THE BLACK CORN-WEEVIL 69 



"Oh, fudge," exclaimed Fred Hamilton, "Tom 

 Morrill gave me a simple remedy the other day and 

 he said it worked fine. He tried it last year and he 

 said his father always used it. He wets the corn 

 with salt water when he puts it in the crib." 



"I tried it, and it works fine," a voice was heard. 



FIG. 40. "Sweeping them on the ground near the crib would be 

 helping them." 



"I tried it, and it did not do any good whatever," 

 several gentlemen remarked. 



The entomologist smiled and said, "You, who have 

 tried it, seem to disagree." 



"What do you think about it?" several asked. 



"We have tried it," the entomologist answered, 

 "and while the salted shucks seem to taste better 



