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which the leaves were fairlv covered with these beetles and their larvae. 

 Even ill midwinter these beetles are found feeding upon the scales in this 

 latitude. 



It will hardlv be wise to leave the subjugation of such a pest as the 

 San Jose scale to its natural enemies, however efficient they may be in 

 reducing it. . Ko pains should be spared to rid the orchard of it either by 

 spraying or washing the trees, or by fumigation, but it is worthy of note 

 that like all of our injurious insects it has its natural enemies which very 

 often are themselves sufficient to keep it in check and should ahvays be 

 protected and spread in every way possible. — E. D wight Sanderson, Md., 

 Am. Gardening. 



TO DESTEOY CHIXCH BUGS. 



W. A. IRVINE TELLS HOW THE DREADED ENEMY CAN BE DESTROYED. 



With the outlay of a little money and labor the chinch bugs that 

 invade fields of corn and wheat can be annihilated. These bugs have 

 destroyed millions of dollars worth of grain. Volumes of advice have 

 been printed by practical and scientific men on how to kill the enemy. 

 For the benefit of the people we give the practical experience of one of 

 our fruit growers: 



AV. A. Irvine, of Springfield, who has a young orchard of sixty acres, 

 has forty acres in corn; on each side of this corn field was a wdieat field. 

 From these fields an army of chinch bugs invaded Mr. Irvine's corn. 

 Five rows had been destroyed before the o^vner realized the danger to his 

 crop. He mixed sour milk and kerosene oil in equal parts, putting the 

 milk in a tub, turnina' the oil into the milk slowlv and stirring thorouo-hlv 

 until he had a perfect emulsion. He had his workman sprinkle all the 

 corn on which there were bugs, using an ordinary water hand sprinkler. 

 The bugs were killed by millions. To make sure work he went over the 

 corn a second time. The field is rid of the bugs. He saved $160 by the 

 expenditure of $1.60. The bugs had only got to the fifth row in the field 

 on the side tliev were strongest. 



