594 DR. CHASE'S RECIPES. 



be attained ; and where it cannot, the dirty and refuse salt from pork-packing 

 houses, is much cheaper than barrel salt. 



5. Cut "Worms, to Destroy. — By accident I have discovered a means 

 and time by which to destroy the great garden pest, the cut or collard worm. 

 On picking up a piece of board that lay in my walk-way, a few days ago, i dis- 

 covered several worms. Curiosity led me to turn other boards that lay near. 

 To my great astonishment, when I had turned nearly a dozen, in different parts 

 of the garden, I found that I had killed 76 worms and destroyed scores of eggs, 

 which look like little bits of lint cotton rolled up. The next day I searched the 

 same boards, which I had carefully replaced, and killed 78 worms. The third 

 search I found a small collar-head (small cabbage) that had been cut for cows 

 and left by being overlooked. On examining it, there were found under it and 

 on it 26 worms. My suggestion is to lay boards (pine is the best) about for 

 traps, in the spring, and watch them closely; the saving in young vegetables 

 will be immense. — SoulTwm Plantation. 



Remarks. — Let this destruction of these worms commence as early as the 

 spring opens, and you may consider your cucumbers, cabbages, etc., quite 

 safe. 



6. Cut-Worms and Birds, to Prevent Prom Cutting or Pull- 

 ing Corn and Other Grain, by Preparing the Seed Before Plant- 

 ing. — The Ohio Farmer tells us that a horticulturist "prevents all kinds of 

 grain from the ravages of the cut-worm, birds, etc., by dissohang sulphate of 

 Iron (copperas) 1 lb. and aloes 1 oz. in water heated to 90 or 95 and sufficient to 

 soak 1 bushel of seed grain in, before planting." The iron and the aloes are 

 too much for them. I think also this would be too much for bugs on cucum- 

 bers, squashes, melon vines, etc. 



1. CUCUMBERS— Fresh for Townspeople, who have only a 

 Small Yard. — A Wisconsin gardener, on the strength of experience, recom- 

 mends townspeople who want fresh cucumbers, to grow them in a barrel half 

 sunk in the back yard, half filled with manure, and the remainder with soil; 

 the seeds planted on the surface, and vines drooping over the sides. 



Remarks. — They do well, I know, by supporting the vines on bushes, al- 

 though planted in the ordinary way in a garden. One writer says they will 

 grow on a trellis as readily as grape-vines. In small gardens this is an object. 



2. Cucumbers, Melons, Cabbage, Tomatoes, etc.— To prevent 

 Bugs from destroying the Plant. — I. For Cvcumbers. — Experience has 

 shown that if a box or frame about 12 inches square, and 5 or 6 inches deep, 

 having neither top nor bottom, is put over each hill of cucumbers when planted, 

 and banked up around the bottom so that the striped bug cannot crawl under, 

 they will never light down in the boxes, and hence, any plants thus protected 

 are safe from their depredations. Boxes may be removed before the plants 

 begin to run over them, and he saved for another year. Half-inch stuff is heavy 

 enough for them, if well nailed. See also Oiled Cloth for Hot-Beds; Boxes for 

 Hills; Safe Culture from Bugs, etc., which is only a little more expensive. 



