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netting; sacks holding about a quart are the most convenient size, 

 filling them about half full of hellebore an d plaster in equal parts. 

 These may be fastened to short sticks and the bushes dusted with 

 the mixture while they are wet with dew, rain or by sprinkling. 

 It is better to take a still day for the application, to prevent loss 

 of the fine powder by the wind; also be careful to keep the wind- 

 ward side of the sack, as the sensation produced by the powder in 

 the eyes and nose is not very pleasing, though perhaps not seriously 

 injurious. He would not hesitate to use it on bushes loaded with 

 fruit, but would wash the fruit carefully before using it, especially 

 if the powder had not been washed off by rain. It might also be 

 applied by sifting with a large size pepper-box. One application 

 may not be sufficient, and two or even three may be necessary. 

 The worm is three brooded, and if not all destroyed by the first 

 application, those left will send out another brood. A pound of 

 hellebore would be sufficient for use on bushes usually cultivated 

 by an ordinary farmer. 



Whale oil soap has been recommended and used extensively for 

 the destruction of worms and insects, but it was disagreeable to 

 handle, disfigured the foliage and was not always efficient. The 

 great trouble with us is, not that we do not know of remedies, but 

 that we will not use them. We read of remedies, we see what 

 others can do with them, but we fail to apply them ourselves. For 

 years our plums have been eaten up by the curculio, and we have 

 been deprived of this fruit, not because it was necessary, but be- 

 cause we would not use the remedy within our reach. No one 

 need lose his plums. The never getting about the destruction of 

 the insects is the great trouble. When once commenced the work 

 of destruction becomes interesting and is readily followed up. Five 

 minutes to a tree, two or three times a week for three weeks, will 

 preserve the fruit from this pest. He uses a light frame, 6x6, 

 covered with a cotton cloth, having an opening on one side, to al- 

 low it to be spread around the tree, with the trunk in the center; 

 lap the edges of the cloth over the slot left for the body of the tree 

 to pass through, so as to cover the ground completely; then jar the 

 tree suddenly and the little Turks will drop on the sheet. He uses 

 a lio-ht stick with a rubber bunter on the end to jar the tree with. 

 Many who make a practice of jarring their trees year after year, 

 bore a small hole into the bodv of the trees, drive a sharp bar of 



