40f) REMEDIES. 



fed on the leaves dead. Where land is thoroughly cultivated, 

 the cabbage leaves spread over the ground, prepared as above, 

 is an excellent remedy ; but great care should be taken that 

 poultry, etc., be kept off of the grounds treated in this manner. 

 Poisons such as Paris green, London purple and arsenic should 

 be used only when all other remedies fail, and then the great- 

 est care should be taken to prevent any accident. 



E. — Where plants are infested the cut-worm can be found 

 close to the plant, three or four inches l)elow the surface of the 

 ground. Early in the Spring, when the buds arc opening, the 

 .cut-worms can be jarred off of the trees upon a sheet ; about 

 midnight is the best time for doing this. 



See Remedv No. 38. 



REMEDY NO. 74. 



For destroying aphis (plant-lice) on cabbage plants, etc., 

 dust the plants with snuff — Scotch snuff is preferable — or dust 

 with No. 80, or spray with No. 88 or No. 85; or with No. 5 or 

 7, one pound to each one and one half gallons of water used ; 

 or with No. 5 or 7, as above directed, adding an cc^ual ijuantit}- 

 of No. V) ; mix well and apply. See No. 65. 



The spraying should be done in the evening, when the sun 

 is near setting. 



REMEDY NO. 75. 



For cleaning granaries of weevil before storing grain in them, 

 use No. 72 freely, and then whitewash. 

 See Remedv No. 72. 



REMEDY NO. 7(i. 



A. — Grain in storehouses or granaries should l)e piled so as 

 to allow a free circulation of air around the rows of sacks. 



B. — It is generally conceded that the grain weevil cannot 

 breed if the temperature is kept in the building or storehouse 

 lower than f)5° Fahrenheit. 



