14 SIXTH ANNUAL REPORT 



mixed by machinery. Applied when the dew is on the plants, it will 

 adhere more uniformly, and it obviates the necessity of carrying about 

 so much water. 



But whether the green be used in water or as a powder, the flour 

 will prove a desirable addition, since it renders the green more adhe- 

 sive, and consequently more serviceable ; some care will be required 

 in using, however, to prevent its forming lumps. This adhesive qual- 

 ity in the liquid may also be obtained by dissolving dextrine or gum- 

 arabic in the water — both, however, much more expensive than the 

 flour. 



Reports from those who have used the remedy for the Cotton- 

 worm, put the cost of material at from 68c to $1.00 per acre for each 

 application. 



H. Vorhees, of Ottawa Co., Mich., sends the following sensible 

 words to the N. Y. Tribune^ regarding the use of this remedy : 



Eastern farmers could be much benefited by taking note of our 

 experience with the Potato bug. I see now how I might have made 

 much money by usmg the experience of farmers further West, where 

 the bugs first made their appearance; for the price of potatoes has 

 more than doubled. I find the cost and applying of Paris green is not 

 more than %h an acre. It is a sure remedy. Yet there are people 

 here who spend about 50 days' work on each acre in picking bugs by 

 hand, and in sweeping them in a tin pan with a wisp- broom. 



MECHAXICAL MEANS OF DESTROYING. 



Mr. H. Bowen, of Sheridan, Illinois, thus describes an instrument 

 which he has used with ease and profit. It is not patented, and com- 

 mends itself for lightness and simplicity : 



Take four wooden barrel hoops? 

 D D, and two narrow barrel staves, 

 two and a half inches wide, B B, and 

 two more, EE. For the handle use 

 a hoop of sufficient length to be 

 handy for the person that uses it, 

 open it and fasten it to the third 

 hoop. All these pieces are to be 

 nailed together with small wrought 

 clinch nails. When this is done it 

 _ will be nearly in the form of a bar- 

 '^^ rel, or something like a flour-scoop. 

 The frame work is to be covered by 

 sewing on cotton cloth, except at 



Potato-beetle Catcher. One end and part of the top. 



To work it, it is held in one hand and the mouth is slipped around 

 the hill of potatoes close to the ground. With the other hand, the 

 vines are struck a light blow with a nevi broom, and all the bugs are 

 jarred into the cage. After a quantity has been " bagged " they are 



