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them from wagons in small bunches wherever desired. 

 Distributed a few feet apart between rows of garden plants 

 at nightfall, they have attracted and killed enough Cut- 

 worms often to save a large proportion of the crop ; if the 

 bunches can be covered with a shingle, they will keep 

 fresher much longer. The fresher the baits, and the more 

 thoroughly the baiting is done, the more Cutworms one can 

 destroy. However, it may sometimes happen that a suffi- 

 cient quantity of such green succulent plants cannot be ob- 

 tained early enough in the season in some localities. In 

 this case, and we are not sure but in all cases, the poisoned 

 bran mash can be used to the best advantage. It is easily 

 made and applied at any time, is not expensive, and thus 

 far the results show that it is a very attractive and effective 

 bait. A tablespoonful can be quickly dropped around the 

 base of each cabbage or tomato plant, small amounts can be 

 easily scattered along the rows of onions, turnips, etc., or 

 a little dropped on a hill of corn, cucumbers, etc. It was 

 used on sweet potato hills in New Jersey last year, and 

 " served as a complete protection, the Cutworms preferring 

 the bran." It is well to apply it on the even- 

 ing of the day the plants are set out. 



The best time to apply these poisoned 

 baits is two or three days before any plants 

 have come up or been set out in the garden. 

 If the ground has been properly prepared, the 

 worms will have had but little to eat for sev- 

 eral days and they will thus seize the first 

 opportunity to appease their hunger upon the 

 baits, and wholesale destruction will result. 

 The baits should always be applied at this time 



Protection from cutworms ~ ^ . 



wherever Cutworms are expected. But it is 

 not too late usually to save most of a crop after the pests 

 have made their presence known by cutting off some of the 

 plants. Act promptly and use the baits freely, M. V. 

 Sling erland. 



