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its ravages that we may have some share in what 

 remains. No effectual remedy is yet known ; but 

 by various expedients it is still possible to raise 

 good carrots ; and it is a remarkable fact, that the 

 difficulties which require an increase of industry, or 

 the ingenuity of a new resource, heighten the flav- 

 our of this excellent vegetable. 



1. To annoy the enemy, trench the ground in 

 October or November, mixing with the upper stra- 

 tum a moderate portion of old manure, and give a 

 fresh digging immediately before sowing. The 

 larvse, if such there be, are thus buried. 



2. It will always be found that the worm is 

 worse in some parts of the garden than in others. 

 Sow in several places each season. 



3. Sow at different times from the first of March 

 to the middle of May. The insect which has its 

 season, will not hit the crowquill size of the diffe- 

 rent sowings, at which period of advancement the 

 attack is ruinous. 



4. Sow onions and carrots either mixed in broad- 

 cast or in alternate drills. 



5. Water the young plants with a strong soap 

 lee as soon as the insect makes it appearance, and 

 repeat the operation so long as the plant does not 

 seem to suffer by the affusion. 



6. Manure the ground at the autumn or spring 

 digging with soot or salt. The latter must not be 

 applied in the proportion of more than forty bushels 

 to the acre. In too large quantity it may kill the 



