Show TENT CATERPILLARS VERY TROUBLESOME Adopts Unique Plan of Shooting Out Nests With Ordinary Shotgun One of the troublesome insects In Inmany Inmany many orchards that are not sprayed is the tent caterpillar Unless some fome means of destroying the unsightly nests are employed they will wUl increase in size and the foliage of the tree be destroyed by the feeding of tho the cater cater- pillars Spraying with will kill the worms and where treatment for codling moth is given the caterpillars are rarely bothersome Where the nests can be reached they can be torn out with the gloved hand or a brush and the worms crus crushed on the ground The usual practice c is to burn them out with with a torch This is effective but there is danger of injuring the tree One man has adopted the unique plan of shooting the nests out He Hel l loads ads a shotgun with wit loose powder holds the muzzle of the gun near the nest and shoot The nest and worms worms are destroyed the tho tree is left lott uninjured and an uninviting task is turned into sport |