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Reports to various Correspondents. 
o-ood. A figure is given of the best method of applying the bands 
?Fig. 5). On old trees this is an easy process, but in young staked 
stock it is necessary to either band above the stake or to band both 
tree and stake. Mr. Robert Amos, of Perry Court, near Ashford, 
writes that he had plain evidence this last year that the female moths 
go up the stake into the tree. 
With regard to this grease-banding much depends on the quality 
of the grease used ; some kinds sold are inferior and do not last on 
the hands any time. Before buying the grease it is well to find out 
the best firms to obtain the grease from. 
Paper is another point to be looked to; the thin grease-proof 
paper once used, that can be bought at any grocer s, is enough, but 
stout papers are now made for this purpose which can undoubtedly 
be left on the trees for two years without the trouble of removal and 
replacing fresh. 
Messrs. Ellis & Son, fruit growers, Bramley, Surrey, wrote in 
July regarding the damage done by Winter Moth larvae and asking 
for any help in regard to destroying them. Their remarks regarding 
the effect of Paris green are given elsewhere. It was pointed out 
that much benefit is derived from grease-banding and the employment 
of poultry in the orchards. 
Poultry and Pigs as Vermin Destroyers 
in Orchards. 
The immense benefit derived from keeping poultry or pigs in 
orchards is becoming more generally known. No one can appreciate 
the benefit these domesticated birds and animals do unless they keep 
part of their plantations with these useful and remunerative creatures 
doing their work and part without. The difference is so marked that 
no one can fail to detect it ; whilst the foliage of the latter will be 
riddled or even cleared by “ caterpillar,” that of the former will be 
bright and sound. 
Both fowls and pigs devour the grubs of the Codling Moth, 
the caterpillars of the Winter Moth and other pests when they 
fall to the ground, not to mention other subterranean enemies of 
minor importance. Moreover, pigs are of great benefit in cleaning 
a foul plantation overrun with weeds. During the present summer, 
Mr. Clive Murdock, of Eeason Hill Farm, Linton, showed me some 
very foul damson and gooseberry plantations overrun with bine-weed, 
most difficult to destroy by cultivation. Pigs were penned on the 
land and could be watched burying themselves in the earth, grubbing 
