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and let them go, and so on repeat until the glass is 

 emptied of its fungus contents. The water must be cooled 

 and boiled, also the corks. A tube of the fungus culture 

 will make a copious growth on a basin of bread fungus 

 in three days, and the fungus thus raised will make quite 

 a quantity of water or other bread fungus. The bread 

 is best for use when about four days old. Farmers can 

 rely on this fungus disease as their friend, and should 

 everywhere take up the work of extermination, which is 

 not only useful but pleasurable. 



NOTES ON THE PREPARATION OF THE LOCUST FUNGUS, AND USE 

 OF SAME IN INFECTING LOCUSTS, THE FOLLOWING BEING 

 THE METHODS AS SUCCESSFULLY ADOPTED IN OUR EXPERI- 

 MENTS. 



Preparation of Water Fungus. 



1st. Place two teaspoonfuls of sugar in a tumbler, 

 open a tube, and remove the fungus contents entire, place 

 this in the sugar, and rub the whole together with a spoon 



2nd. Make a hoop-net about 2 feet in diameter, of any 

 gauze-like material, about 2 feet deep, with a handle 

 attached. In this capture the locusts, and dip them into 



