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Where the plants have been hoed out, many 122. 



perfons have band-picked them; but this is 

 tedious and expenfive, where the numbers arc 

 great. I have myfelf counted twenty cater- 

 pillars on a plant, not much larger than my 

 hand. Mr. John Joy declares, that he has 

 reckoned " fixteen fcore " upon one turnep ; 

 but it was a large plant, which had been hoed 

 fome time. 



It has beert almoft a univerfal practice among 

 farmers, tvhen one part of a clofe was cut off, 

 and the caterpillars were matching to attack 

 another part which was lefs infefted, to draw a 

 furrow between them, deepening it with afpade 

 into a kind of a trench, making the fide towards 

 the plants to be defended as upright as poffi- 

 ble ; or, if the foil would Hand, fomewhat over- 

 hanging, in order to prevent the caterpillars 

 from fcaling it. This', if well done, had gene- 

 rally a good effect ; and it was not uncommon 

 to fee the bottom of the trench entirely covered 

 with them. 



I have feen a trench acrofs a gateway between 

 two turnep-pieces for the fame purpofe. 



Another expedient practifed by many for 

 checking the caterpillars was, to draw a cart- 

 rope over the plants, in order to fhakc them 

 Uz off, 



