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it does not remain long in the fruit after it has fallen, hut pro- 

 ceeds to make its way out, and seek its hiding place, very soon 

 after the fruit comes to the ground. For this reason it is im- 

 portant that the fruit should not he permitted to remain on the 

 ground, hut he gathered up regularly every day. If it he possible 

 to keep a litter of small pigs iu the orchard, with sharp appetites, 

 they will consume the apples as fast as they fall, and thus destroy 

 a great many of the worms. But it wUl not do to depend upon 

 this method of destroying them alone. Many wiU escape from 

 the apples before they drop, or creep out soon enough thereafter 

 to escape the pigs. In order to catch these, a rope of straw may 

 be twisted around the trunk of the tree near the ground, and 

 another just below the branches, or, if convenient, strips of wooUen 

 rags, Hghtly twisted together, may be tied around the trees, and 

 a handful of wooUen rags laid ia the fork of the branches. The 

 worms wiU seek these as hiding places, and spin their cocoons 

 there. These bands may he examined, and when the worms or 

 cocoons are found to have become numerous, those that are of 

 straw may be taken off and burned, and new bands put in their 

 places. The woollen bands or rags may he searched, and the 

 codling-worms killed, or they may be dipped in hot water, or 

 placed on a board and pounded with a maUet so as to crush the 

 insects concealed within the folds, and then replaced. Dr. Trim- 

 ble, of New Jersey, recommends this plan, and it is said that as 

 many as a thousand have been taken in this way, from one tree, 

 in a siugle season. In addition to these methods of destroying 

 them, great advantage will be derived from building numerous 

 smaU fires in the orchard at night, with chips and shavings, during 

 the month of June. These codHng-worm moths, and the moths 

 of a great many other injurious insects, attracted by the light, 

 fly into the blaze and are burned. 



It is not possible sufficiently to impress upon the mind of 

 each one who has an orchard the importance of using every one 

 of these methods for the destruction of the oodling-worm. So 

 rapidly do they multiply, so destructive are their ravages, so sure 



