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the weather, and is preferred by those who 

 have tried it, as being a more convenient and 

 serviceable article than tar, for smearing the 

 bandages. 



It is hardly necessary to say that the object 

 of the tarring process, is to stop and entrap 

 the female in her ascent to lay her eggs. It 

 will readily be seen therefore that the omission 

 of a single night favorable to the movements 

 of the grubs, may prove fatal to the remedy 

 for that season, and defeat the whole object of 

 the labor previously bestowed. (Kenrick.) 



Various other methods of destroying this 

 insect have been tried, but with only partial 

 success. The above described mode, faithful- 

 ly followed, we have known to be attended 

 with perfect success. 



3. The Borer. This insect enters the tree, 

 chiefly from an inch or two below, to a foot 

 above the surface of the ground ; but some- 

 times even as high up as the branches. The 

 eggs are laid, from the last of April till into 

 June. Upon small trees, an effectual preven- 

 tive consists in washing the parts of the trunk 

 exposed to attack, with a solution of one 

 pound of good potash dissolved in about four 

 or five quarts of water. A small conical 



