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sion only stronger. One part of carbolic acid to from five to seven parts of 

 the soap solution being the proper strength. This is recommended as the 

 best protection against the bark lice and the apple tree borer. The trunks 

 of the trees are thoroughly scrubbed with this emulsion about the first week 

 in June for the bark lice, and about the middle of June to protect them from 

 the borer. 



TO DESTROY INJURIOUS INSECTS. 



PIVE pounds of potash ; five pounds of lard dissolved in five gallons of 

 boiling water ; one peck of quicklime shaken in five gallons of boiling 

 water ; while hot, mix with the potash and lard. This mixture can be 

 kept in an old barrel for any length of time. To use, add to each gallon two 

 gallons of boiling water, and while hot apply to the trunk and large limbs 

 with an old broom. If this mixture is applied to trees while young, and 

 used year after year, the bark of the trees will be kept as smooth as glass 

 and all bark lice and borers destroyed. — Insect Life. 



Old Hedges can easily be disposed of by cutting down now as close to 

 the ground as possible, leaving them in a narrow compact row over the 

 roots. After new growth has started in Spring, set fire to the brush, and 

 burn it. This will kill the plants, and a year later the roots will be rotted 

 enough to be torn out easily with the plow. — Gardener Jo. 



