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hear him eat. Knock him off the plant into a tin 

 can which has a little kerosene in the bottom unless 

 he is covered with white egg-like specks such as you 

 see in the picture. If these are on him let him alone 

 because there are tiny insects inside the egg-like 

 cocoon which will kill the worm by slowly eating it 

 up. They are his natural enemies, and we want the 

 enemy to go on living so as to kill more tomato 

 worms. 



You will find a small smooth greenish worm in 

 your cabbages and collards; if we put poison on 

 the leaves, he will eat it and soon die, so you will 

 need to spray these plants with Arsenate of Lead 

 diluted in water this way: Water one quart, 

 Arsenate of Lead Paste, % teaspoonful. Mix un- 

 til the paste is all dissolved and either spray it all 

 over your plants, or take a whisk broom, dip it into 

 the poison liquid, and spatter it over the plants, or 

 take a watering can and sprinkle over them that 

 way. The spray pump is best because it does not 

 waste the poison mixture. 



You will have to watch your corn when the silk 

 begins to show, for a little grayish worm loves to 

 crawl into the ear and eat the kernels. Pick them 

 out when you find any and destroy them as you 

 would cut worms. 



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