DISEASES OF GINSENG. Ill 



some. Kainite can be bought from all large dealers in commer- 

 cial fertilizers, at about one dollar per one hundred pounds. When 

 applied, it should be worked into the soil at the rate of about 400 

 pounds to the acre. It should be applied about two weeks before 

 roots are planted, allowing it to dissolve and not come in direct 

 contact with roots. 



Tobacco dust is considered a good insecticide to destroy 

 insects attacking the leaves, such as slugs. The dust may be 

 bought of tobacco product manufacturers in several grades, at 

 from $1.00 to $2.50 per'one hundred pounds, and applied by dust- 

 ing on the plants and surface of the ground, at the rate of about 

 fivehundred pounds to the acre. It does not injure the plants and, 

 besides being an insect destroyer, it acts as a fertilizer. 



A good insect destroyer, and one that works without pay, 

 is a toad. A few toads, scattered throughout the garden, will de- 

 vour innumerable insects of various kinds, and they do no harm 

 to ginseng. 



