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orchards, especially those containing old stumps or rub- 

 bish. More common in Southern States. 



Remedy. Carbon bisulphide. Washing trunk of in- 

 fested tree with a mixture of kerosene emulsion and 

 arsenites. 



WIRE WORM. (Family Elateridce.) These are slim, 

 brown larva 1 , which feed upon the roots of various 

 plants. They are the immature forms of the " click 

 beetle." 



Remedy. Arsenical bait of fresh clover or sweet- 

 ened corn-meal dough. Fall plowing. Rotation of 

 crops. 



