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be applied as follows: Spread the grain out in a warm room 

 on the floor about one foot deep and wet it with warm 

 water: sprinkle on a very little tar (which should be warm) 

 and then stir the whole mass thoroughly until each grain is 

 coated: then roll it in plaster to dry it off. If this is carefully 

 done the grains will not stick together and may be planted by 

 seed planter. This treatment also prevents crows, gophers 

 and squirrels from pulling newly planted corn. 



When it attacks cabbage, cauliflower and similar plants 

 it may be destroyed by kerosene emulsion, since the maggots 

 work on the stem and roots of the plants, near the surface of 

 the ground and such an application would be practicable in 

 this case, while in the case of many other crops such as on- 

 ions, beans, etc., it might be quite out of the question on ac- 

 count of the large number of plants that would have to be 

 treated to make it effectual. In the case of cabbage, however, 

 it may be prevented from entering by inserting the plant 

 through a small piece of tarred paper, that is allowed to remain 

 flat on the surface of the ground. 



Cabbage Flea Beetle [HaMcus sp.). There are several in- 

 sects closely resembling each other and known as cabbage flea 



Fig. 42. Different species of flea beetles with their larvae. 



beetles that feed on the surface of the leaves of cabbage, tur- 

 nips, radish, cauliflower, etc., and various wild plants. They 



