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purpose, with a solution of Paris green or London purple, in order 

 to save himself the trouble of hunting for worms in the morning. 

 We again quote Dr. Oemler concerning the practical working of 

 this plan : '^^ After the land is prepared for cabbages or any other 

 crop needing protection, I place cabbage or turnip leaves in rows 

 fifteen or twenty feet apart all over the field, and about the same 

 distance apart in the rows. 



The leaves are first dipped in a well-stirred mixture of a table- 

 spoonful of Paris green to the bucket of water ; or tliey may be 

 first moistened, then dusted with a mixture of one part of Paris 

 green to twenty of flour, and placed carefully with the dusted sur- 

 face next to the ground. Two such applications, particularly in 

 cloudy weather, at- intervals of tliree or four days, will suffice to 

 allow the cut-worms to make away with themselves, which they 

 generally do with perfect success. This plan, first recommended 

 by Professor Riley, is the best I have found. Whoever adopts it 

 will rid himself of the pest at least cost and troiible, and will not 

 be compelled to replant constantly or to sow his seed thickly." In 

 our own exi^erience we used chiefly clover sprinkled with Paris- 

 green water and laid at intervals between the rows, in loosely-tied 

 masses or balls, which served the double purpose of prolonging the 

 freshness of the bait, and affording a lure for shelter. 



INSECTS INJURIOUS TO THE APPLE. 



In the growth of all kinds of farm or garden crops, tlie farmer 

 and gardener find themselves forced to wage constant warfare 

 with insects or parasitic plant life. In this paj)er we give the re- 

 sults of a few observations in regard to the plum weevil, or curcu- 

 lio {Conotrachelus nenuphar,) as affecting the apple crop, compared 

 also with the codling moth and the apple maggot. 



It has often been noticed, early in the summer, that apples 

 nearly all fall from the trees when quite small. This was especially 

 the case during the past season, and careful investigations were 

 made to ascertain the cause. A tree of the variety known as the 

 Westfield Seek-no-further, which blossomed very abundantly and 

 set an unusually large crop of fruit, was selected. When from 

 one-half to one inch in diameter, the fruit began to drop in large 

 numbers, so tluit not enough was left on the tree for one-half a 

 crop. A large quantity of these were collected and examined, 

 and out of eight hundred it was found that all but three were 

 punctured by the plum curculio, leaving its peculiar crescent- 

 shaped mark, and in every punctured one was found an egg or 



