Show peach tree borers are troublesome in orchard borers ore are very troublesome when they got get a start in tho orchard peach tree borers can soon injure a tree very ser seriously I 1 0 us I 1 Y it Is true that trees infested with borers may live and bear a fow few years after they are infested with these pests but such trees begin to fall fail and soon die early fall Is a good time to look for peach tree borers if they ure are destroyed in the fall no further trouble will bo be had till the next brood begins in late spring examine the trunks of the trees II if you find wax exuding ding from the trunks of tho the trees and tho the roots unless tho the tree has had a mechanical injury you may conclude with a good deal of proof that there ore are borers look for them they are little white worms and may be found readily the beat way to destroy borers is to talco take a sharp knife and cut them out and destroy them it may be necessary to scrape away the surface soil and look into the roots near the surface na aa these pests peats are likely to boro bore into roots good results havo have been obtained by digging out a little trench in the ground around the treo about a half inch from the trunk of the treo tree and pouring carbon in the trench and covering it quickly the fumes of the gas will kill the insects but care must be taken not to let any of tho the liquid carbon touch tho the roots of the tree as it Is likely to kin kill the treo |