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ing an inverted cotton batting funnel around the trunk. These 

 barriers are not easily matted down by rains and a few hours 

 of sunshine makes them as fluffy and effectives as ever. In 

 very rainy seasons use wool, which can be put away and used 

 for several seasons. 



Entice them away or prevent their getting to the buds by the 

 above methods, then proceed to kill the culprits. Go out with a 

 lantern at night, pick off the few that are able to reach the buds 

 and collect or crush those trying to get up the trunks. As most 

 of them can be found during the day just beneath the surface 

 of the soil within a radius of a foot or two around the base of 

 the trees or vines, it is an easy matter to dig them out. The fat, 

 sleek caterpillars will make dainty morsels for a flock of chickens 

 or other fowls. Many of these climbing cutworms can also be 

 poisoned with a mixture of bran (25 pounds) and Paris green or 

 white arsenic (2 pounds) and water enough to make a soft mash. 

 Cheap sugar or molasses may be added to prevent it drying out 

 so quickly, but apparently does not add to its attractiveness. 

 First put on the cotton batting barriers, then drop a few large 

 spoonfuls of this poisoned mash around the base of the trees 

 or vines at nightfall. Many of the hungry cutworms will eat 

 this deadly mash, either before they try to go up the trees or 

 vines, or discouraged by the barrier, return and feast on it. 

 Sometimes 90 per cent of them can be poisoned in this way. 

 Of course, all poultry and other domestic animals must be kept 

 away from the places where this poison bait is being used. 



Reference 

 Cornell Agr. Exp. Sta. Bull. 104. 1895. 



