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poultry run without restraint, than in gardens and oth- 

 er enclosures, where the fowls are excluded. 



"Even horned cattle, and all sorts of stock, may he 

 made to contribute to the preservation of our valuable 

 fruits. By running among the trees, they not only 

 trample to death multitudes of these insects, but by- 

 hardening the ground, as in lanes, it becomes very un- 

 fit to receive or admit such tender maggots as crawl 

 from the fallen fruits. Besides, the cureulio is very 

 timid, and when frightened by the cattle rubbing a- 

 gainst the tree, or otherwise, their manner is to roll 

 themselves up in a little ball, and fa!! to the ground, 

 where they may be trampled and devoured by the 

 stock, poultry, &c. Colonel T. Forest, of German- 

 town, having a fine plum tree near his pump, tied a 

 rope from the tree to his pump handle, so that the 

 tree was gently agitated every time there was occa- 

 sion to pump water. The consequence was, that the 

 fruit on this tree was preserved in the greatest per- 

 fection." 



To the foregoing valuable communication of Dr. 

 Tilton, I will add a fact of which the Doctor was prob- 

 ably unapprised. Instead of retreating into the earth, 

 a part of the worms at least, abandon the apple before 

 it falls from the tree, and locate themselves under the 

 scales of the bark, and in the crevices of trees. In 

 making search this day, 25th September, I have de- 

 tected a considerable number of apple-worms in that 

 condition, entirely secure from the weather. This 

 circumstance will shew the great utility of proper ap- 

 plications to the trees, both in the fall and spring, for 

 the destruction of insects. All the rough bark should 

 be carefully removed, and the trunk and large branch- 

 es should be thoroughly washed with Forsyth's com- 

 position, page 78, or a strong decoction of tobacco 

 with the addition of a small quantity of quick lime, 

 which should be applied to every crevice which can 

 afford shelter for insects or their eggs. 



