EXPERIMENTS WITH EELWORMS. 19 



The Pear Slug ; the Gooseberry Sawfly ; the Turnip Sawfly ; etc., 

 also such pests as Eelworms ; Woodlice ; Millipedes ; Ants ; etc. 



These pests singly, or in conjunction, are levying a toll upon our 

 crops of from 25 to 75 per cent. 



The question naturally arises " How shall we proceed to get rid 

 of these pests ? " and our answer is Fumigate the Soil. 



This can now be done with the minimum outlay of labour and 

 expense. After a long and elaborate series of experiments I have 

 obtained a fumigant which will effectually rid the soil of one and all 

 of the above mentioned pests ; and to this material I have given the 

 name u Apterite." 



Apterite is quite distinct from, and a great advance upon, any of 

 the so-called soil insecticides, for the active principle works upwards 

 and downwards. 



It has been very truly said that by its application a revolution in 

 Agriculture will be brought about. 



In my opinion it is the only material that has yet been found 

 that will economically rid the soil of these insidious pests known as 

 Eelworms ; and, if for no other reason, it will be welcomed by all 

 agriculturists suffering from such. 



My first experiment was made in the autumn of 1906 upon soil 

 in which daffodils and hyacinths were being grown, and which was 

 known to be badly infested with Eelworms. 



In the spring of 1907 I had the opportunity of treating the soil in a 

 large tomato house, which was infested with the Root- Knot Eelworm. 



Various plots were also treated on which clover, vegetable 

 marrows, etc., were being grown. 



Finally it was tried on a much larger scale, viz., on oats and 

 clover. 



The results in each case were practically identical ; but perhaps 

 most strikingly shown on the tomatoes, where there was a complete 

 absence of Root- Knots ; and a fine, healthy crop was obtained. 



