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tice. The picking up of fruit and destroying it by feeding to 

 animals is also recommended. There is no way of spraying for 

 the prevention of this insect. I may say that a few years ago 

 there was a ray of hope held out by an experimenter in Mexico 

 where they had been spraying the trypeta upon orange trees. I 

 have made some trial of this material, which they sent up for 



Yellow-necked caterpillar. 



that purpose, but without any satisfactory results, and so far as 

 I know at this time the destruction of the fruit is the only way 

 to hold it in check. Don't leave the waste of the cider mill 

 around and don't let the fruit stay on the ground and decay 

 under the trees. 



