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  high 
  or 
  more 
  the 
  runner 
  may 
  be 
  made 
  higher, 
  or, 
  preferably, 
  wheels 
  

   may 
  be 
  used 
  to 
  raise 
  the 
  pans 
  higher 
  from 
  the 
  ground. 
  The 
  author 
  

   mentions 
  " 
  Poisoned 
  Bran 
  Mash 
  " 
  and 
  " 
  Griddle 
  Mixture 
  " 
  [see 
  this 
  

   Review, 
  Ser. 
  A, 
  ii, 
  pp. 
  518-519], 
  and 
  says 
  that, 
  according 
  to 
  experiments 
  

   conducted 
  in 
  Kansas, 
  the 
  effectiveness 
  of 
  the 
  former 
  may 
  be 
  increased 
  

   25 
  per 
  cent, 
  by 
  the 
  addition 
  of 
  three 
  lemons, 
  chopped 
  fine. 
  Where 
  

   enough 
  poultry 
  and 
  turkeys 
  are 
  available 
  they 
  are 
  more 
  successful 
  

   in 
  controlhng 
  these 
  pests 
  than 
  poisoned 
  baits. 
  

  

  The 
  mihtary 
  grasshopper 
  is 
  troublesome 
  in 
  the 
  Sulphur 
  Spring 
  

   Valley, 
  especially 
  as 
  a 
  pest 
  of 
  beans. 
  This 
  insect 
  breeds 
  in 
  the 
  desert 
  

   surrounding 
  cultivated 
  fields, 
  and 
  is 
  usually 
  first 
  found 
  feeding 
  on 
  

   mesquit 
  leaves. 
  Autumn 
  and 
  winter 
  destruction 
  of 
  the 
  eggs, 
  except 
  in 
  

   rare 
  cases, 
  is 
  impracticable, 
  and 
  poultry 
  will 
  not 
  attack 
  the 
  grasshoppers. 
  

   These 
  insects 
  crawl 
  up 
  tree- 
  trunks, 
  fence-posts 
  and 
  poles 
  at 
  night, 
  and 
  

   by 
  driving 
  stakes 
  at 
  intervals 
  of 
  a 
  few 
  feet 
  along 
  rows 
  of 
  crops 
  the 
  

   insects 
  may 
  be 
  destroyed 
  by 
  hand 
  early 
  in 
  the 
  morning 
  before 
  they 
  

   start 
  to 
  feed. 
  The 
  digging 
  of 
  trenches 
  and 
  post-holes 
  [see 
  reference 
  

   above] 
  is 
  also 
  suggested. 
  

  

  Bernes 
  (J.). 
  La 
  Culture 
  de 
  I'Oignon 
  dans 
  I'Agenais. 
  [The 
  culture 
  of 
  

   onions 
  in 
  Agenais 
  (Lot-et-Garonne).] 
  — 
  La 
  Vie 
  Agric. 
  Rut., 
  Paris, 
  

   ii, 
  no. 
  20, 
  18th 
  May 
  1914, 
  pp. 
  559-564. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  neighbourhood 
  of 
  Agen 
  onions 
  are 
  cultivated 
  on 
  a 
  very 
  large 
  

   scale, 
  and 
  the 
  total 
  area 
  under 
  this 
  crop 
  in 
  the 
  district 
  is 
  about 
  550 
  

   acres, 
  yielding 
  annually 
  about 
  5,000 
  tons. 
  After 
  describing 
  the 
  

   methods 
  of 
  cultivation, 
  the 
  author 
  says 
  that 
  the 
  crops 
  are 
  subject 
  to 
  

   a 
  variety 
  of 
  pests, 
  including 
  mole-crickets 
  and 
  the 
  larvae 
  of 
  Melolontha, 
  

   which 
  often 
  do 
  very 
  serious 
  damage 
  to 
  the 
  seedhngs, 
  but 
  which 
  are 
  

   controlled 
  by 
  an 
  injection 
  of 
  bisulphide 
  of 
  carbon 
  into 
  the 
  soil, 
  at 
  the 
  

   rate 
  of 
  ten 
  grammes 
  to 
  each 
  hole 
  at 
  intervals 
  of 
  twenty 
  inches. 
  The 
  

   cleaning 
  of 
  the 
  soil 
  at 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  June 
  in 
  hot, 
  dry 
  weather 
  destroys 
  a 
  

   certain 
  number 
  of 
  eggs 
  of 
  mole- 
  crickets 
  and 
  cockchafers, 
  but 
  the 
  best 
  

   remedy 
  against 
  the 
  former 
  is 
  the 
  use 
  of 
  small 
  trap-heaps 
  of 
  manure, 
  

   kept 
  moistened 
  with 
  water. 
  Hylemyia 
  antiqua 
  (Anthomyia 
  ceparum) 
  

   is 
  the 
  cause 
  of 
  a 
  large 
  amount 
  of 
  damage 
  to 
  the 
  bulbs, 
  which 
  rot 
  in 
  

   consequence 
  of 
  the 
  attacks 
  of 
  the 
  larvae. 
  " 
  Tinea 
  aillela" 
  [? 
  Acrolipia 
  

   assectella, 
  Z., 
  or 
  Polychrosis 
  hicinctanay 
  Dp.] 
  lays 
  its 
  eggs 
  upon 
  the 
  

   leaves 
  and 
  the 
  larvae 
  destroy 
  the 
  parenchyma. 
  

  

  The 
  author 
  recommends 
  pulhng 
  up 
  and 
  burning 
  all 
  attacked 
  bulbs, 
  

   and 
  burning 
  all 
  sweepings 
  and 
  Takings, 
  which 
  should 
  not 
  be 
  thrown 
  on 
  

   the 
  manure 
  heaps 
  ; 
  the 
  rotation 
  of 
  crops, 
  neither 
  onions 
  nor 
  any 
  

   liHaceous 
  plant 
  being 
  grown 
  on 
  infected 
  soil 
  for 
  at 
  least 
  three 
  years 
  ; 
  

   spraying 
  with 
  Bordeaux 
  mixture 
  in 
  the 
  event 
  of 
  the 
  leaves 
  being 
  

   attacked. 
  

  

  Tucker 
  (E. 
  S.). 
  Report 
  on 
  Entomology 
  — 
  26th 
  Ann. 
  Rep. 
  Agric. 
  Expt. 
  

   Sta., 
  Louisiana 
  State 
  Univ., 
  1913, 
  Baton 
  Rouge, 
  1914, 
  pp. 
  26-29. 
  

   [Received 
  20th 
  July 
  1914.] 
  

  

  A 
  grave 
  menace 
  in 
  the 
  form 
  of 
  the 
  cottony 
  cushion 
  scale 
  {Icerya 
  

   purchasi) 
  was 
  discovered 
  near 
  New 
  Orleans 
  ; 
  orange-growers 
  were 
  

   instructed 
  how 
  to 
  combat 
  the 
  pest 
  and 
  it 
  was 
  successfully 
  controlled. 
  

   Owing 
  to 
  the 
  dangerous 
  nature 
  of 
  the 
  scale, 
  its 
  spread, 
  if 
  permitted 
  

   to 
  extend 
  beyond 
  the 
  bounds 
  of 
  control 
  in 
  Louisiana, 
  would 
  inflict 
  

  

  