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sudden jar of the branches they will spin down, and immedi-- 

 ately start for the trunk to ascend. A fresh application of the* 

 ink will then catch them. 



Where an accurate account has been kept of the material i 

 used and labor performed, it has been found that the cost of" 

 protecting an orchard by this method is not over ten cents per.- 

 tree, which is so small an expense that no one can make it an, 

 excuse for allowing his orchard to be destroyed, or even a sin- 

 gle crop of apples. 



Fall ploughing has been practiced as a protection againstr 

 the canker worm by some of the Committee for several years 

 with perfect success. Discovered accidentally by noticing that 

 a part of an orchard, which was ploughed in the fall, entirely 

 escaped the effects of the Avorm, while the portion of it not 

 })loughed was eaten bare. All Avill admit the importance of 

 ])loughing and carefully cultivating an orchard, and if by do- 

 ing it in the autumn the orchard will be protected from the 

 canker worm, a double incentive is offered for this system of 

 cultivation. 



The Committee feel warranted from their own experience 

 and obserAation in recommending as an effectual, clieap and: 

 simple })rotcction against the caidvcr Avorm, fall })loughing 

 Avhere })racticable, and the use of tarred paper and ])rinters' 

 ink Avherc ploughing is not admissible. 



For the Committee — Benj. P. ^^'arc. . 



TliEADWELL FARM. 



The Committee o]i the TrcadAvell Farm respectfully rep()rt 

 that at a meetmg called m April there Avere but tAvo members 

 [)resent, avIio looked over the Farm, and Avcie ])lease<l Avitii the 

 general appearance of it. 



The system pursued by the tenant, ]\fr. .V. (Jould, has been 

 to ploAv up a portion each year, to manure lieaAily, ))lant and 



