THE CANADIAN H0RTICULTDRI8T. 



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The investment is only the price of one 

 small turkey : try it, and you will never 

 regret the venture. J. B. Burk. 



Brougham P. O., Ontario (-o. 



PARIS GREEN FOR CABBAGE WORM. 



Dkar Sir, — In my remarks in regard 

 to using Paris Green on Cabbage at 

 the Fruit Grower's Association, in 

 Stratford, I neglected to state very 

 clearly my plan of mixing and applying. 



Lest any bad results might occur 

 through any misunderstanding, I beg 

 leave to state more clearly my experi- 

 ence on the subject. I put about two 

 tablespoonfuls of Paris (ireen to about 

 one-half bushel of Land Plaster, mixing 

 thoroughly. This quantity, if kept 

 dry, will be enough for 500 cabbage 

 (luring the growing season, dusting on 

 ;i small quantity in the evening as 

 soon in the season as the worms begin 

 to appear, and continuing every week 

 or ten days till the cabbage have grown 

 full size. I would not put any on 

 cauliflowei-s after they begin to head 

 up, or on cabbage that are bui*sted or 

 open in the head. In this way I have 

 kej)t my cabViage free of worms, and 

 raised very heavy crops. I might 

 state also that after I had cut all the 

 good heads out in the fall, leaving the 

 useless ones and all the outside leaves, 

 with the intention of plowing them 

 down, some of my cattle got in and 

 eat all they could devour of them, and 

 none of them seemed to suffer in the 

 least from it. This was about four 

 weeks after I had stopped using the 

 Paris Green. We have used neai'ly 

 all tlie cabbage in our own family for 

 the past two seasons, with no bad 

 results. 



If you think this experience would 

 be of any benefit, you can add it to 

 the report. Yours respectfully, 



Dan 1 61 Dkmpsey. 



Stratford, Out, 



THE STRIPED SQUASH-BEETLE. 



I wish to ask is there really any 

 known remedy for the striped bug, 

 excepting the old Indian remedy — 

 catch him, then you may kill him. 

 Heretofore I have not suffered materi- 

 ally from their ravages. I have gene- 

 rally planted a few squashes through 

 the cucumber and melon patches early 

 to give them their first meals, and to 

 give time and warning of their ap- 

 proach. This method has been all that 

 has been needed till the past summer 

 when they came suddenly, and in 

 swarms. Had I been away that day 

 they would not have left a hill stand- 

 ing. Some strong hills, in the short 

 time of two hours, were completely 

 riddled, having as many as eighty on 

 a single hill. I must have killed one 

 or two thousand the first half day. 



After three days they were some- 

 what abated. I replanted the destroy- 

 ed hills, and then began trying reme- 

 dies. First was white hellebore sifted 

 on till the plants were covered ; second, 

 a table spoonful of carbolic acid to a 

 pail of water, applied with a brush, 

 drendiing three or four times in two 

 hours, then adding two tea spoonfuls 

 Paris green ; but all to no purj)ose. 

 Then a friend came along and told me 

 his remedy that had never failed, 

 namely, paper flags fastened to sticks 

 so as to wave just above the plants. I 

 asked him whether it must be the 

 Union Jack or the Stai-s and Stripes ; 

 he thought the < >ld Lion the best. How- 

 ever, the little scamps did not scare 

 worth a cent, but continued their work 

 if the flags did not brush them away. 

 Another remedy was an emulsion of 

 sweet milk, ten parts to one of coal oil. 

 One neighbor told me he applied tliis 

 when they i*aised in a swarm l>eforr 

 him. It was a failure with me, as I 

 wet many of their backs, but that did 

 not stoj) their dinnere. I aj)plied it 

 with a brush three times on a small 



