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the old long potato bug worse thau a threshing wth a brush. Five years 

 ago this summer both kinds appeared on my late potatoes, and I watered 

 with the tar water. The next day all Colorados that had not been protected 

 from the sprinkler were dead, and the others, their name was legion, were 

 all gone, and I have never seen one on the farm since. I am aware that 

 many will look upon this with indifference, because it is so simple and cheap 

 a remedy. Such should always feed their own and their neighbors' bugs, as 

 they frequently do." 



Remedy for the Green Fly._A writer in the Deutsche Zeitung states 

 that he last year had an opportunity of trying a remedy for destroying green 

 fly and other insects which infest plants. It was not his own discovery, but 

 he found it among other recipes in some provincial paper. The stems and 

 leaves of the tomato are well boiled in water, and when the liqiiid is cold it 

 is syringed over plants attacked by insects. It at ouce destroys black or 

 green fiy, caterpillars, etc.; and it leaves behind a pecuhar odor, which pre- 

 vents insects from coming again for a long time. The author states that he 

 found this remedy more effectual than fumigating, washing, etc. Through 

 neglect a house of camelias had become almost hopelessly infested with 

 black lice, but two syringings with tomato plant decoction thoroughly 

 eleansed them. 



To Destroy Bugs on Vines. — To destroy bugs on squash and cucum- 

 ber vines, dissolve a tablespoonful of saltpetre in a pailful of water; put one 

 pint of this around each hill, shaping the earth so that it will not spread 

 much, and the thing is done. Use more saltpetre if you can afford it — it is 

 good for vegetable, but death to animal life. The bugs burrow in the earth 

 at night and fail to rise in the morning. It is also good to kill the " grub " in 

 peach trees — only ixse twice as much, say a quart to each tree. There was 

 not a yellow or blistered leaf on twelve or fifteen trees to which it was 

 applied last season. No danger of kilhng any vegetable with it — a concen- 

 trated solution applied to beans makes them grow wonderfully. 



Protecting Young Plants. — The striped bug is very destructive to 

 young plants, especially of vines. It is almost impossible to get a stand of 

 early cucumbers, on account of this pest. A writer in one of our exchanges 

 states that a good protection is secured by cutting a sheet of cotton wadding 

 into nine equal pieces, and then spliting them, making eighteen, at a cost for 

 all of only four cents. These are placed over the hills before the plants are 

 up, the corners held down with small stones. They are elastic and stretch 

 as the plants grow. The bug cannot get through them. They are also some 

 protection against frost. 



A Valuable Mixture. — A valuable mixture to keep on hand is one of coal 

 ashes, sulphur and hellebore. The ashes should be very fine. It is best 

 after passing them through the ordinary coal-ash sieve. To one pailful of 

 ashes thus sifted, add a quart each of flour of sulphur and hellebore, and 

 mix together. For currant worms, plant lice, cabbage llcas, slugs on pear 

 trees, melon bugs, wo found this so effectual that we confidently recommend 

 it. It is always best to use it in the cool of the morning while the dew is 

 upon the leaf. 



To Get Kid of Grubs. — The carrot crop is rendered useless in many 

 gardens by grubs catmg into the roots. This takes place in many well-man- 

 aged gardens. The best remedy is to scatter a quantity of soot and lime 



