ; as this is the original chosen home and breeding 

 place of this caterpillar. Then this little circle of eggs should 

 be sought for at the time of fall or spring pruning, scraped off', 

 and burned. If any escape this cleaning, as soon as their webs 

 begin to show upon the tree, if where they can be reached, strip 

 them off at once with the gloved hand, and crush them under 

 foot or burn them. With a long handled mop soaked in strong 

 soapsuds wet the nests that are out of reach of the hand. 



The mop should be thrust into the nest, breaking it open 

 the soapsuds will kill every worm it touches. This operation 

 is best performed in the morning, before the caterpillars leave 

 their nest, and should be repeated every few days until no more 



