Agriculture for beginners . -eightthousand seven hundred andfifty. These birds also eat im-mense numbers of cankerwormeggs before they hatch intoworms. Treatment. The inability ofthe female to fly gives us aneasy way to prevent the larvaloffspring from getting to thefoliage of our trees, for we knowthat the only highway open toher or her larvae leads up thetrunk. We must obstruct thishighway so that no crawlingcreature may pass. This isreadily done by smoothing thebark and fitting close to it aband of paper, and making sure that it is tight enough toprevent an)thing from crawling underneath. T
Agriculture for beginners . -eightthousand seven hundred andfifty. These birds also eat im-mense numbers of cankerwormeggs before they hatch intoworms. Treatment. The inability ofthe female to fly gives us aneasy way to prevent the larvaloffspring from getting to thefoliage of our trees, for we knowthat the only highway open toher or her larvae leads up thetrunk. We must obstruct thishighway so that no crawlingcreature may pass. This isreadily done by smoothing thebark and fitting close to it aband of paper, and making sure that it is tight enough toprevent an)thing from crawling underneath. Then smearover the paper something so sticky that any moth or lar\athat attempts to pass will be entangled. Printers ink will dovery well, or you can buy either dendrolene or Fig. 158. Eggs of the FallCankerworm
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