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mixed, and a small quantity of the compound thrown 

 by hand into each head of Cabbage. This was re- 

 peated three times, with the most satisfactory re- 

 sults. In some localities it may be found necessary 

 to apply the remedy oftener. Our crop was not 

 injured five per cent. The heads damaged most 

 were in sheltered places near the fences. Many of 

 these moths may be caught with a net, by boys, 

 where they do not appear in too large numbers. 



There were three distinct broods of these worms, 

 hatched and fed on the Cabbages, from the time they 

 appeared in July until cold weather. The last lot 

 was not so destructive as the first or second. In 

 some localities the early Cabbages are attacked and 

 injured badly by a small maggot, similar in appear- 

 ance to the Onion-maggot {Anthomyia cepaTum). 

 Caustic lime, or fine flour of bone, applied in the 

 way recommended for " club-root," is the best rem- 

 edy that we have tried to check this pest. 



CAUEOT. 



Daucus carota. 



Many intelligent agricultural writers have for 

 years persistently advocated the more general culti- 

 vation of the Carrot, not only for table use, but also 

 on account of its high value for feeding-purposes. 

 These views have been very slowly adopted by farm- 

 ers, not because they in any way doubted the state- 

 ments of these writers, or had any misgivings about 

 the value of the Carrot for feeding stock, but they 

 believed the cultivation of it was too expensive, often 



