. The successful stockman and manual of husbandry . Livestock; Veterinary medicine. placing sheets on the ground and shaking the vine or tree. They must be put in boiling water, or placed in a keg and kerosene poured over them, the keg covered so they can not get out, and then set on fire. These pests make their appearance about the sec- ond week in June, the usual time for the blossoming of the rose. The Tent Caterpillar. This insect needs no description, since it is so familiar to every one who ever has owned an orchard, or even a single tree. The perfect insect is a night-flying moth, or mi
. The successful stockman and manual of husbandry . Livestock; Veterinary medicine. placing sheets on the ground and shaking the vine or tree. They must be put in boiling water, or placed in a keg and kerosene poured over them, the keg covered so they can not get out, and then set on fire. These pests make their appearance about the sec- ond week in June, the usual time for the blossoming of the rose. The Tent Caterpillar. This insect needs no description, since it is so familiar to every one who ever has owned an orchard, or even a single tree. The perfect insect is a night-flying moth, or miller, and while they are specially fond of the black cherry, they will feed upon the apple, plum, and various forest trees. They usually appear during ^g^, (ffij/- April or May, according to the tempera- '^P* ^ ^^ ture, and are apple tree moth. conspicuous on account of their nest. The eggs ma}' be found in great clusters on the twigs during the winter and early spring, and should be cut off and burned. The nest should be destroyed early in the morn- ing or late at evening, while the worms are nearly all in. As the remaining worms which are not destroyed or out on a foraging tour, will repair the nest, repeated removals are necessary. Do not permit a fragment of a nest to remain. Woolly I/OUse of the Apple. This insect attacks the trunk and limbs of the apple tree and covers itself with a cotton-like covering. The best way to get rid of these insects is to wash the trunk and limbs with soft soap which has been reduced till as thick as paint by the addition of sal-soda water. Another remedy is to mix in each two gallons of water necessary, two pounds of fresh lime and one- quarter pound of sulphur. After the lice are destroyed cut away all suckers that are growing at the base of the tree, and also remove the earth and clean thoroughlj^ the trunk of the tree below the surface; then put fresh earth about the >e' APPLE TREE Please note that these images are
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