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either in barns or granenes. On thrusting youi 

 hand into a bin of wheet infested with them, con- 

 siderable warmth will be felt; but, as they are usu- 

 ally collected together, every part of the heap or 

 bin should be examined. 



Sulpher snuff, put up in little papers, or bags, 

 and properly distributed among the wheat, in the 

 bin, will keep them out, or drive them out when 

 they have got possessioon. 



Grass-hoppers. 



Prodigious quantities of these are sometimes 

 generated in upland mowing-grounds. Upland 

 pastures do not produce so many, owing probably 

 to the feet of the cattle destroying many, before 

 they are brought forth. Low wet meadows or 

 pastures seldom produce many of them. The on- 

 ly known remedy against them, and it is sometimes 

 very inadequate, is to destroy them by raising 

 large flocks of Turkies and other poultry, which 

 feed on them. 



Lice on cattle, and Ticks on sheep, may be ad- 

 ded to the catalogue of destructive insects. 



Where Colts and young Neat-cattle become 

 lousy, by reason of poor keeping, or otherwise, the 

 Lice are to be destroyed by oiling the creature, or 

 washing it with a decoction of tobacco; and they 

 should have better keeping, to prevent a return of 

 the Lice. 



And where a sheep becomes full of Ticks, 

 whish will sometimes kill the animal if not removed, 

 they may be destroyed by a fumigation of tobacco 

 smoke, as is described under Sheep, 



But the easiest method iS;, to pan ihe ' ool of 

 ths animal en «ach sid« of its spine, from its head 



