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In boxes lime was nearly as efficacious as emulsion, and so alse was 
salt; however, to do good execution, salt must be applied in quantity 
sufficient to injure the soil. I think there is no Goubt but these insects 
can be easily destroyed if they can be reached, but how to reach them 
under the soil is the question. Their large, soft bodies are very sus- 
ceptible to injury. : 
PYRETHRUM. 
This powder was purchased from a local wholesale dealer, and to all 
appearances was of high grade. It was used in various tests to experi- 
ment on its use, and as a check on other substances it was used in all 
tests of whatever nature. 
On Cabbage Worms. 
My earlier experiments lead me to believe that brassice was much, 
harder to destroy than rape, and this I still believe to be the case to 
some extent, but not to such an extent as at first supposed. Quite a 
large series of tests were made in the field and also in jars and cages to 
test the above supposition, the result in the main being very satis- 
factory. Pure and up to 3 dilutions it killed rape with a precision 
and certainty that was remarkable, the powder after the 3 dilutions 
acting nearly as well as if stronger. The time required was varia- 
ble, but usually the worms were well used up in two hours. ~ Above 3 
dilutions its action was uncertain and not to be depended upon, although 
5 dilutions will kill a fair percentage if thoroughly applied. With bras- 
sice the results were quite similar up to 3 dilutions. <A large quantity 
of powder was used of this strength on these worms after rape had 
nearly disappeared. It was very effective, killing fully 90 per cent. 
of all worms, although the time required is somewhat longer than with 
rape- Above 3 dilutions it is not efficacious on brassicae, killing | 
scarcely any, and from the whole experience of my experiments I am 
satisfied that 3 dilutions are all that can safely be made for out-door 
work. 
In Jars.—A large number of tests were made in jars, with very minute 
quantities of powder on both worms. Jars were covered. These were 
very successful, causing death in from forty minutes to two hours. The 
only exception to this was a full-grown larva of brassice. In this test 
dilutions up to twenty times the weight of powder were quite efficacious 
on rape, but a few of the last did not destroy brassice with certainty. 
This series was also repeated in breeding cages with, in the main, 
corroboratory results. After 5 dilutions its action on brassicew was 
quite uncertain, depending somewhat upon the amount used; 15 dilu- 
tions would not kill them at all under any method of treatment. Rape 
was killed up to 20 dilutions if thoroughly applied, although in such 
cases they were more severely treated than would be possible with 
powder bellows in field work, Experiments with minute portions of 
