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Nest of the tent caterpillar: The nest of this destructive insect is found in neglected orchards and in trees along roadsides. If these nests are low they may be destroyed by hand, but if out of reach they may be destroyed by some form of torch on a pole.

Title: American forestry
Identifier: americanforestry231917amer (find matches)
Year: 1910-1923 (1910s)
Authors: American Forestry Association
Subjects: Forests and forestry
Publisher: Washington, D. C. : American Forestry Association
Contributing Library: The LuEsther T Mertz Library, the New York Botanical Garden
Digitizing Sponsor: The LuEsther T Mertz Library, the New York Botanical Garden

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THE DESTRUCTIVE CATERPILLAR Having an appetite that is seemingly never satisfied, the apple-tree tent cater- pillars should be destroyed wherever he is found. ing a new place to spend the siurtmer. His appearance, however, is always an event; so much so in fact that the caterpillar's visits have been known as caterpillar years. The first of these recorded in this country was in 1646, when the historian of the Bay State Colony mentions the pests. Again in 1649 the new settlers suffered heavy losses from this fruit pest. Wild cherry leaves are the favorite dish of the cater- pillar and he also likes an apple or a plum leaf, although he does not confine his diet to these. The caterpillar will find his way, in the absence of his favorites, to the peach, pear, or rose and even to the beech, elm, and maple. He does this, too, at a time when the trees most need their foliage, and when he gets through, the tree is usualh- bare of leaves. With the approach of spring an organized campaign can be inaugurated against the pest. Such organizations as the Boy Scouts could divide a town into sections and thus systematically examine every tree and fence corner. Recently the Boy Scouts of Canton, Ohio, campaigned against the Tussock Moth with such results that they were highly praised by Mayor Stolberg. A. L. Quaintance, in charge of the insidious fruit in- sect investigations for the Department of Agriculture, tells, in an article on this subject, how school children can help in saving the fruit. According to a report sent in by Myron A. Cobb, of the Central State Normal School at Mt. Pleasant, Michigan, the tent caterpillar had decided to spend the summer in that locality. Circulars were issued to rural schools and a "tent caterpillar week"
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NEST OP THE TEXT CATERPILLAR The nest of this destructive insect is found in neglected orchards and in trees along roadsides. If these nests are low they may be destroyed by hand, but if out of reach they may be destroyed by some form of torch on a pole. designated. The Elk Rapids Business Men's Associa- tion offered prizes for the greatest number of egg masses destroyed. The results were surprising. Dr. M. R. Peck, of Cornwall, New York, organized the children of his neighborhood. The yoimgsters were in- structed in destroj'ing the "tents" and rewards were offered for the greatest ntmiber of egg clusters. The col- lection more than filled a bushel basket. What these places have done can be done anjTvhere if some person or the towns' newspapers take up the campaign and interest 171

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