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Scraping Trees

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Parent Issue
Day
25
Month
August
Year
1871
Copyright
Public Domain
OCR Text

Tho objoct in aaraping tho trunks of old uppie trees is to remove the acales of drad Mi-';, uiul:r vvliidi insecte hide; but ás agotleral rulo theri ia not mucli adrantage in the oporation, a.s there are hundreds of other hiding plaoos nearly aa accesaible aa tho tree. The ooddling moth, exomple, il' opt hiding nader the soalt-'s, toundergo its transformation, will find i'i.'in-. ■, 1 Vis, brush, grass, weeds, otc, from wbioh tho nying insect will readily reaoh tho young apples. Washing.the trunka of yoosg trees {tj i in promoting a hoalthy gurfece bark, in some ingtanoes, Boapeuds ohswet wi.l!, mij if wenk muy bo used tt any time ot' ifstronger, or if a solution ofpotisli is usi-d, it slionlii bo dono wlun tfaa tho leaves uro off or tlie tree not growing, Kough Imrk muy bü KCiaped off. at any timo. Wc desire it, howcvor, te bü disi tiuctly luidorstood tlmt wc; attach very littlc impórtanos t these operntiona; but that good cultivation, for promoting u thrifty, healthy growth, is fer mure important, and will fivo a hoalthy bark in a uiudi bcttir miiiiner. Thoso Who wagh the sterns of their treos, it is trae ueaaliy. havo g(jod orchards; but is bocauso the game industry and attctttion wliich induoe8 them to do it, also loada them to attend to erood manaseatent conorallv. -

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Subjects
Old News
Michigan Argus