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venting the ravages of the codling moth. No other orchard 
in the neighborhood will produce any fruit this season, with 
one exception. The nearest orchard, situated directly oppo- 
site on the estate across the way, has not been ravaged by 
the cankerworms. This exemption is due principally to the 
efforts of the owner, who has banded his trees with tarred 
paper and has used tree ink faithfully and well upon the 
paper. He has also taken pains to clear the nests of the 
tent caterpillar from the trees. This orchard, being nearest 
to the one visited by the chickadees, was also an object of their 
attention, and this may account somewhat for the reduction 
of the pests in this place. 
The record of these observations, incomplete as it is, is 
given for what it is worth as a contribution to the literature 
on this most interesting and important subject. 
