174 Insects and Sprays 



should be sprinkled over the manure after it has 

 been treated with the borax. 



In sprinkling large quantites of manure with 

 borax it should not be used in greater quantity 

 than fifteen tons to the acre or damage to the 

 vegetables to which the manure is applied may 

 result. 



Sprinkling manure with a solution of half a 

 pound of powdered hellebore dissolved in ten gal- 

 lons of water will destroy from eight-five to ninety 

 per cent, of the larva or maggots which produce 

 flies. 



The army worm which can cause so much havoc 

 in such a short period of time is a smooth, striped 

 caterpillar about an inch and a quarter in length, 

 and rather dark in appearance. The moth from 

 which it hatches is brown with white spots on the 

 wings. The most practical way to stop their pro- 

 gress in order to destroy them is to dig a furrow in 

 front of their path and let them fall into it and 

 pour kerosene on them. If they are already in a 

 field, mix I Ib. of Paris green with fifty pounds of 

 wheat ^bran and the juice of half a dozen oranges. 

 Mix this with molasses to form a dough and scatter 

 it about. Do not let this be put where children 



