HOCKINGS' GARDEN MANUAL. 51 



Bushels. 



Potatoes, cut to single eyes ... ... ... ... 3 to 5 



Rape, broadcast ... ... . ... 15 lbs. | 



Rye, broadcast ... .. ... .. 1} to 2 



Rye Grass ... ... ... ... ... ... 2 



Sainfoine ... ... ... .. .. ... 3 



Timothy \ 



Vetches 2 to 3 



Wheat, broadcast ... ... .. ... ... 1J to 2 



Wheat, in drills £ to 1 



DESTRUCTION OF VERMIN INJU- 

 RIOUS TO CULINARY CROPS. 



DESTRUCTION OF ANTS. 



Ants are very destructive to pot plants. Stand 

 the plants in water until they are drowned. In the 

 open ground they may be exterminated with boiling 

 water applied to the hill at night, or a strong and hot 

 solution of Gishurst Compound. A piece of fresh 

 meat is a good trap : when well covered, scald them 

 and set it again. 



DESTRUCTION OF APHIDES, &c. 



A Solution of Gishurst Compound, applied 

 warm with a syringe after sunset, or on a dull day, is 

 the best cure for Aphis, The quantity used may be 

 two to four ounces of the Compound to a gallon of 

 water, according to the plant operated upon. If too 

 strong it is likely to injure the tender ends of shoots 

 and young leaves. If the first application is not 



