198 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Jan., 



That I think is a most practical way of getting rid of the cut 

 worms, not only in tobacco, but in other fields that we have. 

 You can use other poisons in the same way, with the bran 

 mash, and it seems to be eaten very readily. 



A Member. How do you fix it? 



Prof. Brixton. Just mix up some bran mash, just the 

 same as you would for hens. Of course, if it is left near the 

 house the hens may eat it and be poisoned, so it would be best 

 to be careful and keep it away from the house. 



Mr. Potter. What proportion of Paris green to bran do 

 you use? 



Prof. Britton. I should think about a hundred pounds 

 of bran, or something like that, mixed up with one of Paris 

 green. 



Mr. Noble. This mixture has been used by a number of 

 tobacco growers in my vicinity, but they have added some 

 molasses with it. They mix up about a bushel of the mixture 

 and sow it on broadcast, about a bushel to the acre, I think. 

 It has been tried up there on some of our farms after the to- 

 bacco was set, and they found there was more work there, but 

 the cut worms got the tobacco in preference to the mixture. 

 In other words, if it is sowed on after the plants are set the 

 worms naturally prefer the tobacco to the mixture. If it is 

 sowed on a few days before they like the molasses and the 

 bran, and, of course, eat the Paris green with it, and that is 

 the end of them. The sensible people in our vicinity have kept 

 their tobacco lands clean, and that restrains the worms very 

 much. Those same tobacco fields have had to be reset, and 

 sometimes set again. Lately we have not been troubled with 

 worms very much, and I think it is due in large part to the 

 method which is now quite generally practiced, of throwing on 

 that mixture before the setting. 



Mr. Foote. Some gentlemen inquire as to the quantity 

 of the mixture. This mixture is being used to a more or less 

 extent all through the tobacco section. Those who are finding 

 trouble of this kind are pretty sure to use it. 



