676 State Board of Agkiculture, &c. 



friends of the farmer, and slionld have special protection. 

 The spined soldier bug and the banded robber bug also 

 prey upon the larvae of the potato beetle, as well as at 

 least six other cannibal foes common to New Eno;land, 

 although those enumerated are the most important. 



Secondly. Our winters are more severe than the winters 

 West. Jack Frost creeps deeper into the ground, and nmst 

 overtake many of the ten liners that supposed themselves 

 safe from cold. Tliis year brings skirmishing parties into 

 our midst, and in two years it is probable the main army 

 will test our potatoes and our climate, so let us be ready to 

 give them a war7?i, if not a welcome reception. 



The material used in the warfare against this intruder 

 has generally been Paris green dusted on the leaves wlien 

 wet with dew, while the beetles are in their larval state, or 

 mixed with water at the rate of one tablespoonful of the 

 green to a pailful of water. When applied dry it is better 

 to mix with ten parts of flour ; and great care should be taken 

 not to inhale tlie dust, as it is very poisonous. When in 

 solution it must l)e almost continually stirred, or the u-reen 

 will sink to the l)ottom of the sprinkler, as it is not soluble 

 in the water. 



C. V. Rile}^, of Missouri, says that quite as good results 

 may be obtained in using the ingredients from which green 

 is made, as from tlie finished article. The Paris green 

 costs say 37^ cents per pound, and the demand is often so 

 great that it cannot be obtained just when wanted, espe- 

 cially in back towns. The following directions for making 

 green, from Brande's Chemistry, are practical : Dissolve 

 two pounds of sulphate of copper (blue vitriol, costing fif- 



