. The dying hickory trees : Cause and remedy. Hickories Diseases and pests; Agricultural pests. 4 THE DYING HICKORY TREES CAUSE AND REMEDY. or (c) by placing the logs in water and burning the branches and tops; or (d) by removing the infested bark from the trunks or logs and burning it with the branches or as fuel. (5) So far as combating the beetle is concerned it is unnecessary and a waste of time to dispose of trees or branches which have been dead 12 months or more, because the broods of the destructive beetle are not to be found in such Fig. 4. Injury by the hickory barkbeetle to
. The dying hickory trees : Cause and remedy. Hickories Diseases and pests; Agricultural pests. 4 THE DYING HICKORY TREES CAUSE AND REMEDY. or (c) by placing the logs in water and burning the branches and tops; or (d) by removing the infested bark from the trunks or logs and burning it with the branches or as fuel. (5) So far as combating the beetle is concerned it is unnecessary and a waste of time to dispose of trees or branches which have been dead 12 months or more, because the broods of the destructive beetle are not to be found in such Fig. 4. Injury by the hickory barkbeetle to the twigs, buds, and )>aso of leaves. (Original, i (6) Spraying the tops or branches or the application of any sub- stance as a preventive is not to be recommended. Nothing will save a tree after the main trunk is attacked by large numbers of this beetle or after the bark and foliage begin to die. (7) The injuries to the twigs (fig. 4) by this beetle do not require i reatment. (8) The bark and wood of dying mid dead trees arc almost inva- riably infested with many kinds of bark and wood boring insects. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hopkins, A. D. (Andrew Delmar), 1857-1948; United States. Bureau of Entomology; United States. Dept. of Agriculture. Washington, D. C. : U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, Bureau of Entomology
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