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Late in spring or early in summer these eggs hatch into small 
lice that appear as mere specks to the unaided eye. These 
move about over the bark a few days, when they fix themselves 
upon it by inserting their tiny beaks far enough to reach the 
sap. In this position they increase gradually in size, and by 
the end of the season most of them have secreted scaly cover- 
ings beneath which the eggs are produced. 
In freeing a tree from this pest it is well to proceed as fol- 
lows : Thoroughly scrub the trunk and larger branches before 
the first of May with a scubbing brush dipped in a solution 
made by adding one part of crude carbolic acid to seven parts 
of a solution made by dissolving one quart of soft soap, or one 
fourth of a pound of hard soap, in two quarts of boiling water. 
This is to remove and destroy as many of the scales and eggs 
as possible. Then in May and June watch for the hatching of 
the lice, when tiny specks will be seen wandering over the bark, 
and a few days afterwards spray with kerosene emulsion. Di- 
rections for making this will be found in the report of this sta- 
tion for 1894. 
The oyster-shell bark-louse seriously interferes with the 
healthy growth of young trees, and should not be allowed to 
develop on them. 
In the southern part of the state the well-known tomato 
worm* did some damage to tomatoes. But it was not so 
abundant that it could not easily be checked by hand-picking. 
Vine Protectors. 
As usual the growers of cucumbers, squashes, melons, and 
other cucurbitaceous plants, were considerably annoyed by 
the depredations of the striped cucumber beetle! and the 
*Phlegethontius celeus. \Diabrotica vittata. 
