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  mucilage 
  and 
  prevent 
  the 
  skin 
  from 
  forming. 
  Still 
  more 
  effective 
  

   results 
  are 
  attainable 
  by 
  adding. 
  2 
  lb. 
  of 
  ethereal 
  oil 
  of 
  mustard, 
  

   dissolved 
  in 
  10 
  lb. 
  of 
  methylated 
  spirit, 
  to 
  every 
  2,000-4,000 
  lb. 
  of 
  

   mucilage. 
  This 
  addition 
  must 
  only 
  be 
  made 
  after 
  the 
  mucilage 
  has 
  

   thoroughly 
  cooled 
  ; 
  other 
  insecticides 
  may 
  also 
  be 
  combined 
  with 
  

   the 
  mucilage. 
  Starch-paste 
  appears 
  to 
  behave 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  manner 
  

   as 
  seaweed 
  mucilage, 
  but 
  its 
  sticking 
  and 
  killing 
  powers 
  seem 
  less. 
  

   A 
  sprayer 
  giving 
  a 
  fine 
  jet 
  is 
  required 
  and 
  thoroughness 
  in 
  application 
  

   is 
  necessary. 
  In 
  spraying 
  for 
  Clysia 
  ambiguella 
  in 
  vineyards, 
  not 
  only 
  

   the 
  stocks 
  but 
  also 
  the 
  stakes 
  and 
  the 
  surrounding 
  ground 
  must 
  be 
  

   wetted 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  include 
  the 
  eggs 
  on 
  the 
  withered 
  leaves 
  and 
  else- 
  

   where. 
  The 
  development 
  of 
  the 
  moth 
  will 
  regulate 
  the 
  spraying 
  dates, 
  

   which 
  may 
  be 
  about 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  April, 
  then 
  before 
  and 
  after 
  flowering, 
  

   and 
  again 
  after 
  gathering 
  the 
  grapes. 
  This 
  method 
  appears 
  par- 
  

   ticularly 
  suited 
  for 
  vine 
  moth 
  control. 
  Mustard 
  oil 
  must 
  be 
  used 
  

   with 
  care 
  as 
  many 
  varieties 
  of 
  the 
  vine 
  are 
  injured 
  by 
  it. 
  A 
  few 
  trials 
  

   should 
  be 
  made 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  necessary 
  that 
  the 
  face 
  and 
  hands 
  of 
  the 
  

   operator 
  be 
  protected. 
  The 
  cheapness 
  of 
  the 
  material 
  favours 
  its 
  

   widespread 
  employment. 
  If 
  prepared 
  at 
  home, 
  100 
  lb. 
  of 
  mucilage 
  

   with 
  f 
  oz. 
  of 
  mustard 
  oil 
  will 
  cost 
  about 
  2s. 
  The 
  mucilage 
  alone 
  is 
  

   sufficient 
  for 
  control 
  if 
  used 
  in 
  time 
  and 
  with 
  regularity. 
  

  

  Poisoned 
  branmash 
  for 
  cutworms. 
  Ninth 
  Ann. 
  Rep. 
  Ontmio 
  

  

  Vegetable 
  Growers' 
  Assoc. 
  [1913], 
  Toronto, 
  1914, 
  p. 
  79. 
  

  

  Onions 
  are 
  subject 
  to 
  serious 
  attacks 
  by 
  certain 
  cutworms 
  which 
  

   sometimes 
  appear 
  in 
  great 
  numbers 
  in 
  spring 
  and 
  early 
  summer, 
  and 
  

   frequently 
  do 
  severe 
  injury 
  before 
  their 
  ravages 
  are 
  noticed. 
  They 
  

   cut 
  ofi 
  young 
  plants 
  at 
  the 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  ground 
  and 
  being 
  voracious 
  

   feeders 
  may 
  destroy 
  many 
  plants 
  in 
  a 
  single 
  night. 
  The 
  usual 
  method 
  

   of 
  control 
  is 
  by 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  poisoned 
  baits. 
  To 
  a 
  bushel 
  of 
  bran, 
  1 
  J 
  lb. 
  

   of 
  arsenic, 
  or 
  Paris 
  green, 
  is 
  added 
  and 
  mixed 
  thoroughly 
  into 
  a 
  mash 
  

   with 
  8 
  gals, 
  of 
  water, 
  in 
  which 
  has 
  been 
  stirred 
  J 
  gal. 
  of 
  sorghum 
  or 
  

   other 
  cheap 
  molasses. 
  After 
  the 
  mash 
  has 
  stood 
  for 
  several 
  hours 
  it 
  

   should 
  be 
  scattered 
  in 
  lumps 
  of 
  about 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  a 
  marble 
  at 
  the 
  bases 
  

   of 
  plants 
  in 
  fields 
  where 
  injury 
  is 
  beginning 
  to 
  appear. 
  It 
  should 
  be 
  

   apphed 
  late 
  in 
  the 
  day, 
  the 
  cutworms 
  being 
  most 
  active 
  at 
  night. 
  

  

  La 
  desinfection 
  des 
  Plants 
  de 
  Vigne. 
  [The 
  disinfection 
  of 
  vines 
  for 
  

   planting.] 
  — 
  Rev. 
  Agric. 
  Vitic. 
  Afr. 
  Nord, 
  Algiers, 
  xii, 
  no. 
  106, 
  

   21st 
  March 
  1914, 
  p. 
  269. 
  

  

  The 
  Service 
  Phylloxerique 
  of 
  the 
  Swiss 
  Department 
  of 
  Agriculture 
  

   has 
  just 
  recommended 
  the 
  following 
  method 
  of 
  disinfecting 
  vine 
  plants 
  

   intended 
  for 
  planting. 
  The 
  plants 
  are 
  dipped 
  for 
  12 
  hours 
  in 
  a 
  solution 
  

   prepared 
  by 
  dissolving 
  2 
  lb. 
  of 
  soap 
  in 
  30 
  gals, 
  water 
  and 
  adding 
  6 
  lb. 
  

   of 
  potassium 
  sulphocarbonate 
  wkh 
  constant 
  stirring. 
  The 
  roots 
  of 
  

   the 
  plants 
  must 
  be 
  well 
  covered 
  bythe 
  liquid, 
  which 
  must 
  not, 
  however, 
  

   touch 
  any 
  of 
  the 
  shoots. 
  A 
  thorough 
  washing 
  of 
  the 
  plants 
  com- 
  

   pletes 
  the 
  treatment, 
  which 
  appears 
  to 
  give 
  perfect 
  results. 
  

  

  