Show COMBATING PESTS IN WINTER after orchards have been cleared of fruit go through nearby woods and kill bugs when the orchards have been cleared of apples there is time to go through the nearby woods and hedges and cut the wild cherry trees rind and bushes which fire are the bivouacs of the tent caterpillars that raid the orchards in the spring say specialists of the united states department of agriculture it Is a good time to inspect the trees for borers and to put down mice and rabbit guards at the same operation trample the grass flat at the tree base to allow a close inspection for sawdust from the borers operations and then adjust the wire or paper guard to be in place when snow comes |