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  tin 
  cowl 
  resembling 
  a 
  shallow 
  tobacco 
  pipe, 
  the 
  bowl 
  of 
  which 
  has 
  a 
  

   diameter 
  of 
  40 
  inches 
  and 
  a 
  depth 
  of 
  30 
  inches. 
  The 
  short, 
  broad 
  

   conical 
  stem 
  extends 
  about 
  30 
  inches 
  from 
  the 
  bowl 
  and 
  its 
  end 
  is 
  

   fitted 
  into 
  a 
  wide-mouthed 
  jar 
  12 
  inches 
  high. 
  In 
  this 
  jar 
  a 
  test 
  tube 
  

   filled 
  with 
  cotton 
  wool 
  saturated 
  with 
  chloroform 
  is 
  suspended. 
  A 
  

   concave 
  mirror 
  of 
  silvered 
  glass, 
  16 
  inches 
  in 
  diameter, 
  is 
  attached 
  to 
  

   the 
  bottom 
  of 
  the 
  bowl, 
  with 
  an 
  ordinary 
  paraffin 
  lamp 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  it, 
  

   the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  lamp 
  chimney 
  being 
  covered 
  with 
  wire 
  gauze. 
  The 
  

   insects 
  which 
  enter 
  strike 
  the 
  mirror 
  and 
  fall 
  into 
  the 
  jar. 
  A 
  trap 
  

   used 
  in 
  the 
  Herault 
  vineyards 
  consists 
  of 
  an 
  open 
  barrel 
  laid 
  on 
  its 
  

   side 
  on 
  4 
  posts 
  in 
  the 
  ground. 
  A 
  lamp 
  stands 
  on 
  a 
  brick 
  inside 
  the 
  

   barrel, 
  the 
  bung-hole 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  over 
  the 
  chimney 
  and 
  thus 
  carries 
  

   ofi 
  the 
  fumes. 
  The 
  inside 
  of 
  the 
  barrel 
  is 
  smeared 
  with 
  molasses. 
  

  

  Destrucci6n 
  del 
  bicho 
  de 
  cesto. 
  Empleo 
  de 
  un 
  nuevo 
  m6todo. 
  [A 
  new 
  

  

  method 
  of 
  controlling 
  Bag- 
  worms.] 
  — 
  Gaceta 
  Rural, 
  Buenos 
  Aires, 
  

   vii, 
  no. 
  83, 
  June 
  1914, 
  p. 
  889. 
  

  

  The 
  Argentine 
  Department 
  of 
  Agriculture 
  has 
  obtained 
  from 
  South 
  

   Africa 
  some 
  tubes 
  of 
  the 
  fungus, 
  Isaria 
  psychidis, 
  and 
  by 
  propagation 
  

   abundant 
  material 
  is 
  now 
  ready 
  for 
  use 
  in 
  spring 
  against 
  the 
  Argentine 
  

   Bag-worm, 
  Oeceticus 
  platensis, 
  Berg. 
  The 
  best 
  culture-medium 
  is 
  

   the 
  potato, 
  with 
  or 
  without 
  glycerine. 
  

  

  Larvas 
  que 
  perjudican 
  las 
  siembras. 
  [Larvae 
  injuring 
  sown 
  seed.] 
  — 
  

   Gaceta 
  Rural, 
  Buenos 
  Aires, 
  vii, 
  no. 
  83, 
  June 
  1914, 
  p. 
  935. 
  

  

  The 
  destruction 
  of 
  the 
  larvae 
  of 
  Agriotes 
  (Elater) 
  segetis, 
  which 
  is 
  

   said 
  to 
  do 
  serious 
  damage 
  in 
  loose 
  soils 
  in 
  the 
  Argentine, 
  by 
  means 
  o 
  

   carbon 
  bisulphide 
  injections, 
  is 
  the 
  most 
  effective 
  method, 
  but 
  is 
  too 
  

   costly 
  in 
  the 
  case 
  of 
  cereal 
  crops. 
  As 
  the 
  attack 
  usually 
  takes 
  place 
  

   in 
  spring, 
  sowing 
  should 
  be 
  done 
  in 
  the 
  autumn. 
  Birds 
  and 
  the 
  ichneu- 
  

   mon, 
  Bracon 
  dispar, 
  provide 
  a 
  natural 
  check 
  on 
  what 
  would 
  otherwise 
  

   be 
  a 
  most 
  injurious 
  pest. 
  

  

  PospiELov 
  (Th.). 
  KpaTKJM 
  o63op-b 
  cenbCKaro 
  xosnMCTBa 
  B"b 
  Karra- 
  

   KypraHCKOMl> 
  ytSAt 
  aa 
  1913 
  roflT>. 
  [A 
  short 
  review 
  of 
  the 
  state 
  

   of 
  agriculture 
  in 
  the 
  district 
  of 
  Katta-Kurgan 
  in 
  1913.] 
  — 
  

   « 
  TypKeCTaHCKOe 
  CenbCKOe 
  X03flMCTB0.» 
  [Agriculture 
  of 
  Turke- 
  

   stan], 
  Tashkent, 
  no. 
  6, 
  June 
  1914, 
  pp. 
  560-569. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  mentioned 
  that 
  Cydia 
  (Carpocapsa) 
  pomonella 
  and 
  Cydia 
  

   (Grapholitha) 
  funebrana 
  are 
  firmly 
  estabhshed 
  in 
  this 
  district 
  of 
  Turk- 
  

   estan 
  and 
  that 
  the 
  crops 
  from 
  apple 
  and 
  plum 
  trees 
  are 
  seriously 
  

   depreciated 
  by 
  them. 
  

  

  Theodorov 
  (K.) 
  & 
  KosTELov 
  (S.). 
  06cntflOBaHie 
  BMHorpaflHMKOBT> 
  

   BTj 
  1914 
  r. 
  Bli 
  TailJKeHTCKOin> 
  ytSAt. 
  [The 
  examination 
  of 
  vine- 
  

   yards 
  in 
  the 
  Tashkent 
  district 
  in 
  1914.]— 
  «TypKeCTaHCKOe 
  Cenb- 
  

   CKOe 
  X03flMCTB0.» 
  [Agriculture 
  of 
  Turkestan], 
  Tashkent, 
  no. 
  6, 
  

   June 
  1914, 
  pp. 
  603-604. 
  

  

  In 
  an 
  examination 
  of 
  700 
  vineyards, 
  undertaken 
  by 
  the 
  Board 
  of 
  

   Agriculture 
  to 
  assist 
  and 
  educate 
  the 
  population, 
  only 
  66 
  were 
  

   free 
  from 
  diseases 
  and 
  pests 
  ; 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  vineyards 
  suffered 
  from 
  

  

  