. Agriculture through the laboratory and school garden. A manual and text-book of elementary agriculture for schools. Agriculture. B28 AGRICULTURE. and orioles (Fig. 117), serve as natural checks to these insects, but they are by no means sufficient to prevent them from doing- great damage. Every farmer should take prompt measures to destroy them at their first appearance upon his trees. This may be done effectively by spraying the foli- age with arsenate of lead, or Paris ereen, or by collecting them in their tents early in the morning or late in the evening. This maybe done by thrust- ing in
. Agriculture through the laboratory and school garden. A manual and text-book of elementary agriculture for schools. Agriculture. B28 AGRICULTURE. and orioles (Fig. 117), serve as natural checks to these insects, but they are by no means sufficient to prevent them from doing- great damage. Every farmer should take prompt measures to destroy them at their first appearance upon his trees. This may be done effectively by spraying the foli- age with arsenate of lead, or Paris ereen, or by collecting them in their tents early in the morning or late in the evening. This maybe done by thrust- ing into the tent the end of a long pole, into which has been driven two or three nails, and turning the pole round and round so as to twist the web about it. The cater- pillars should then be burned or crushed. 4. TJie Forest Tent-cate7^pillar (C. disstrid) is very like the American tent-caterpillar in appearance and habits. The markings upon the wings of this moth are dark instead of light, while in the caterpillar (Fig. 119) the median line is. [S. — FOREST TENT-COCOONS IN Al'l'LE 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 Jackson, Caroline Ruth, 1871-; Daugherty, Amelia (Crum) "Mrs. L. S. Daughery. " 1859-. New York, O. Judd company
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