soil, hogs dung, &c. laid round tiiem 

 in a moist state, so as to keep this part Of 

 the trees perfectly clean from this pest. 



The wire worm is an insect much com- 

 plained of by farmers whenever they 

 turn up land that has been cultivated with 

 clover or grass, and it in general does 

 great injury to the corn crop which suc- 

 ceeds. It should be noticed that clover, or 

 other plants of such description, give 

 protection to this insect ; it is bred in 

 the roots of these plants, and the land 

 is so well stocked with it, that it attacks 

 the corn and other succeeding crops 

 yery much to their injury. Land of this 

 description is therefore unfit for corn im- 

 mediately on breaking up. Turnips or 

 potatoes are not so liable to injury from 

 this insect, but the best preventive is 

 probably a summer fallow, and burning 

 the rubbish on the land before cropping, 

 by which means the eggs which arc laid 

 in the stalks are destroyed, and the live 

 worms die for want of nourishment. ISoot 

 and lime will also kill this destructive 

 worm ; before breaking up old lays, it 

 should be always a point with the farmer 



