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of the apple and the larvae when hatched eat their way into and through the 

 substance of the apple in any and all directions. The hog remedy is the only 

 one that I know. 



CABBAGE BUTTERFLY. 



The butterfly comes early and lays green eggs on the leaves and it is very 

 difficult to see them at first. They hatch into green caterpillars which eat 

 voraciously. A second crop comes later and eats all through the head of the 

 cabbage. The best remedy is Buhach, also called Pyrethrum and Persian 

 Insect Powder. That from California (The Buhach Manufacturing Com- 

 pany, Stockton, California) is fresher than that from across the ocean and 

 is consequently better. It is not poisonous. Dust it on or dash it on with 

 the $4.00 Woodason spray bellows. Don't use arsenites. It is not safe. Never 

 use them on cabbages. One tablespoonf ul of Buhach to two gallons of water, 

 or one tablespoonful to twenty pounds of flour is the best proportion for 

 applying. 



CURRANT SAW-FLY. 



This fly saws a hole into the leaf of the currant and lays its eggs there, where 

 they hatch in little green worms which soon burst their skin because they 

 have become too small for them, and during their growth they moult five 

 times. White hellebore applied in the same manner as Buhach will destroy 

 them, and there is no danger of its poisoning the fruit if used early enough. 

 Never use Paris green. It is not safe. 



HOUSE FLIES AND LICE. 



House flies may be taken care of by darkening every room except the 

 kitchen and exposing some sweet substance in that room soon after dinner. 

 Then at bed time use Buhach, making the air dusty with it. In the morn- 

 ing sweep them up from the floor and put them in the stove, and if that is not 

 done some of them will revive after a while. So of lice on poultry, dust 

 Buhach under the feathers, and on cattle rub your hand against the hair and 

 dust with Buhach, but this must be done every three or four weeks. Wood- 

 ward recommends crude kerosene which is effective, but the cattle don't like 

 it. A better thing is one-half pound of the cheapest tobacco. Put in a pail 

 and turn hot water on it, and as soon as the water is cool enough to put your 

 hands in take a cloth and roll up your sleeves and go over the animal thor- 

 oughly. Ten minutes will treat an animal. 



KEROSENE EMULSION. 



If made with milk this injures leaves — the milk is of no use. A better 

 thing is soap emulsion with kerosene, either soft, hard, or whale oil soap. 

 One quart soft soap, and 1 pint kerosene and 7 pints water makes a good pro- 

 portion. It will kill plant lice every time. Don't gently sprinkle from a 

 watering pot, but dash on with a spray bellows. Why not use Paris green? 

 Because plant lice and bugs will not eat it. A bug is an insect with a beak 

 which it inserts for sucking out juices and it doesn't get any poisons that 

 you put on the surface. But this kerosene emulsion will fit any place where 

 arsenites and Buhach are inadvisable or useless. 



