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It has been intimated that there may annually be multitudes 

 of insects destroyed by the following method, which is novel, 

 and entitled to consideration. A barrel is to be perforated with 

 holes two inches in diameter and six or seven inches apart ; then 

 coat the barrel with very thick molasses, and place the same on 

 a post in the garden one foot from the ground ; in the barrel ten 

 or more inches from the bottom, place a lamp with a large flame. 

 During the night insects will be attracted by the light and thus 

 destroyed. 



Insects may also be destroyed in great numbers by kindling 

 up fires in various places after dark. Perhaps it would be well 

 to prepare a box or basket of stout iron wire or hoops of suffi- 

 cient size, and fill it with wood projecting through the interstices, 

 then placing it a few feet from the ground, set fire to it after 

 dark when there is little or no wind. Should this plan be gen- 

 erally adopted, the destruction would undoubtedly be very 

 great, 



A. CHANDLER. 



