90 



Amount of hay in 1861-2. 13^ tons. 



18G3-4. 15 tons 1,393 lbs. 



Total in four years, 29 tons 393 lbs. 



The only manure applied since 1861 was $5.00 worth 

 spread in March, 1863. 



CANKER AVORMS. 



The Committee on destruction of Canker Worms report : 



That there has been no formal application, or entry made, 

 for the Society's premium of $100.00, to the present time. 

 The Committee have been shown several inventions for the 

 destruction of the Canker Worm, all more or less effectual, 

 but none coming within the Society's rule — "a cheap and 

 effectual remedy for the ravages of the Canker Worm." 



Mr. Ordway, of Ipswich, has invented a double circular 

 rim, made of zinc, which is said to effectually resist the pas- 

 sage of the grub over or above it, but does not destroy it, or 

 prevent a deposit of its eggs at the roots of the tree, where 

 they may be hatched in the spring. The expense of Mr. 

 Ordway's invention would, we fear, prevent a general applica- 

 tion of the same, even if it were " an effectual remedy." 



Mr. Alley, of Lynn, has invented a composition, which he 

 has applied, among others, to the orchard of Gideon Lucy, 

 numbering 275 trees. In this application a sirip of hair cloth, 

 about two inches wide, is first fastened round the tree, and 

 above this a strip of enamelled cloth, six inches wide, is 

 fastened, the lower edge of which is below the strip of hair 

 cloth. The composition is then applied to the enamelled 

 cloth, the glutinous nature of which being such as to prevent 

 the passage of the grub over it; and the poison which it con- 

 tains is said to kill many of the grubs before they touch the 



