246 INSECTS. 



Timber-worms. Felling timber about tbe middle of 

 Printer, is said to prevent the smaller kind from doing 

 injury. 



The large boring-worm takes its residence chiefly in 

 pine timber. Scorch the trees in a light flame, or 

 soak them in salt water. 



Hessian Fly. Immerse the seed wheat 10 or 15 sec- 

 onds in boiling-hot water ; cool it suddenly; dry it, with 

 lime or gypsum, and sow it immediately. The nits, by 

 a good glass, can be discerned near the sprouts of the 

 grains. 



Maggots. Troublesome to the roots of cabbages, tur- 

 nips, and radishes. Manure the ground with salt, or ap- 

 ply weak brine to the roots of the plants. (6ee Radishes.^ 



Turnip Fly. (^See Turnips., pcg''^ 115.) 



Garden Flea. Very destructive to young cabbages. 

 Sow some onion or tobacco seeds with the seeds of the 

 plant, or sprinkle sulphur or snuff on the plants. Soap- 

 suds is good. 



Lice. These infest cabbages, but are destroyed by 

 the frost. They can be extirpated by the smoke of to- 

 bacco. 



Weave!. A little black bug, very destructive to wheat 

 in graneries. On thrusting the hand into wheat irjfested 

 with them, considerable warmth will be felt ; but, as 

 they are usually collected togetMfer, every part of the 

 heap or bin should be examined. Sulphur or snuff, put 

 up in little papers or bags, and properly distributed 

 among the wheat, will drive them away. A bin made 

 of boards ofLombardy poplar will never have a weavel 

 in it. To keep them from wheat, before threshing, mix 

 little pieces of this wood every where through the mow, 

 or sprinkle salt among the sheaves. 



Grasshoppers. The only known remedy, and it is 

 sometimes very inadequate, is to raise large flocks of 

 turkies and other poultry, which feed on them. 



Lice on Cattle., and Ticks on Sheep. Where colts and 

 young neat cattle become lousy, by poor keeping, or 

 otherwise, oil the creature, or wash it with decoction of 

 tobacco ; and they should hare better keeping, to pre- 

 vent a return of the lice. To destroy ticks, see sheep. 



