Show TO 10 KILL apple and peach trees should be wormed twice yearly REMOVE BY MEANS OF KNIFE gambl ed scraping and gouging instrument ment Is valuable protectors of various matt rials are used by 1 He pared by the united states department inen ot the alio most effect ho llie method thod of reducing in g injury to fruit trees by certain borers its 11 3 the pencil anil and apple tree borers Is to borin worin onn the trees trea regu arl hirly lm i tile spring and full fall of each year previous to worming the earth should lio ile reil leinov loved cd front from around tile ho crown of tho the trw tree to it depth of four or five inches ln clie and binl the trunk brushed or scrolled free of bark and loose flirt with a little experience the worker can readily locate tile borers tn ili their burrows bunos and remove thein liy by of n I 1 nife stiff wire or other sult ablo to tool 1 A combined scraping and rouging Koug ln ili strument ment Is lit in use tn lit the south ciul Is reported to be a valuable tool in worming A piece of oc steel bar er it insul suitable table waste steel strip the flarin Is natt battened ened out blont two th ards of its length into a dull blade two or three indies wide ade and gradually tape tapered capereil reil to it point 1110 la 18 bent out and to lorin form 6 hook book for gouging the insects in their barrows rm other end of tile the blade Is fastened tanily into a 12 or 14 inch piece of oc wood for a n handle as n section cut from nn an old hoo or shovel li handle andle the holc tool Is wit not nore more than limn 18 or 20 0 indies inches loni long in care should be taken not 10 lo cut the sound bark or wow cooki more inore blinn necessary nry find the cutting should ix be done in iii tile I 1 I 1 it 4 al PAI 4 14 1 4 34 application of and mound ing of earth around tree trunk reduces dorer borer use of N arming tool atooli s inny inn result in iloie daninger to alie trees lie cabied oil by 1 tins tho insects after trees lieve been it Is desirable 11 ruble if practicable to ti fio boover over them nenon a n few fe las later gilhen lien the location of siny ain larvae iii loll during the first c ex will usually lie ile indicated by the frass after the alie worming ain ams been tile the earth should lio ile the trees find ira in the CUSP case of worming of beach arees tapes It hould wounded 10 be abou arou lid tile base of if thu the trunk ito 1 n I height of 8 to 30 10 hiie indies haq this wll cause the laborers to anler tile bark 21 eigher and facilitate otheir de detection lection suld laid ren i emo loval al washes for boers With lies of Mir var luiis lulls materials anve licen been for use on oil fruit frees rees to repel adult lorts from tle tie position their or to urgent prevent tile lie entrance into the bark ot at newly hatched batched larvae lanae these arides vaRlo 3 are to tie ile applied after the spring worming ind wore the ali adult hove hae an and d begun to deposit eggs egea certain maebo lieve also been fre commended for uw UM at the time of fall all worming to destroy destray hy by contact any of the young soung lahne stint many bave sae escaped the hooking booking and ineth methods Rel lunce in borer cunow hould should lie ile placed on warming using merely na as tin an adjunct protectors I 1 tree protectors of varl v arlocy outi and styles lime been long recommended and are more or 1 li as used by or chard lats they art tended principally to protect ople and other fruit trees from i borem barera mice and rabbits they tire arc flit cel around the treo tree trunk and aad extend front from a i few inches below the surface of the ground to a f nt or more above the ho ground level heavy v wrapping rapping paper and tarred paper wrapped around the tree trunk and securely fillat ened with strong twine have been used extensively na as well ns as wooden veneer protectors cyl inders of wire vire screening are employed with the idea ot of preventing the ho adults of tipple tree borers from depositing their heir Us ou on tho the lower part of the ree |