Show DESTROY PEACH TREE BORER fine crystals of para sprinkled around base of trees Is efficient tile the horticulturists ol of the united states stales department 0 of f agriculture have found a new agent for the bradl catlon of the destructive peach tree borer which filch has done damage annually the most effective remedy known heretofore has been to alg dig tile larvae out of the hie trunks of tile lie trees or to kill them with a long sharp wire the new treatment consists of sprinkling kling crystals of para benzene around tile the base of the trees and covering slightly blIght ly with earth tile the substance Is highly volatile readily changing to a gas which Is heavier than air and settles down through the toll t oll the gas Is an effective destroyer of the pest tile the para can be obtained at any drug store A pound Is sufficient clent for eight or ten trees and costs only about 25 cents |