. Annual report. Entomological Society of Ontario; Insect pests; Insects -- Ontario Periodicals. 54 ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF ONTARIO. For three years, from 1891 to 1893, inclusive, the trees were trimmed and cared for. They were sprayed or banded to protect them from canker worms, and the "nests" of the tent caterpillar (Clisiocampa Americana) (Fig. 27), were removed. The result was a scanty yield of apples from most of the trees. One or two bore quite plentifully. ^ ' " In order to observe the effect of the feeding of birds in the orchard, no care was taken in 1894 to protect t
. Annual report. Entomological Society of Ontario; Insect pests; Insects -- Ontario Periodicals. 54 ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF ONTARIO. For three years, from 1891 to 1893, inclusive, the trees were trimmed and cared for. They were sprayed or banded to protect them from canker worms, and the "nests" of the tent caterpillar (Clisiocampa Americana) (Fig. 27), were removed. The result was a scanty yield of apples from most of the trees. One or two bore quite plentifully. ^ ' " In order to observe the effect of the feeding of birds in the orchard, no care was taken in 1894 to protect the trees. Daring that year the tent caterpillars were very numerous in the vicinity, and it became evident also that a great in- crease in the the number of canker-worms was taking place in the neighborhood. Although these insects made considerable inroads upon the trees, they did not seri- ously injure the foliage anywhere except in one or two instances. No attempt was made previous to 1895 to foster or en- courage the birds in the neighborhood, except that a few nesting boxes were put up in 1894, which were occupied in one case by a family of wrens, and in another by the English or house sparrow. We were careful, however, to destroy the nests of the house 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 Entomological Society of Ontario; Ontario. Dept. of Agriculture. Toronto, The Society
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