W8E( T6 INJUllIOUB TO AQRICULTl i 



autumn, the worms living on tl 



herbaceous plants, and on the approach of winter descend- 

 ing below tin' reach of fr< 



Ki mi I'll b B( fore planting, ili<- seed corn should be Boaked in 

 copperas wati r; while late in autumn corn-land should I"- ] •!• >u _ 

 deeps urn up i lie half-grow u worms, and expose them to w 



colds and insectivorous birds. Winn the worms 1. un tlnir 



attacks, Bcarch should be made for them by digging up th< 

 around the plant. They may also be trapped in boles madi by :t 

 stake in corn hills, or near cabbage-plants, ■ tc. According to i. 

 they maj be destroyed by the wholesale by dropping between the 



of the crop to be protected, at nightfall, balls <>r m 

 fresh cut grass, clover, <>r turnip-leaves which have been sprinkled 

 with the Paris-green <>r London-purple solution. 



Wire-worms Elating tin- roots of corn, wheat, gr 



etc, hard, cylindrical, reddish worms, taperingalike towards 



each end of the body, and changing into snapping be< 



- family Elateridw, p. L09.) 



Ki mi I'll b. They may be caught by placing slices of pi 

 turnip, or apple in the beds, and examining the under sid 



a 





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e 



MS.— Wire- 



worm. 



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Fig. 943.- I 



b. pupa-cas 



The Corn-maggot {Anthomyia tea R • b Beed- 



oorn after :t is planted, a maggot which son times abounds 



i nearly ruin entire corn-fields, 



