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It has been stated by other planters that the foeces of the insect produces the 
reddish or greenish stain, and that the red-bugs will collect where there are 
splinters or fragments of sugar-cane. Advantage has already been taken of 
this habit to collect them by means of small heaps of the chips of sugar-cane, 
when they may be destroyed by boiling water ; and as they also collect around 
piles of cotton-seed, they may ‘thus be easily decoyed, and then killed, either 
by fire or hot water, when congregated. All stumps and dead trees standing 
in the field should be well burnt out. The experiment of destroying them by 
means of the crushed sugar-cane and poison has been tried; but, as no report 
of the experiment has been received, it remains doubtful whether it can be 
recommended or not. 
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