550 • ANNUAL. REPORT OF THE Off. Doc. 



They are especially bad when the weather is very damp aud the fruits 

 lie in shaded spot®. (See Fig. 47). The young squash shown in Fig. 

 47 was attacked by all of those pests, which were present upon it at 

 the time it was photoprnphod, but ns they wore crawling they are not 

 plainly shown. 



The remedy is either a spray of I'aris green u])un the fruite, or 

 better, a layer of wood ashes or other light dusty material on the 

 ground around the hill and under the fruits. The latter can be re- 

 garded as a specific against these pests. 



We have found some of our young plants cut off and pulled into 

 holes by earthworms. It is a sure indication of their work to find 

 the vegetation drawn into small, round and smooth holea (Fig. 46.) 

 They can be killed by salt water poured into the holes. 



