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Remedies, — The cotton insect is easily destroyed and its 

 ravages prevented by the use of Paris green or London pur- 

 ple. The larva or worm stage is the best one in which to 

 fight this insect. We simply have to poison the leaves on 

 which they feed, in order to kill them, and it is surprising 

 what a small amount of either of the above poisons is neces- 

 sary. The amount of poison used is of little value provided 

 it is so distributed as to cover every leaf. The application 

 of the poison should be made just as soon as the worms ap- 

 pear, and if well done there need be no damage resulting 

 from these worms. 



One pound of Paris green or London purple to the acre is 

 sufficient. It is sometimes used undiluted, but more often 

 it is mixed with from three to five times its bulk of flour. 

 The cheapest method of application is as follows: Make two 

 sacks of some heavy cloth, 8 oz. osnaburg if the undiluted 

 poison is to be used, but thinner cloth if diluted; these sacks 

 should be about one foot long and four or five inches in 

 diameter; leave it open along the whole length of one side; 

 sew up both ends firmly. Get a hard wood stick five feet 

 long and about l^ inches thick and 2 inches wide, and bore 

 an inch hole near each end. Firmly tack a bag to each end 

 of this stick in such a way that the stick will form the upper 

 portion of the bag; the bag will have its length in the 

 direction of the stick, and there will be but one opening 

 into the bag, viz: the hole in the stick. The bags can now 

 be filled, by means of a funnel, with pure Paris green or 

 London purple, or that thoroughly mixed with about three 

 times its bulk of flour. 



The pole is to be carried by the man on horseback, who 

 rides between the rows, holding the pole across the horse, 

 and shakes or taps the pole with a stick, thus causing the 

 powder to sift through the sacks on the plants. It is essen- 

 tial that the sacks do not touch the leaves or become wet in 

 any way, otherwise the powder will not sift through. The 



