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efficacious, apply a second dressing after the lapse of 

 a few days. This solution is also a cure for American 

 blight, green and black fly, red spider, thrip and 

 brown scale, and is also the best agent known for 

 thoroughly arresting the Oidium blight on the grape 

 vine during the summer months. The best time and 

 method of dressing for the destruction of insects in 

 general is during July, after the winter pruning. The 

 Gishurst may be used for this purpose at the rate of 

 four to six ounces to the gallon of boiling water, and, 

 when thoroughly dissolved and the liquid a little cooled, 

 it should be applied by means of a brush to every 

 part of the tree, especially where there are cracks or 

 crevices. 



DESTRUCTION OF EARWIGS. 



Where earwigs annoy, place beanstalks, about a 

 foot long, in the neighborhood they frequent every 

 evening, and in the morning blow the earwigs through 

 the stocks into a pail of boiling water. 



DESTRUCTION OF MICE. 



In positions where there would be no danger 

 from poison, equal portions of arsenic and butter, 

 made into a paste and spread on thin pieces of bread, 

 may be laid about, and will prove very efficacious. 

 Where poison is objected to, try the following : — Soak 

 a few peas in water, and when fully soaked, draw a 

 thread through one of them, with a needle, then place 

 two little sticks in the ground, at the exact distance 

 from each other of the breadth of a brick, tie the ends 

 of the threads to the two sticks, leaving the pea in the 

 middle, and then let the brick rest upon the thread. 

 The mouse in devouring the pea will gnaw the thread, 

 and the brick, losing its support, will fall upon the 

 mouse and crush it. 



