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May I 



the skin much eaten. The roots of onions 

 when lifted were found eaten entirely off 

 by them — entirely arresting the growth 

 of the bulb. "From finding many 

 of the worms in the stalks of cab- 

 bage distorted with warty swell- 

 ings and cracks, Dr. Fitch was led to 

 believe that they were the cause of the 

 disease known as "anbury" or "club- 

 foot" in cabbage. 



The Myriapods, a class embracing the 

 Centipedes and Millipedes, have not been 

 given much study in this country, and 

 therefore comparatively little is known 

 of them, either scientifically, or in their 

 economic relations. Many of the milli- 

 pedes feed only on decaying vegetable 

 matter, and are therefore of minor 

 economic importance. Of those recog- 

 nized as injurious to vegetation from 

 attacking living plants we are still with- 

 out knowledge of such approved methods 

 of dealing with them as will ensure pro- 

 tection from their varied forms of attack, 

 especially when attack is so severe and 

 general as above reported in the Kansas 

 City greenhouses. To meet such an 

 emergency we can only give a few 

 remedies that have been recommended, 

 and suggest some methods which give 

 promise of being aidful if not entirely 

 efficient. 



Lime has been represented as a remedy 

 by several writers, yet it has not appar- 

 ently been of particular service in the 

 present infestation. John Curtis, the 

 eminent authorof "Farm Insects," states 

 that soot spread over the surface of the 

 ground will drive the plant-feeding milli- 

 pedes away, and also recommends spread- 

 ing old cabbage leaves as a bait for at- 

 tracting them, when they may be killed 

 with hot water. 



As they are mainly nocturnal feeders, 

 many could be killed by lifting the pots 

 and sprinkling diluted or pure kerosene 

 on the worms gathered beneath, or 

 wherever they may be seen on benches or 

 elsewhere. The kerosene may be diluted 

 by shaking it briskly in a pot, or better 

 still by making it into a strong emulsion. 

 Pyrethrum and powdered hellebore might 

 each be experimented with, as a contact 

 insecticide, eitherin its powdered state or 

 mixed with water. 



Probably the best results would be 

 obtained by the use of traps or baits. 

 Small pieces of board lain on a damp sur- 

 face would be attractive as hiding places. 

 Dr. Fitch states: "On raising up a chip 

 or fragment of board that happens to be 

 lying anywhere in the garden you will 

 probably find lurking under it a dozen or 

 it may be fifty or those worms." 



The traps would be much more efficient 

 if made more attractive by placing beneath 

 them slices ofpotatoes, turnips or carrots. 

 In England, slices of mangolds have 

 proved to be one of the best baits that 

 could be employed. If the baits were 

 poisoned by dipping them into a Paris 

 green mixture, it would not be necessary 

 to visit them so often for the collection of 

 the worms. 



I think it probable that the infestation 

 of the greenhouses has come from the 

 piles of manure brought into them, as 

 millipedes are known frequently to abound 

 in manure, and are believed to breed in it. 

 If on examination they prove to be present 

 in large numbers in the manure, some 

 efficient measure as may suggest itself, 

 should be taken fordestroying them in it, 

 and the manure should be removed to 

 some distance from the houses. 



J. A. LiNTNKR. 



Office ofN Y. State Entomologist, Capitol, 

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