Tue canker worms are very bad this year in Mas- 

 sachusetts—never worse, says The Salem Gazette. 

 All remedies but the oldest fail. This is, pine tar to 

 prevent the ascension of the worms. No material 

 has as yet been found better adapted for this pur- 

 pose, and cheaper, than the tarred paper, which is 

 used for sheathing, and sold at the hardware stores. 

 It is usually cut into strips six or eight inches wide 

 and fastened round the trees, with a few tacks. But 

 first it is well to tie round the tree a narrow roll of 

 cotton batting, to prevent the ascent under the tar- 

 red paper of the grubs, through any of the crevices 

 in the bark. The cotton, too, if it project a little be- 

 low the paper, will keep the drip of the tar from 

 running upon the tree. 



