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Show The Round-Headed Apple Tree Borer. The scientific nanio of this Insect Is Saponin Cnnldn. Tho first mention wo havo of It wns by Thomns Say in H 1S24. It Is altogether probable, how- H ever, thnt It wns common In tho apple H orchards In America from tho firs' ndvont of Europeans that planted H fruit trees. So far as Is known. It Is 'H n native of America. Wllhuut doubt H Its chief stronghold was tho wild crnb- H -apple trees, which aro everywhere H abundant in this country, nnd It is H possible, also, thnt It attacked and M lived on other members of the Ilosa- H ccac family. Tho borer Itself, thnt H Is, the slug. Is nbout ono Inch In H length nnd Ir a yellowish white. It H hns no foot. Tho head Is small and H brown In color and tho Jaws aro black. M Tho round-headed borer Is ono of the H most destructive of tho borers. Trees IH nro very seriously Injured by It. nnd H frequently mnny nro killed outright. M eomo trees attacked by tho round- headed borer will blossom In the H spring, but fall to put forth leaves, M tholr supply ot snp having been ex- M haustcd through tho holes mado by M tho borers. Hero and thcro trees nro found entirely girdled by the borers H In such n caso the tree Is doomed M Thcro Is no question thnt nny tree M where oven one borer resides 1b great U ly Injured by this unwelcome guest H But when n dozen aro found in a M single tree, It may well bo concluded M thnt Its usefulness Is past Tho chief H thing Is to exclude the borer from M tho trees. Wherever thoro has been H troublo from them tho trees should bo H wrapped with some kind ot mntorlnl H thnt will entirely excludo tho borers. ,H Samo orchardists uso wrapping paper. H some manlla pnper, some tnr paper H or flno wlro screen. This, If properly H applied, will prevent tho borers from H nttacklng tho trco. The efficacy ot H theso wrapping materials depends en- H tlroly upon tho skill and enro with H which they aro put on. It Is ot no use H to try to do a poor Job In applying H these protectors, for In that caso la- H bor and oxpenso nro thrown nway. H Tho eggs aro not deposited abovo two H feet nnd a half from the ground. H Therefore, If tho wrapping material H covers tho trco for tho lower two feet H of tho trunk It will bo effective, pro- M vldcd It passes slightly under tho M io 1 1 at the bottom. Perhnps tarred H paper or flno wlro nottlng is tho best, M a3 thla will not only excludo tbo bor- H era, but will also prevent tho ravages B of mice, rabbits, and other Bmall M gnnwlng animals. Tho material used M In fastening these wrappers should -M bo such' ns will break upon the grow- M ing of tho tree. The use ot strong M wire, therefore, Is excluded, as this fl would cut into tho trco nnd havo the M effect of girdling It. It is well to H examine tho trees during tho late H summer nnd early fnll months for H eggs nnd young grubs, which can bo H readily detected nnd destroyed with a , H knlfo. Fostering the Wood Lot. H Many of our farms havo wood lots M on them that aro being rapidly cut H over, but which would, If rightly ban- H j died, glvo flrowood for tho farm for ,H ' generations to come. Thero Is one H , mistake being made in tho handling H of these wood lots to which attention M should bo called. That Is permitting H the trees to grow too tar apart. The M result Is that tho trees branch largely H and branches aro very dlfllcult to M work Into stovo wood. If they aro to M bo sold they must generally bo sold nt M a discount becauso they do not pack M closely into tho wagons. The amount M of labor to work up such trees Is so M very great that thoro Is little profit H In the operation. What the farmer wants In his wood lot Is a straight H trco with numerous small branches. M Such n trco works up easily into M stovo wood or any length. It packs H closely on tho wagon and the large M I trunks mny be easily split by beetle H and wodges. Tho farmer that has a M wood lot that la growing too sparsely M will do well to either plant seeds of M tho best kinds ot fuel wood, or en- I courage tho seedlings that have nl- M 1 ready started. Tho small trees should M ' bo encouraged to grow three or four foot apart rnther thnn a rod apart.- M ' Albert Bntos. Du Pago Co.. 111., in H I Farmors' Bovlew. M I Raising or Buying Small - Fruit. M I Wo havo always urged farmers to M i raise onough small fruit for their fam- M i Ily use. The proportion of farmers M that ralso enough fruit for their fam- i Dies Is Increasing from year to year. but yet thero aro many farmer that M do not ralso any kind or small fruit. M Tholr stock argumont is that it la M cheaper to buy tho fruit than to ralso M It. That may be so In some cases, but M ! oven If It woro so in all cases, the fact M 1 remains that most farmors do not buy ' H 1 fruit for their families; and If they vlifl , do not raise it, tholr families do not M get It. Every man can afford to raise M all the fruit his family can uso In a year, and If his fruit raising oporu- M tlons aro proporly conductod, tboy will M require but little timo throughout the M j oar. Farmors' Itovlow. M Pruning to Secure Light, M Somo owners of orchards have dls- M covered that bitter-rot Is loss prevn- lent on troes open to tho light of the M sun. Experimenters have taken tho hint M nnd will henceforth prune to secure M sunlight, as ono nieaim of controlling M the disease known as bitter-rot. M |