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INSECTS AFFECTING GRASS. 



dissolved in water and added to the bran and arsenic, 

 after which a sufficient quantity of water is added 

 to thoroughly wet the mixture. About a teaspoon- 

 ful of this mixture is thrown upon the ground at 

 the base of each tree or vine (in gardens and or- 

 chards) and left to do its work. The poison works 

 slowly, seldom killing its victim within eight or ten 

 hours after it has been eaten." 



