THE EARTH'S BOUNTY 



the bark of a tree gets injured, at once apply 

 tar or paint. 



Stalks of young trees should be wrapped 

 with burlap, paper, or old rags, to prevent 

 rabbits or mice gnawing the bark in the winter. 



One of the advantages of starting and de- 

 veloping your own orchard is being able to 

 prevent diseases and parasites becoming estab- 

 lished before you have a chance to fight them. 

 If preventatives are consciously used from the 

 beginning, there will be little trouble in fight- 

 ing an epidemic, should one assail the orchard. 

 The two most useful mixtures for fighting or- 

 chard enemies were vaguely referred to when 

 relating the methods used to rejuvenate the old 

 trees, but the worker in a new orchard, if truly 

 interested, should know at least the name and 

 appearance of a few of the most prevalent 

 troubles. 



The San Jose scale, which has been the great 

 scathe of recent years, is indicated by a white, 

 scaley substance on old wood, and reddy-brown 

 spots on young wood. Canker is also a fun- 



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