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of his service it is fitting tliat one of the most Ijeanilful of tliis 

 ffcnus should bear his name. 



FRUIT AND FARM. 



Tlie following- remedy is given b}' Mr. f*arpenter: Take a litt:e 

 bag and put a piece of soap in it and place it securely in the crotch 

 of the tree so it can drip down the trunk with the rain, tlius the 

 trunk is always supplied with alkali and grease. Xo borers will ])e 

 found infesting trees thus treated. August is the month in whicii 

 most of the new hatched worms enter the trees. Their fresh bor- 

 ings will be seen around the tree. It is supjwsed that the egg is 

 deposited some time Ijefore. Another remedy in good practice in 

 several States is to tie up little bundles of tobacco, place them in 

 the crotches of the trees and leave them from year to year, repla- 

 cing them with fresh quids of the weed as it becomes necessary. 



From the first we have opi)osed the introduction of Paris Green 

 as an insecticide. In 1875 we published a paper on the Colorado beetle, in 

 Avhich we showed that it was not poisonous and that the cases of 

 poisoning might be, in part at least, ascribed to the mineral jioi- 

 son used on the vines. The annual loss by Paris Green of cows, 

 sheep and horses is scnuething considerable, we judge by the ncAVS- 

 papers, and fatal cases of poisoning to persons are also reported. 

 The Paris Green is blown into food by the winds quite often and we 

 have heard of a picnic party being so poisoned. A great responsibil- 

 ity rests with those who have been instrumental in. introducing Paris 

 Green as an insecticide. The government has done nothing in the 

 matter, but it might take example from the German Government 

 and forbid the manufacture of arsenic for dyes or insect poisons. 

 In New York State the loss to farmers from using Paris Green al- 

 ready amoulits to a large total and includes valuable horses, stallions, 

 cows, sheeps and pigs, besides the cases of human poisoning which 

 are reported in the newspapers, but tlie outcome of which does not 

 always transpire. -£'c?. 



