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  along 
  a 
  row 
  of 
  plants 
  shaking 
  the 
  sack 
  over 
  them. 
  This 
  can 
  be 
  done 
  

   quite 
  rapidly 
  when 
  one 
  has 
  learned 
  how, 
  and 
  is 
  economical 
  of 
  poison 
  

   and 
  does 
  not 
  require 
  wheelbarrow 
  or 
  wagon 
  to 
  carry 
  pump 
  and 
  tank. 
  

   * 
  * 
  * 
  If 
  a 
  spray 
  is 
  used, 
  apply 
  either 
  Paris 
  green 
  or 
  London 
  purple 
  

   in 
  the 
  proportion 
  of 
  a 
  pound 
  to 
  a 
  hundred 
  gallons 
  of 
  water 
  and 
  add 
  two 
  

   pounds 
  of 
  fresh 
  lime 
  for 
  each 
  pound 
  of 
  poison. 
  The 
  lime 
  should 
  be 
  

   slaked 
  and 
  strained 
  through 
  a 
  sack 
  to 
  take 
  out 
  lumps. 
  Then 
  use 
  a 
  

   nozzle 
  that 
  throws 
  a 
  fine 
  spray, 
  and 
  do 
  not 
  continue 
  the 
  application 
  in 
  

   any 
  place 
  long 
  enough 
  so 
  that 
  the 
  drops 
  sprayed 
  upon 
  the 
  leaves 
  will 
  

   run 
  together 
  and 
  flow 
  off, 
  carrying 
  the 
  poison 
  with 
  them. 
  

  

  "If 
  white 
  arsenic 
  is 
  used, 
  prepare 
  according 
  to 
  the 
  following 
  direc- 
  

   tions: 
  Put 
  two 
  pounds 
  of 
  white 
  arsenic 
  and 
  eight 
  pounds 
  of 
  sal-soda 
  to- 
  

   gether 
  in 
  a 
  dish 
  and 
  boil 
  for 
  twenty 
  minutes 
  in 
  two 
  gallons 
  of 
  water, 
  and 
  

   keep 
  as 
  a 
  concentrated 
  solution. 
  It 
  is 
  extremely 
  poisonous 
  and 
  should 
  

   be 
  placed 
  at 
  once 
  where 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  possibility 
  that 
  children 
  or 
  domestic 
  

   animals 
  can 
  get 
  it. 
  Also, 
  label 
  it 
  'Poison^ 
  in 
  large 
  letters. 
  Then, 
  in 
  each 
  

   forty 
  gallons 
  of 
  water, 
  first 
  slake 
  four 
  pounds 
  of 
  lime 
  and 
  then 
  add 
  

   slowly 
  one 
  quart 
  of 
  the 
  concentrated 
  solution 
  while 
  the 
  whole 
  is 
  being 
  

   stirred. 
  The 
  mixture 
  is 
  then 
  ready 
  for 
  application, 
  as 
  in 
  case 
  of 
  Paris 
  

   green. 
  The 
  lime 
  should 
  be 
  strained 
  through 
  a 
  cloth 
  to 
  take 
  out 
  the 
  

   lumps." 
  * 
  

  

  Cutworms 
  may 
  usually 
  best 
  be 
  destroyed 
  either 
  by 
  hand-picking, 
  

   with 
  lanterns 
  at 
  night, 
  or 
  by 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  poisoned 
  baits. 
  The 
  most 
  con- 
  

   venient 
  and 
  effective 
  of 
  these 
  is 
  a 
  bran 
  mash 
  or 
  dry 
  bran, 
  poisoned 
  with 
  

   London 
  purple 
  or 
  Paris 
  green. 
  For 
  the 
  preparation 
  of 
  the 
  poisoned 
  

   mash 
  the 
  insecticide 
  should 
  be 
  thoroughly 
  mixed 
  with 
  dry 
  wheat 
  bran 
  — 
  

   a 
  pound 
  or 
  two 
  to 
  twenty-five 
  pounds 
  of 
  bran 
  is 
  a 
  suitable 
  proportion 
  — 
  

   with 
  water 
  enough, 
  sweetened 
  with 
  molasses, 
  to 
  form 
  a 
  mash 
  sufficiently 
  

   stiff 
  to 
  be 
  dipped 
  out 
  without 
  dripping. 
  This 
  is 
  distributed, 
  a 
  large 
  

   table-spoonful 
  in 
  a 
  place, 
  along 
  the 
  row 
  of 
  plants, 
  beginning 
  while 
  they 
  

   are 
  still 
  very 
  young. 
  Dry 
  bran 
  is 
  poisoned 
  by 
  first 
  dampening 
  the 
  bran 
  

   very 
  slightly 
  with 
  sweetened 
  water 
  and 
  adding 
  the 
  Paris 
  green, 
  — 
  one 
  

   pound 
  of 
  the 
  poison 
  to 
  fifty 
  of 
  bran, 
  — 
  shaking 
  it 
  on 
  a 
  little 
  at 
  a 
  time 
  

   and 
  stirring 
  it 
  in 
  until 
  the 
  whole 
  mass 
  is 
  evenly 
  mixed. 
  This 
  poisoned 
  

   mixture 
  may 
  be 
  conveniently 
  distributed 
  by 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  a 
  seed-drill, 
  filling 
  

   the 
  seed 
  box 
  with 
  poisoned 
  bran 
  and 
  running 
  lines 
  of 
  it 
  close 
  to 
  the 
  

   rows. 
  As 
  a 
  comparatively 
  crude 
  but 
  more 
  rapid 
  rnethod, 
  for 
  use 
  on 
  a 
  

   large 
  scale, 
  clover 
  or 
  fleshy 
  weeds 
  may 
  be 
  sprayed 
  with 
  Paris 
  green, 
  cut 
  

   with 
  a 
  scythe 
  or 
  mowing 
  machine, 
  and 
  pitched 
  in 
  small 
  quantities 
  from 
  

   wheelbarrows 
  or 
  small 
  wagons 
  wherever 
  desired. 
  The 
  piles 
  of 
  poisoned 
  

   herbage 
  should 
  be 
  placed 
  at 
  nightfall 
  a 
  few 
  feet 
  apart 
  between 
  the 
  rows 
  

   of 
  plants. 
  

  

  The 
  blister-beetles 
  can 
  often 
  be 
  driven 
  out 
  of 
  a 
  field 
  by 
  whipping 
  

  

  * 
  Press 
  Bull., 
  No. 
  3 
  (May, 
  1900), 
  Agr. 
  Exper. 
  Station, 
  Col., 
  pp. 
  2, 
  3. 
  

  

  