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that it soon sinks to the bottom of the water when stirred, it is best 

 first to mix the bran with water and sugar and then add the poison. 

 The proportions are 2 or 3 ounces of sugar or a similar quantity of 

 glucose or molasses to 1 gallon of water, and a sufficient amount of 

 bran (about 1 pound per gallon) to make, when stirred, a mixture 

 that will readily run through the fingers. 



Before planting a crop it is advisable to use such bait, and for its 

 perfect success the gi-ound should be bare, which will have the 

 effect of practically compelling the cutworms to feed upon it. 



Protection of plants that are set out, such as tomatoes, cabbage 

 and others, started under glass, may be secured by placing about the 

 base of each a tablespoonful of the poisoned bran or a small bunch 

 of the poisoned vegetable. Sometimes it is feasible also to dip the 

 plants in poison before setting out. Where it is possible, however, 

 to spray grass or weeds which have grown up in fields about to be 

 cultivated, this should be done, as it is an easy means for riddance 

 of the cutworms, and is less troublesome than the preparation and 

 distribution of baits. 



Bordeaux Mixture. 



The use of this fungicide as a cutworm deterrent has been proved 

 effective. In any ease it should be used as a diluent for whatever 

 arsenical mixture is used. 



Caution should be exercised that poultry and other live stock may 

 not have access to ground treated with poisoned bait until it has 

 become well worked into the soil. 



