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tivated crops the white grubs often attack the roots of the new crop, more 

 commonly the second season, after the grass roots are decayed. It is not 

 uncommon to find patches of lawn or grass-land on which the sod may be 

 rolled up like a carpet, the roots having been eaten oft' by these grubs. 

 Corn, potatoes and strawberries are frequently injured by them, but clover 

 and the small grains are seldom attacked. They are numerous here this 

 spring in freshly broken sod-land. 



Hogs turned into an infested field will root out very many of the 

 grubs. The adults may be caught in immense numbers in trap lanterns, a 

 lantern set on a brick in a pan of oil and water will do. If set early in the 

 season this should have some effect in lessening the injury in following 

 years. When the adults feed upon foliage they can be poisoned with Paris 

 green. When white grubs injure lawns some good is done by spraying the 

 grass thoroughly with kerosene emulsion diluted 1-9, or ordinary soap solu- 

 tion, 1 pound in 3 or 4 gallons of hot water. The grass should then be 

 thoroughly sprayed with water. Sod which contains many of these grubs 

 should be followed by clover and then one of the small grains. Later the 

 corn or roots or strawberries would not be seriously injured. When they 

 injure strawberry plantations the best practice is to dig them out from 

 about the plants. 



The Clover Root-borer (Hylastinus obscurus Marsh). — This serious 

 enemy of the clover is firmly established in this neighborhood. It is very 

 common in second year red clover plants. The adult is a brown beetle 



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