43G STATE rOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



CABBAGE WOEM REMEDY. 



I will give you a sure remedy for the cabbage worm : Make a strong solution 

 of lime-Avater, pour it over the cabbage in the eveuing; if the lime-water is 

 made stroiig there "will be no live worms left that the water touches. Last fal[ 

 I had a nice patch of cabbage infested with the worms. After trying all other 

 remedies I could think of, I resorted to the lime-water, and, to tell the truth, 

 I expected to find my cabbage cooked next morning, but I was agreeably dis- 

 appointed to find the cabbage green and bright, and the worms lying all over 

 the patch dead as a door-nail. AVii. Kybolt. 



SURE DEATH TO THE CURRANT WORM. 



The destruction of currant bushes for years past by worms has been the- 

 means of enhancing the i)rice of that very valuable fruit in most markets, 

 while with a little care it can be cheaply protected. It is a well-known fact that 

 white hellebore is sure death to the currant worm, but at the same time many 

 will not try it, while others apply it in such a way that it is soon washed oif by 

 rains, or only touches the tops and outside leaves, leaving the inside of the 

 bunch of bushes for the worm to feed npon. The whole secret is to apply itou 

 the under side of the leaves, where the worm fastens to eat. To do this I take- 

 a piece of cotton cloth that the powder will shake through sparingly, about ten 

 inches square ; put in about four ounces of the powder, and gather it up around 

 the end of a stick about three feet long, and tie it on, making a sort of bag at 

 the end. I then make the application in the morning before the dew is off by 

 opening the bunch of bushes and putting the bag end down nearly to the bot- 

 tom and shake it, the current of air is then upward, and the leaves being damp, 

 the powder sticks on the under side. If the current of air is a little sideways, 

 shake low on the windward side on the outside of the bunch of bushes. It is 

 not best to wait the appearance of the worm, but doctor the bushes as soon as 

 the blossoms are well develojoed and the leaves are half or two-thirds grown, 

 and again after the fruit has fairly set. This will usually do the work for the 

 season. The main point is to rightly apply the hellebore, and with these hints 

 and a careful attention, with the. use of a little judgment, the currant bush can 

 be preserved. "We have a row about six rods long that we have preserved for 

 over twelve years in fine, healthy condition, producing from 815 to 820 yearly, 

 beside what we use, at a cost of care not to exceed 81 per rod. — X. Y. Tribune. 



THE TOAD USEFUL. 



Toads live upon beetles, bugs, flies, grubs, and all such game. They are- 

 casily tamed, and will learn to accompany a weeder about the garden and pick 

 up such morsels as scpnish- bugs, rose-bugs, cut-worms and potato-beetles, that 

 are known to them. A toad has been known to put away within him over a 

 hundred different kinds of bugs and flics, and then winked for more. Such 



