The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-08-27
such tres should be dug out and de- stroyed by burning.
 Do Borers Attack Healthy Treesf

such tres should be dug out and de- stroyed by burning.
 Do B0rers Attack Healthy Treesf
 Some authorities assert that shot, hole borers do not attack perfectly healthy trees. In a measure this Is true. But the question arises: What Is a healthy tree? The writer's ob- servation has been that trees weak ened from any cause, whether 1t be from other insects or diseases, lack of proper cultivation, over-bearing, etc, are liable to be attacked by the shot-hole borer. Old trees are not as well able to withstand these attacks as are young vigorous growing trees. When a tree once becomes infested with this insect it Is safe to assume that it will not live many years long CT. Generally speaking all dying trees, regardless of the cause of their The shot-hole borers may breed by the thousands In trees which die from rosette or other diseases, and after leaving the dead tree, direct their at- tentlon to trees apparently healthy, Trees weakened by being injured from careless cultivation are often killed eventually by borers, when without the borer damage they would have overcome the first Injury.
 Remedies and Prevention.
 Clean culture is the principal fac tor in fighting the shot-hole borer. During winter all dead and dying trees should be destroyed by burning. This work must be done at least be- fore the first of March in order to de- stroy all the young borer larvae hib- ernating beneath the bark of infested trees. Much of the wood pruned from the orchards during winter may be more or less infested with borers. To prevent any possible damage from this source all prunings should be burned, instead of being piled close by the orchard, or thrown Into gullies, as Is often the case.
 Healthy. vigorous growing trees are most able to overcome injury from borers, hence good cultivation and fertillzing are essential.
 FIavOred Eggs.
 While the composition of eggs Is but little influenced by the rations fed, marked changes in flavor can be brought about by feeding. At the North Carolina station chopped wild onion bulbs and tops were fed to lay ing hens at the rate of one-half ounce per hen daily. It was fifteen days be- fore the flavor of the onion could be distinctly noticed in the eggs, After that an ounce of the mixture was fed to the hens for four days and then omitted entirely. During this period the eggs were favored so strongly or onions that they could not be eaten. Onion flavor could be detected In some of the eggs seven days after the feed ing of onions had been stopped.
 The New York State station notes one experiment in which hens fed on a ration of wheat shorts. cotton seed meal and skim milk produced eggs having very d!sagreeable flavor and smell and failed to keep well. When cabbage Instead of clover was fed green to hens at the Massachusetts station the flavor of the cabbage eggs was thought to be inferior. Several stations note the smaller number, but remarkably fine color and quantity of eggs produced by hens on corn ration
 Very recently the West Virginia station reports the results of experi- ments In which celery oil' sassafras oil and trimethylamine, respectively. were fed to laying hens. but without any noticeable effect whatever on the eggs produced. The color of the yolk of the egg on the other hand was found to be easily influenced by the ration fed. Wheats, oats, or white corn fed alone as in combination uniformly pro- duced very light colored eggs The feeding of yellow corn, on the other hand gave eggs with rich yellow yolks.
 As these results, considered togeth- CT, indicate that flavor may be fed into eggs. this point should be taken into consideration In preparing rations for laying hens. Tn building up a fancy trade in eggs, it is very desira- ble that they have rich. yellow yoik, and with proper attention to the ra- tions thfs may be secured-Am. Poul- try Journal