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and it was not raised again, and the consequence was, that 

 perhaps a hundred barrels of cranberries were destroyed by 

 the ravages of the berry worm. I know of one section 

 where very many barrels were picked last year, and none at 

 all this year ; they were all destroyed by the berry worm. 

 The dam was washed away, the water lowered, and we did 

 not have the advantage of continuous winter flowage. I sup- 

 pose, as the dams have been secured and made properly 

 tight, this will be prevented the coming season. 



I have noticed another thing in watching these insects, 

 and that is, that the larvae of the berry worm deposit their 

 eggs where they are ; they do not go up on the banks at all. 

 They deposit their eggs and go into the chrysalis stage in 

 the same place. I never tind them crawling away and get- 

 ting up the banks ; and consequently I believe, if the meadow 

 is properly flowed, of sufficient depth, during the winter, we 

 shall have but little trouble from the worm during the com- 

 ing season. 



I speak of the meadows of Norfolk County, not of Cape 

 Cod, and I know that the cranberry growers there have 

 come to the conclusion, very generally, that the remedy for 

 this worm is to flow their lands during the winter, and 

 many of them have been to considerable expense for extra 

 means of flowing. 



Question. Would not paris green destroy them? 



Mr. Round. I think very likely Paris green would 

 answer the purpose, but I should not recommend anything 

 of that kind for general use. I understand that the depart- 

 ment at Washington sent some gentlemen all over the Cape 

 to investigate this matter, and that Mr. Russell will recom- 

 mend, in his forthcoming report, something that is better 

 than paris green and better than tobacco for that purpose. 

 If he or any man can discover a remedy for this destructive 

 insect, he will be entitled to the gratitude of every cranberry 

 grower, for some men have lost twenty thousand dollars 

 some seasons by the almost total destruction of their crops; 

 but a different treatment should be given to meadows in 

 Norfolk County from that given to those on the Cape, where 

 they are not troubled with frosts. They have some enemies 



