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through the fingers) so that when the poison is added it will adhere to practically 

 every particle. One half a gallon of water in which half a pound of sugar has 

 been dissolved is about sufficient to moisten fifty pounds of bran. If more con- 

 venient, molasses may be used, or about the same quantity of salt. As soon as 

 cutworm attack is noticed the mixture should be applied, preferably after sundown. 

 When the cutworms come out to feed at night they readily find the bran which 

 they are very fond of, and will be killed in large numbers, the attack stopping 

 almost immediately. If the mixture is put out during a warm day it soon be- 

 comes dry and is not so attractive. From fifty to one hundred pounds of poisoned 

 bran is sufficient to treat an acre, the actual amount depending on the closeness 

 of the plants. For such crops as cabbages, cauhflowers, onions, etc., the method 

 of spreading the mixture is to have a sack hung about the neck, and by walk- 

 ing between two rows and using both hands it may be scattered along the rows 

 on either side. 



Fresh bunches of any succulent vegetation, clover, grass, etc., which have 

 been dipped into a strong Paris green mixture (one ounce of Paris green to a pail 

 of water) may be placed at short distances apart between rows of vegetables or 

 roots, and will attract many cutworms and protect the crops from further injury. 



For cutworms which feed almost entirely underground the above baits are 

 not of much value. When such cutworms are troublesome, the land should be 

 kept as free as possible from long grass and weeds so that the female moths will 

 not be attracted to such vegetation for the purpose of egg laying. 



When cutworms assume the marching habit it becomes necessary to plough 

 deep furrows in advance of their line of march. The progress of the caterpillars 

 is thus stopped, and when a furrow is entered by them a log drawn by a horse may 

 be dragged through it and the cutworms will in this way be crushed. If post 

 holes are dug in the furrows at an interval of about ten or fifteen feet apart a large 

 number of the cutworms will fall into them, and they can then be killed easily by 

 means of the blunt end of a post, or such object, or by pouring a little coal oil 

 over them. 



