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of soda, is beneficial. Remains of all maggot-infested crops should be 

 rigidly destroyed, and rotation practised. When an excess of seed is planted 

 a stand may be obtained even though many plants are destroyed. 



From cabbages the first adults of the first brood appeared in the cages 

 July 8th ; from onions, July 20th ; from soy beans, July 3rd ; from cow peas, 

 July 2nd ; from turnips late in July. 



Flea Beetles of several species feed on various cultivated plants. Very 

 small, black, freely jumping species vrere common on turnips last spring, 

 eating small round holes in the leaves. When these are very numerous 

 young plants may receive a serious check. Like the Cucumber Beetle the 

 Flea Beetles have a strong dislike for Bordeaux mixture, and will leave 

 plants sprayed with it. Spraying with Bordeaux mixture is a practical 

 preventive, and an application of a quick-acting fertilizer, such as potas- 

 sium nitrate, may enable the plants to overcome the pruning of the beetles, 

 without other treatment. 



Aphides on Vegetable Crops. — Plant-lice were common on many crops, 

 notably on cabbage and allied plants. These pests are controlled by a spray 

 of kerosene emulsion or fish-oil soap, or tobacco decoction, when they 

 become sufficiently numerous to demand attention. Remains of crops 

 should be completely destroyed as soon as crop is gathered, else they serve 

 as breeding places for insects throughout the fall. 



Grasshoppers. — In many parts of the Province grasshoppers did a 

 great deal of damage last season to grass and grain. At but slight expense 

 the injury from this cause can be largely averted. The breeding places 



Grass-hoppers laying their eggs. (Copied). 



can be ploughed in fall or early spring, when this is feasible, and many egg 

 masses so destroyed ; the grass fields can be cleaned of the pests by means 

 of the "hopper-dozer"; and the grain fields can be preserved by the use of 



