No. 4.] INSECTS AND GARDEN CROPS. 335 



worms, finding nothing else to feed on, will eat this poisoned 

 food, and a large proportion will be destroyed. 



Later in the season, if cut worms appear after the crop is 

 up, protection from their ravages may be secured by mixing 

 one pound of Paris green witli fifty pounds of bran. When 

 these are thoroughl}' mixed, add water and a little molasses 

 till the whole is about like dough. A tablesi)()onful at the 

 base of each plant is more attractive to the cut worm than 

 the plant itself, and ten pounds should be suflicient to protect 

 about an acre of potatoes or other crop planted in that way. 

 Care, however, should be taken that fowls and other animals 

 likely to feed on this poisoned food be kept away from it 

 while it is exposed. 



This method should also be successful where cut worms 

 are troul)lesome in greenhouses. 



