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to the moth stage. If these bands are removed once in a 
week or ten days, quite a large percentage of the worms may 
be collected and destroyed. A bandage four inches wide 
and having two or three thicknesses of cloth is of good size 
and may be held in place by means of a single carpet tack 
thrust through the overlapping ends into the bark of the 
tree. A band thus held may be quickly taken off and 
replaced. 
Gathering and destroying fallen fruit , either by hand or 
by means of hogs or sheep turned into the orchard, will help 
some to keep the codling moth in check, but most of the 
worms leave the apples before they fall. After apples have 
lain on the ground for three or four days almost no worms 
can be found in them. 
Protect cellar doors and windows with screens wherever 
apples are kept so that moths hatching in the cellar cannot 
escape to the orchard. 
Clean culture and the removal of all rubbish in and 
about the orchard will make it more difficult for the worms 
to find a suitable hiding place for the winter. 
Scraping the loose bark from trunk and branches will also 
remove many safe hiding places for worms during winter. 
No one should be discouraged because he does not meet 
with as complete success in the use of the above remedies 
as he had hoped the first year. He who persistently and 
intelligently uses them through a series of years will be 
almost certain of a degree of success that will convince him 
of their value. 
