Kerosene and turpentine.—Another remedy consists in land plaster or 
gypsum thoroughly saturated with kerosene or turpentine. The vapor 
of turpentine is reported to be particularly distasteful to this insect. 
Tobacco.—One of the oldest remedies, and one that is still in vogue, 
consists in sprinkling the hills, particularly when the soil is moist, with 
refuse tobacco dust. It has the advantage of being, like the turpentine 
and plaster, a good repellent, and also acts as a fertilizer and mulch for 
the plant. 
All these remedies must be repeatedly applied, particularly when rain- 
fall necessitates their renewal, until the plants have obtained a good 
start or the insects have dispersed. 
Stimulating growth.—A considerable degree of exemption from injury 
accrues from the stimulation of a crop by heavy manuring and frequent 
cultivation. Fertilizers should be productive of the same results. 
With the exercise of good judgment in planting, and combined effort 
among growers of cucurbits over a considerable tract of country in the 
use of such of the above-mentioned remedies as may be preferred, the 
total damage from the striped cucumber beetle should be greatly 
lessened. 
WASHINGTON, D. C., June 9, 1903. 
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