416 REMEDTEH. 



REMEDY NO. lOS. 



To destroy plant-lice where a large area of corn is infested, 

 in a financial point of view it is questionable if it can be done 

 profitably. If a field is infested, a rotation of crops may aftbrd 

 temporary relief, but small garden lots of sweet corn and 

 other varieties maybe saved by spraying with No. 3 or 4; one 

 gallon of No. 9 added to every ten gallons of the solution used 

 Avill make the solution more efficient. 



After the corn is harvested, the stalks and roots sliould l)e 

 gathered in heaps and burned, and the grounds cleaned, as 

 recommended in Nos. 20 and lOG, A. Experiments should be 

 made with Nos. 80 to S"). 



REMEDY NO. 101>. 



Fortunately the fruit orchard-s of this State are free from the 

 plum curculio at the present time. Professor C. H. Dwindle 

 has furnished the following remedy : 



" Bkrkklev, August 23, 1883. 



'• Mk. Matthkw Coork — Dear Sir : In accordance with your 

 request I will give you some notes on fighting tlie plum cur- 

 culio or weevil. 



" Some years ago I had charge of a numl>er of i)lum trees at 

 Rochester, N. Y. They were in their prime, and, as a rule, set 

 full crops of fruit, which were as regularly destroyed by the 

 plum curculio. The last season that I had to do with the 

 trees I tried spraying tliem, when the fruit was about the size 

 of small green peas, with a wash made after a reci]X' published 

 in the Xeir Yo^-k Observer, as follows : 



'" To one i)ound of whale oil soap add four ounces of fiour 

 of suljilnir: mix thoroughly and dissolve in twelve gallons of 

 water. To one half peck of quick lime add four gallons of 

 water, and stir well together. \\'hen fully settled, pour off the 

 transparent lime water, and add to it the soap and sul]ihur mix- 

 ture ; add to the same also, say four gallons of tolerably strong 

 tobacco water. 



