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REMEDIES 



Mechanical Number 



Covered boxes i 



Collars 2 



Cards 3 



Destructive 



Hand-picking 4 



Kerosene emulsion 5 



Whale-oil soap 6 



Miscible oils 7 



Tobacco dust 8 



Carbolic acid emulsion. ... 9 



Corrosive sublimate lO 



Bordeaux mixture 11 



Poisonous 



Paris green 12 



Arsenate of lead 13 



Hellebore 14 



It will be of some assistance, particularly as re- 

 gards quick reference, to give the following table, 

 which shows at a glance the method of fighting any 

 enemy, the presence of which is known or antici- 

 pated. 



While this may seem quite a formidable list, in 

 practice many of these pests will not appear, and 

 under ordinary circumstances the following six 

 remedies out of those mentioned will suffice to keep 

 them all in check, if used in time: Covered boxes, 



