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on the bark of the tree, which would injure it. When 

 all the trees of an orchard are thus prepared, let the 

 strips be plentifully smeared with cold tar, put on with 

 a brush. It should be renewed once a day without fail. 

 The best time is soon after sun-set, because the in- 

 sects are wont to pass up in the evening, and the tar 

 will not harden so much in the night as in the day, 

 because of the dampness of the air. The daily task 

 must be renewed, and performed with the greatest 

 care, till the latter end of May, or till the time when 

 the hatching of the worms is commonty over, which 

 will be earlier or later, according to the difference of 

 climate. 



Another mode of tarring, and which bids fair to be 

 preferred to the foregoing, is as follows : Take two 

 pretty wide pieces of board ; plane them; make semi- 

 circular notches in each, fitting them to the stem or 

 body of the tree ; and fasten them together securely 

 at the ends, so that the most violent winds and storms 

 may not displace nor stir them. The crevices betwixt 

 the boards arid the tree may be easily stopped with 

 rags or tow ; then smear the under sides of the boards 

 with tar. The tar being defended from the direct 

 rays of the sun, will hold its tenacity the longer, and, 

 therefore, will not need to be frequently renewed ; 

 and the trees may be secured more in this way from 

 the dripping of the tar, as a margin of two or three 

 inches, next to the tree, maybe left unsmeared. 



"The remedy of tarring," says professor Peck, "was 

 probably first suggested by the structure of the female 

 insect, which, happily for man, has no wings. If this 

 remedy were diligently and universally used, it would 

 very likely rid us of this pest ; it must, indeed, be 

 granted, at a considerable expense. But the negli- 

 gence of many will counteract the vigilance of a few, 

 whatever remedy may be proposed or discovered. 

 Mr. P. recommends, 1st. Turning up the ground care- 



