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plants, and thus destroys them. One remedy is to 

 sow the ground with a mixture of old and new seed, 

 and, as these will come up at different limes, a part of 

 the one or the other will stand a better chance of es- 

 caping. 



Sowing a suitable proportion of tobacco seed with 

 the crop will, no doubt, answer every purpose for keep- 

 ing off this insect. But as common salt is found to 

 be an excellent manure for this crop, we would recom- 

 mend about three or four bushels of this article, made 

 fine, with as many pounds of sulphur, and perhaps one 

 or two of Scotch snuff, well mixed together, to be sown 

 on the ground, just as the plants are coming up ; and 

 this, we venture to say, will be found effectual in keep- 

 ing off these insects. 



Garden-fiea, 



Very destructive to young cabbage plants, while in 

 the seed-leaf. Remedy: Sow some onion or tobacco- 

 seeds with the seeds of the plant ; or sprinkle some 

 sulphur or snuff on the growing plants. Soapsuds 

 sprinkled over them is also good. 



These infest cabbages, particularly ; but are de- 

 stroyed by the frosts. They are easily extirpated by 

 smoke, particularly that of tobacco. 



Weavel. 



A LITTLE black bug, very destructive to wheat either 

 m barns or granaries. On thrusting your hand into a 

 bin of wheat infested with them, considerable warmth 



