﻿THE 
  ARMY 
  WORM: 
  REMEDIES. 
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  burning' 
  straw 
  over 
  them 
  — 
  tbe 
  fire 
  not 
  only 
  killing 
  the 
  worms 
  but 
  reu- 
  

   dering 
  the 
  ditch 
  friable 
  and 
  more 
  efficient 
  in 
  preventing 
  their 
  ascent. 
  I 
  

   have 
  also- 
  used 
  coal 
  oil 
  to 
  good 
  advantage, 
  and 
  the 
  worms 
  have 
  a 
  great 
  

   antipathy 
  to 
  pass 
  a 
  streak 
  of 
  it. 
  Many 
  of 
  my 
  correspondents 
  success- 
  

   fully 
  headed 
  them 
  off 
  by 
  a 
  plowed 
  furrow 
  6 
  or 
  8 
  inches 
  deep, 
  and 
  kept 
  

   friable 
  by 
  dragging 
  brush 
  in 
  it. 
  Along 
  the 
  ditch 
  or 
  furrow 
  on 
  the 
  side 
  

   of 
  the 
  field 
  to 
  be 
  protected, 
  a 
  space 
  of 
  from 
  3 
  to 
  5 
  feet 
  might 
  be 
  thor- 
  

   oughly 
  dusted 
  (when 
  the 
  dew 
  U 
  on) 
  with 
  a 
  mixture 
  of 
  Paris 
  green 
  and 
  

   plaster, 
  or 
  flour, 
  so 
  that 
  every 
  worm 
  which 
  succeeds 
  in 
  crossing 
  the 
  ditch 
  

   will 
  be 
  killed 
  by 
  feeding 
  upon 
  plants 
  so 
  treated. 
  This 
  mixture 
  should 
  

   be 
  in 
  the 
  proportion 
  of 
  one 
  ivdTt 
  of 
  pure 
  Paris 
  green 
  to 
  twenty-five 
  or 
  

   thirty 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  other 
  materials 
  named. 
  If 
  used 
  in 
  liquid 
  form, 
  one 
  

   tablespoonful 
  of 
  Paris 
  green 
  to 
  a 
  bncket 
  of 
  water, 
  kept 
  well 
  stirred, 
  will 
  

   answer 
  the 
  same 
  purpose, 
  as 
  also 
  will 
  London 
  purple, 
  which 
  has 
  the 
  

   merit 
  of 
  being 
  cheaper. 
  These 
  substances 
  should,, 
  of 
  course, 
  be 
  only 
  

   used 
  where 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  danger 
  of 
  poisoning 
  stock, 
  poultry, 
  or 
  other 
  ani- 
  

   mals. 
  Logs 
  or 
  fences 
  over 
  running 
  streams, 
  or 
  irrigation 
  ditches, 
  should 
  

   be 
  removed, 
  otherwise 
  the 
  worms 
  will 
  cross 
  on 
  them. 
  

  

  " 
  From 
  experiments 
  which 
  I 
  have 
  made 
  I 
  am 
  satisfied 
  that 
  where 
  fence- 
  

   lumber 
  can 
  be 
  easily 
  obtained 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  used 
  to 
  advantage 
  as 
  a 
  substi- 
  

   tute 
  for 
  the 
  ditch 
  or 
  trench 
  by 
  being 
  secured 
  on 
  edge 
  and 
  then 
  smeared 
  

   with 
  kerosene 
  or 
  coal 
  tar 
  (the 
  latter 
  being 
  more 
  particularly 
  useful) 
  

   along 
  the 
  upper 
  edge. 
  By 
  means 
  of 
  laths 
  and 
  a 
  few 
  nails 
  the 
  boards 
  

   may 
  be 
  so 
  secured 
  that 
  they 
  will 
  slightly 
  slope 
  away 
  from 
  the 
  field 
  to 
  be 
  

   protected. 
  Such 
  a 
  barrier 
  will 
  prove 
  effectual 
  where 
  the 
  worms 
  are 
  not 
  

   too 
  persistent 
  or 
  numerous. 
  When 
  they 
  are 
  excessively 
  abundant 
  

   they 
  will 
  need 
  to 
  be 
  watched 
  and 
  occasionally 
  dosed 
  with 
  kerosene 
  to 
  

   prevent 
  their 
  piling 
  up 
  even 
  with 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  board 
  and 
  thus 
  bridg- 
  

   ing 
  the 
  barrier. 
  The 
  lumber 
  is 
  not 
  injured 
  for 
  other 
  purposes 
  subse- 
  

   quently."'^^ 
  

  

  Rolling 
  ; 
  fencing; 
  roping. 
  — 
  Where 
  the 
  crop 
  of 
  a 
  field 
  has 
  been 
  

   completely 
  destroyed 
  by 
  the 
  worms, 
  the 
  plan 
  of 
  killing 
  them 
  by 
  heav^^ 
  

   rollers 
  has 
  been 
  tried. 
  This, 
  however, 
  is 
  an 
  expensire 
  remedy 
  and 
  is 
  

   not 
  as 
  satisfactory 
  as 
  might 
  be 
  supposed. 
  Experiments 
  on 
  Long 
  Isl- 
  

   and 
  in 
  1880 
  proved 
  that 
  even 
  where 
  the 
  ground 
  was 
  level 
  tlie 
  rollers 
  

   soon 
  became 
  irregularly 
  covered 
  with 
  mud 
  comjiosed 
  of 
  earth 
  and 
  of 
  

   the 
  juices 
  of 
  the 
  crushed 
  worms, 
  so 
  that 
  the 
  effect 
  was 
  much 
  the 
  same 
  

   as 
  if 
  the 
  ground 
  had 
  been 
  uneven, 
  and 
  many 
  worms 
  escaped 
  in 
  conse- 
  

   quence. 
  

  

  The 
  remedy 
  of 
  "drawing 
  the 
  rope," 
  as 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  termed, 
  was 
  prac- 
  

   ticed 
  as 
  long 
  ago 
  as 
  1770, 
  and 
  is 
  described, 
  under 
  the 
  head 
  of 
  "Past 
  

   History," 
  in 
  the 
  quotation 
  from 
  Rev. 
  Grant 
  Powers. 
  Although 
  this 
  

   remedy 
  has 
  been 
  practiced 
  from 
  time 
  to 
  time 
  since 
  then, 
  we 
  are 
  not 
  

   aware 
  that 
  any 
  other 
  account 
  has 
  been 
  published. 
  This 
  spring 
  it 
  has 
  

   been 
  tried 
  with 
  good 
  effects 
  at 
  Huntsville, 
  Ala., 
  and 
  by 
  Mr. 
  J. 
  W. 
  Sx)arks, 
  

  

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  the 
  author. 
  

  

  