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sprayed with Paris green, as the blossoms appear in advance of the 
leaves and wonld be easily reached by the poison. 
The Sweep-net. — Capturing the beetles with a sweep-net has been sug- 
gested, but in my experience they are not readily captured, on account 
of the low growth of the vines and the habit of the beetles of dropping 
to the ground or of adhering to the plants when disturbed. It would 
be necessary to use the net almost daily and in the heat of the day, to 
produce much effect. 
Busting Plants ivith Lime, Ashes, etc. — Some of our correspondents 
tried dusting the plants with lime, ashes, and similar substances as 
repellants, but in the fields thus treated the insects were not present 
in sufficient abundance for satisfactory tests. As others will continue 
such experiments in the future it may be well to quote the experience 
of Mr. W. A. Hale, as reported by Mr. Fletcher. He says: "I tried 
equal parts of air-slaked lime and sifted hardAvood ashes ; also ammonia 
in the form of fermenting hen manure put on between the rows, power- 
ful enough to wither the foliage, but with little or no effect." He also 
tried dissolved bone, which " checked, to a certain extent, the depreda- 
tions, but left upon the hulls its pungent smell." Mr. E. S. Cole writes 
that he "used a mixture of tobacco dust, lime, Paris green, and coal 
oil" quite plentifully on the vines, but with little effect on the in- 
sects. 
Other remedies were tried with negative success. Pyretnruin had 
little or no effect when dusted on the plants in the open field. This 
species, as well as the other snout-beetles, is. extremely hardy, and 
undoubtedly revives soon after treatment. Mr. Sprankle had placed a 
brood of young chickens in that portion of his fields which was badly 
infested, and at the time of my visit the little creatures were closely 
watched, but though the weevils could be seen in numbers on every 
side they seemed to utterly escape the eyes of the chickens, which 
were engaged chiefly in devouring larval grasshoppers and other 
larger insects. 
Arsenical Spraying. — The arsenites have been suggested as a rem- 
edy, but their value was considered doubtful for the reason that the 
adult insects do not feed on the foliage, and can only be reached when 
they feed on the open blossoms or cut through the corolla of the bud 
for oviposition. The larva can not be affected at all by this or any 
other spray now in use, as they are entirely protected within the buds. 
Then, the arsenites do not commend themselves to the average grower 
because of the fear of poisoning the consumer. In fact, one writer on 
this subject expressly disapproves of their use on this ground, but 
there is not the slightest possibility of poisoning the fruit, since the 
arsenical to have any effect on the weevil must be applied while the 
plants are in bud or blossom, the last application being made at least 
three weeks before the first berries ripen. 
This is not mere theory. The matter has been recently tested at 
