. Productive agriculture . Fig. 175. — Larva of theCodling Moth. Slightly en-larged. Original. Fig. 17b. — Cocjuii i^ithe Codling Moth un-derneath a piece of the top, the Fig. 177.—The Cod-hng Moth. Adult,slightly enlarged. Orig-inal. FRUIT GROWING 371 Since the worm gets its food by biting, to kill it, spray justbefore apple blossoms bloom and again just after the blossomshave fallen. The second spraying is more important. Sprayagain three weeks later. Use a solution made by dissolving twopounds of arsenate of lead in fifty gallons of water, or by mix-

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