. Tree planting in Texas towns and cities. Is/,fo r/^aur s/tj hi/y convex ,. AfeuTi n or*-o tfe^ /^t ^0(tl a/- >A y •^uy/acf ^00 co*i^eji. —29- CEMENT PAIXT Iortlaiid cemeiil, skimmed milk. Add enough milk to reduce thecement to the consistency of thick paint. Either of these two applications should be painted on the trunk andlarger branches as far up as the insects are likely to attack, usually tenor twelve feet. If the bark is rough and scaly it should be smoothed offfirst. Cement paint is good for one whole season, but whitewasli shouldbe applied t^ace during the growing season for best
. Tree planting in Texas towns and cities. Is/,fo r/^aur s/tj hi/y convex ,. AfeuTi n or*-o tfe^ /^t ^0(tl a/- >A y •^uy/acf ^00 co*i^eji. —29- CEMENT PAIXT Iortlaiid cemeiil, skimmed milk. Add enough milk to reduce thecement to the consistency of thick paint. Either of these two applications should be painted on the trunk andlarger branches as far up as the insects are likely to attack, usually tenor twelve feet. If the bark is rough and scaly it should be smoothed offfirst. Cement paint is good for one whole season, but whitewasli shouldbe applied t^ace during the growing season for best results. It is very difficult to eliminate borers once they have obtained a foot-hold. The individual boring holes must be probed with wires or sat-urated with carbon bisulphide (high life) squirted in with an oil can,after which the hole must 1)e plugged up with clay, putty, or some otherhandy material. The third alternative is the obvious one of gougingout the holes until the worm is found and killed. Wood borers are found boring through the heart and sap wood ofhea
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