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ally from the time it hatches, and is extremely destructive to 

 the cabbage plant. A few of these insects will kill a plant 

 in a single day. There are several broods each season. 



Remedies. — It is of the greatest importance that this in- 

 sect be fought as soon as it appears in the Spring, otherwise 

 they will increase beyond our control. The same substances 

 which are used to combat the cabbage worm, with the excep- 

 tion of Paris green, viz : Kerosine Emulsion, Pyrethrum 

 and hot water, are used to kill these insects. 



CUT WORMS. 



There are about ten different species of cut-worms that 

 attack the cabbage. The habits and life histories are so 

 nearly alike that for our purposes we can treat of them in 

 general. 



Cut Worm, — a, larva ;/, pupa ; h, adult. 



Cut Worm. — a, larva; 6, adult. 



