﻿REMEDIES 
  AGAINST 
  CANKER 
  WORMS. 
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  in 
  one 
  orchard 
  and 
  being 
  unknown 
  in 
  another 
  which 
  is 
  but 
  a 
  mile 
  

   away. 
  Thus, 
  after 
  it 
  is 
  once 
  exterminated^ 
  a 
  sudden 
  invasion 
  is 
  not 
  to 
  

   be 
  expected, 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  case 
  of 
  the 
  Tent 
  Oaterpilhir 
  and 
  of 
  many 
  other 
  

   orchard 
  pests; 
  but 
  when 
  it 
  has 
  once 
  obtained 
  a 
  footing 
  in 
  an 
  orchard, 
  

   it 
  multiplies 
  the 
  more 
  rapidly, 
  for 
  the 
  very 
  reason 
  that 
  it 
  does 
  not 
  spread 
  

   fast." 
  

  

  An 
  account 
  is 
  given 
  in 
  the 
  Western 
  Rural 
  of 
  a 
  very 
  good 
  plan 
  adopt- 
  

   ed 
  by 
  a 
  Mr. 
  Smith, 
  of 
  Des 
  Moines, 
  Iowa, 
  for 
  applying 
  coal-tar, 
  molas- 
  

   ses, 
  or 
  other 
  sticky 
  substance. 
  He 
  first 
  makes 
  a 
  slight 
  mound 
  of 
  earth 
  

   around 
  the 
  tree, 
  smoothing 
  it 
  at 
  top; 
  brown 
  wrapping-paper, 
  to 
  be 
  

   smeared, 
  is 
  then 
  tied 
  around 
  the 
  tree 
  and 
  turned 
  down 
  over 
  the 
  mound. 
  

   The 
  moisture 
  of 
  the 
  earth 
  prevents 
  too 
  rapid 
  drying 
  of 
  the 
  tar, 
  and 
  the 
  

   plan 
  proves 
  at 
  the 
  same 
  time 
  a 
  preventive 
  of 
  the 
  Eound-headed 
  Borer. 
  

  

  ^' 
  For 
  those 
  who 
  wish 
  to 
  do 
  work 
  thoroughly 
  while 
  they 
  are 
  about 
  it, 
  

   and 
  who 
  believe 
  that 
  a 
  little 
  extra 
  time 
  and 
  expense 
  at 
  the 
  start 
  is 
  more 
  

   than 
  saved 
  in 
  the 
  long 
  run, 
  I 
  do 
  not 
  know 
  that 
  au}^ 
  better 
  contrivance 
  

   could 
  be 
  recommended 
  than 
  the 
  haoging 
  tin 
  band 
  described 
  below. 
  But 
  

   I 
  would 
  remind 
  the 
  reader 
  that 
  even 
  so 
  perfect 
  an 
  ^estopper' 
  as 
  this 
  

   may 
  measurably 
  fail 
  if 
  directed 
  solely 
  against 
  the 
  moths. 
  The 
  worms 
  

   that 
  hatch 
  below 
  the 
  trap, 
  and 
  which 
  are 
  more 
  difficult 
  to 
  manage, 
  must 
  

   also 
  be 
  headed 
  ofi*; 
  and 
  I 
  would 
  insist, 
  in 
  pursuance 
  of 
  this 
  object, 
  that, 
  

   in 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  directions 
  given 
  for 
  its 
  use, 
  the 
  muslin 
  be 
  tied 
  around 
  

   the 
  tree 
  over 
  a 
  layer 
  of 
  cotton 
  wadding, 
  and 
  that 
  the 
  contrivance 
  be 
  

   kept 
  on 
  the 
  tree 
  and 
  the 
  tin 
  oiled 
  at 
  least 
  three 
  weeks 
  after 
  the 
  tree 
  

   begins 
  to 
  leaf 
  out 
  in 
  the 
  spring. 
  The 
  eggs 
  laid 
  below 
  the 
  trap 
  should, 
  

   of 
  course, 
  be 
  destroyed 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  they 
  can 
  be, 
  and 
  such 
  destruction 
  in 
  

   dealing 
  with 
  the 
  spring 
  species 
  will 
  be 
  facilitated 
  by 
  a 
  bandage 
  of 
  rags 
  

   below 
  the 
  trap, 
  or 
  by 
  anything 
  that 
  will 
  afford 
  the 
  moth 
  shelter 
  for 
  her 
  

   eggs 
  and 
  that 
  can 
  be 
  easily 
  removed 
  and 
  scalded 
  ; 
  where 
  no 
  such 
  lure 
  

   is 
  used, 
  an 
  application 
  of 
  kerosene 
  will 
  prevent 
  the 
  eggs 
  laid 
  on 
  the 
  tree 
  

   from 
  hatching. 
  But 
  some 
  are 
  likely 
  to 
  be 
  laid 
  where 
  they 
  escape 
  the 
  

   closest 
  scrutiny, 
  and 
  while 
  the 
  precautious 
  I 
  have 
  indicated 
  will 
  insure 
  

   against 
  the 
  ascent 
  of 
  such, 
  whether 
  from 
  the 
  Fall 
  or 
  Spring 
  species, 
  with- 
  

   out 
  those 
  i)recautions 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  newly-hatched 
  worms, 
  which 
  can 
  pass 
  

   through 
  a 
  very 
  miiuite 
  crevice 
  or 
  over 
  the 
  smoothest 
  surface, 
  may 
  get 
  

   into 
  the 
  tree 
  ; 
  and 
  though 
  they 
  may 
  be 
  so 
  few 
  in 
  numbers 
  as 
  to 
  attract 
  

   no 
  attention, 
  they 
  nevertheless 
  perpetuate 
  the 
  species 
  in 
  the 
  orchard." 
  

  

  HANGING 
  TIN 
  BAND. 
  

  

  This 
  hanging 
  tin 
  band 
  was 
  first 
  described 
  in 
  the 
  Cultivator 
  and 
  Coun- 
  

   try 
  Gentleman 
  for 
  May, 
  1873, 
  and 
  afterward 
  in 
  the 
  Illustrated 
  Annual 
  

   Register 
  of 
  Rural 
  Affairs^ 
  published 
  by 
  Luther 
  Tucker 
  and 
  Son, 
  of 
  Al- 
  

   bany, 
  N 
  Y., 
  and 
  is 
  very 
  favorably 
  spoken 
  of 
  by 
  that 
  careful 
  horticult- 
  

   ural 
  writer, 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  J. 
  Thomas. 
  It 
  has 
  been 
  used 
  successfully 
  by 
  0. 
  L. 
  

   Jones, 
  of 
  Newark, 
  F. 
  J., 
  and 
  we 
  should 
  advi.se 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  it, 
  if 
  kept 
  

   properly 
  oiled, 
  over 
  all 
  forms 
  of 
  troughs 
  whatsoever, 
  for 
  they 
  too 
  often 
  

  

  