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After a short while he emerges a full fledged butterfly 

 again and sallies forth in search of pastures green and re- 

 member he never stops until he finds them. A knowledge 

 of this habit is valuable to every trucker. If his land is 

 broken and free from vegetation for three or four weeks 

 before planting, he need have no fear of cut worms in lati- 

 tudes where they do not hibernate, because that space of 

 time allows the larvae to become grown, they enter the 

 pupa state, then the butterfly, and go away in search of 

 crops. However as it is not always practicable to get 

 the land free of vegetation for the length of time required, 

 other preventive or destructive measures are necessary. 

 It is well to know what crops attract this worm, and the 

 ones that do not. You will never flnd the worm on land 

 where there grows a crop upon which they do not feed. 

 The method of cleaning the ground before planting is 

 therefore unnecessary in such cases. Most vegetables are 

 inviting to worms with the following exceptions however, 

 snap beans, squashes, carrots, turnips, ruta bagas. They 

 are especially fond of beets and English peas. Summer 

 crops of cowpeas afford inviting pastures for w>rm?, but 

 velvet beans, beggar weeds, corn, oats and sweet potatoes 

 do not attract them. If it is not practicable to keep the 

 l.iud clean for several weeks before planting, where worms 

 are liable to be plentiful, it is well to make two applica- 

 tions, broadcast, about a week apart, of the following 

 mixture: One bushel wheat bran, two pounds paris 

 green, one quart molasses mixed in enough water to wet 

 the bran so as it will be thoroughly wet. Mix thoroughly 

 and scatter one-half bushel per acre and repeat in about 

 a week. If, however, you find, after setting your plants 



