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these eggs hatch and the caterpilhvr spins its web and begins its work 

 of destruction. Tliese caterpillars may be destroyed by either picking 

 off tlie eggs in the fall or by cutting away the brush on whiclj tlio 

 nest is seen in spring, and crushing or burning the worms. The 

 hand-maid moth : This is a brown, hairy thick bodied moth about 

 an inch across its wings ; it flies at night, and is very troublesome 

 about lamps during the montli of June. The female instct deposits 

 its eggs on the mider side of the leaves. The worms feed iu colonies, 

 and by lying side by side on the leaves they consume large quantities 

 of leaves during their cxisten(;e as caterpillars, which lasts about four 

 weeks; they are striiicd with black and yellow. One peculiarity of 

 this worm is that when at rest the head and tail are carried into the 

 air above the body, which rests on six legs near the center; when 

 disturbed it throws its head from side to side. A constant lookout 

 should be kept for this pest during the months of August and Sep- 

 tember ; they should be picked off and destroyed. The canker-worm 

 is about the color of the bark of an apple tree. The female has no 

 wings, but as soon as warm days come in winter or spring she leaves 

 the ground and crawls up the truidc of the trees and lays her eggs, 

 Avhich hatch about the time apple trees are in bloom; trees affected 

 with these worms look as if their foliage had been scorchied by fire. 

 The best way to keep these worms irom injuring trees is to tack 

 strips of paper cloth or leather around the trunks and keep this band 

 wet with coal tar to prevent the female from ascending the tree to 

 lay her eggs. See that the tar does not get dry, if so, this insect 

 will crawl over it and lay its egg in the tree and the mischief will be 

 done. To be successful in the growing of fruits one must understand 

 the nature of the fruit grown, what diseases it is subject to, the in- 

 sects that prey upon the tree or fruit and how to battle with each. 

 He must not starve his trees or leave them to take care of them- 

 selves, for fruit trees cannot support themselves and owners at the 

 same time. Take care of your fruit trees and they will take care of 

 you, but starve them and they will starve you. 



