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Mice may be caught in traps, or poisoned with arsenic; 

 but the latter is dangerous if fowls or children have ac- 



Moles are often very troublesome in undermining beds 

 of cuttings or young plants in search of worms and in- 

 sects. They may be caught in various traps sold for the 

 purpose, but by putting tarred sticks in their burrows 

 they will be driven from them. Salting the soil is fatal 

 to many insects that are the food of the mob 1 . 



Hares and Rabbits are very destructive to trees and 

 garden vegetables in all country places, and even in towns 

 Ave do not es- 

 cape; they can 

 be repelled by a 

 tight bo a r d 

 fence, or a close 

 hedge of t h e 

 Macartney rose. 

 Choice trees can 

 be bound up in 

 straw d u r i n g 

 the winter, or in 

 an envelope of 

 chestnut bark 

 slipped over the 

 stem. 



In the following list will be found some of the most 

 troublesome insects and fungi prevalent in the South. 

 This list is not complete, and the effort has been made 

 simply to give the most common forms of pests; and, 

 therefore, if the reader desires more extended informa- 

 tion upon this very important subject he is referred to 

 works devoted to entomology and pathology. 



Angumois Moth (Sitotroga cerealella, Oliv.). — In the 

 adult form of this insect it is a moth one-half inch across 



Fig. 14 — Silotroga cerealella. a, Eggs, b, Larva at 

 work, c, Larva, side view, d, Pupa, e, Moth. 

 /, Same, side view. Chittenden, Div. Ent. U. S. 

 Dept. Agri. Farmers' Bulletin No. 45. 



