January, 1913 
HOUSE AND GARDEN 
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die him. The moth itself does not feed 
on the leaves of the tree, nor does the 
borer feed on anything other than the tree 
it attacks. Arsenical poisons are there¬ 
fore useless. To destroy him in his bur¬ 
rows is almost an impossible undertaking 
in any but small trees. Where large trees 
are infested little can be done to save 
them. Their life may be prolonged by cut¬ 
ting back and keeping the dead wood out, 
but & the result will be the same in the end. 
They had better be cut down. This may 
seem like brutally negative encourage¬ 
ment, but if there is anyone that can sug¬ 
gest something better I for one would hail 
it with rejoicings. When it is considered 
that a full-sized"borer is about three inches 
long and about as thick as a lead pencil, 
and that there may be hundreds of them in 
a large tree, almost before being suspected, 
something of the condition of such a tree 
can be imagined. 
This pest remains in the tree for two 
seasons, growing from a tiny thing to the 
full size as mentioned above, all the time 
boring out fanciful shapes in all directions 
until the period arrives for him to change 
and emerge from the tree, ready to do 
more damage. 
If you have small trees, just watch them. 
Where small patches of sawdust-like bor¬ 
ings show, you can be sure of a borer. 
Kill him by inserting a wire or fill the 
hole with a little bisulphide of carbon and 
then live in hopes that nature will step 
in and help to control the pest. 
L. J. Doogue 
The 1912 Report of the Secretary 
of the Department of Agriculture 
T HE Annual Report of the Secretary of 
the Department of Agriculture has 
once more reached us, with its usual abun¬ 
dance of interesting reading. The growth 
which the Department has made in the 
sixteen years of Secretary Wilson’s in¬ 
cumbency is a high tribute to that gen¬ 
tleman’s zeal and ability. To quote from 
tie report: “During sixteen years it has 
progressed from the kindergarten through 
the primary, middle and upper grades of 
development, until now it has a thousand 
tongues that speak with authority.” 
We have no space to quote as fully as 
we would wish, but the following excerpts 
will give some idea of the tremendous 
•scope of the Department’s activities. 
REARING FUR BEARERS 
There are extensive regions in the 
United States well adapted to fox farming 
and kindred industries, and the rearing of 
•fur-bearing animals for their pelts con¬ 
tinues to be a subject of much interest, as 
is shown by the many inquiries from vari¬ 
ous parts of the country asking for in¬ 
formation on the subject. Skunks, musk¬ 
rats, mink, and foxes are reared in cap¬ 
tivity or on preserves under control of 
breeders. The great demand for breed¬ 
ing animals and the reluctance with which 
successful breeders part with their stock 
of black foxes have caused large prices 
to be asked for mature animals, prevent- 
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