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Birds helpful in
reducing insect
damage to

garden

IT WOULD be greut to get
away without spraying trees
and bushes at all. By using
some good horticultural
practices you can certainly
help to make spraying less
Necessary in your garden,

Plants that are well fed,
watered, properly pruned and
given an ideal place to grow will
be under less stress and will
therefore be less susceptible to
disease.

Setting up bird-feeders and bird
houses will help to attract birds
and reduce the potential for insect
damage.

Small birds like to fly from
feeders or houses to trees and
back again.

When sitting in the tree they are
busy searching for microscopic
larvae or hibernating insects.

A flock of a dozen chickadees
living in your garden for several
months will do a very good
cleanup job and prevent insects

from being a problem.
Pruning out infected branches

and burning

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crown gall on rose bushes.
If, however, you have seen signs
of trouble during the past growing

is the time to use a

dormant spray.

Dormant sprays on your Sruit
trees or shrubs are designed to
combat two 3eneral groups of
diseases: insects (eggs, larvae or
adults) and fungus.

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