Show INJURIES BY THE in last few years pest has aban boned evergreens Ever greens and attacked many deciduous trees by L tn the tough silken bags hanging from rom imbs and twigs ot of eNer evergreen green shade fruit trees in the n minter inter a are re fa indihar to many firmed throughout the country the caterpillar which makes these Is commonly called a bag norm basket or drop in the past it has been more or less troublesome on evergreens ever greens but in the last few years it has become destructive to man deciduous trees and shrubs the rapid increase and spread ot of the debt 14 h 3 1 i ah if X f J t 7 at fl 4 how birds destroy the ba 9 worm woodpeckers and blackbirds break through the tough silk bags the birds are very helpful in the warfare against this pest to orchards and to shade trees and or na mental shrubs in cities parks and cemeteries have occasioned a great deal of loss in the past three or four bears ears the is easy to control at least upon trees of moderate size there are two methods of destroying the pest by collecting all of the bags and by spraying with poison if the is restricted to only a few trees one can easily collect all ot of the bags in the winter minter when the leaves are off this method is in common use and is entirely effective it if carefully done it does not work so well on evergreens ever greens and ot of course is out of the question in very large orchards or groves in such cases casee it Is feces sara ear to spray when the young caterpillars begin to feed upon the foliage in the spring early spraying should be practiced as the pest Is destroyed before the foliage is consumed the first regular application of 0 poison tor for the codling moth just after the blos boms fall in the spring will mill also con arol tho the bag morin in orchards one careful application of poison before the first of june will usually control the pest either cither upon fruit evergreen or cr shade trees |