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in which the caterpillars rest during the day, is about the 

 quickest and best method to check their ravages. 



Leaf-Rollers (Cacoecia sp.). These caterpillars are gener- 

 ally concealed in a few leaves rolled together, and feed at night. 

 They have been known to do a great deal of damage in favor- 

 able seasons, and very often have been taken for cankerworms, 

 but the dark green color with a black head and the non-loop- 

 ing movement of the body correct this error. In orchards 

 where spraying with paris green or other arsenates is done 

 this pest soon disappears, as any arsenate spray, by poisoning 

 the leaves, will soon reach it. 



CUTWORMS AND GRASSHOPPERS. 



The following poison bait is recommended : 



Bran . 40 pounds. 



Middlings 20 pounds. 



White arsenic 20 pounds. 



Cheap molasses ....... 2 gallons. 



Thoroughly mix the bran, middlings, and arsenic together 

 dry, then add two gallons of cheap molasses and sufficient 

 water to make the whole into a crumbling moist mash. Place 

 a tablespoonful of the mixture a few inches from the tree 

 or vine. 



Cutworms (Peridroma saucia and Agrotis spp.). Cutworms 

 are the larvae or caterpillars of owlet moths. They feed at 

 night, resting underground during the day. Their natural 

 food is weeds, clover, grasses, etc. In wet- seasons, when weeds 

 are abundant, cutworms are found in great numbers, and 

 when the grower turns under the weeds, depriving the worms 

 of their natural food, they will attack cultivated plants, 

 trees, and vines. The most successful way of fighting cut- 

 worms is to place a poisoned food wherever this pest is doing 

 damage, care being taken not to allow livestock or poultry to 

 run where the poison is placed. Alfalfa or any succulent 

 vegetable, such as cabbage or lettuce, can be dipped in a strong 

 solution of arsenic and water and placed on the ground around 

 the damaged plants, but the bran-and-arsenic remedy given 

 above is more generally used. 



It has been found that their numbers can be greatly dimin- 

 ished and the loss from their depredations materially checked 



