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or sorghum. The molasses gives the mash more or less of 

 an odor, and renders it slightly more palatable. Do not 

 have the mixture too wet or it will " cake."^ Apply this 

 at the rate of a heaping tablespoonful about every three 

 feet in the rows. Equally good results have been obtained 

 by using thirty pounds of bran and middlings, dr}^ in 

 equal parts, with one pound of Paris green, which is easily 



Fig. 148. — The Granulated Cutworm {Agrotis annexa). (After 



Riley.) 



scattered by hand or by means of an onion-drill. When 

 the worms are known to be present the mash should be 

 applied two or three days before the young plants appear, 

 in which case — having no other food — large numbers of 

 the worms will be killed. If applied later, distribute 

 the mash late in the afternoon, so that it will be fresh 

 when the worms come out in the evening. 



IN^JURIIfG THE LEAVES. 



Web-worms {Loxostege spp.). 



Possibly the most destructive sugar-beet insects are the 

 common Garden Web-worm [Loxostege similaJis Gn.), and 



