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found to be comparatively effective, but owing to its injuring 

 the foliage it was deemed impracticable. The most satisfactory 

 poison bait consisted of chopped lettuce and calcium arsenate 

 (16:1); this gave good results, a high percentage of slugs 

 being destroyed. 



In England, lime, soot and salt have been advocated a8 

 dressings against attacks by slugs. Applications of a mixture 

 of equal parts of these constituents between the rows of 

 cabbages and similar crops have been found to give some relief. 

 In view of the fact that slugs have the power of exuding 

 considerable quantities of slime on coming into contact with 

 an irritant, and can successively overcome several irritant 

 dressings in this manner, it is necessary to apply three or 

 four light dressings at short intervals. The best results have fol- 

 lowed the repetition of the dressings at hourly intervals in the 

 late evening; where this is impossible, however, applications 

 morning and evening should be effective. Perhaps the greatest 

 factor in slug control is cleanliness; clean farming w-ould 

 undoubtedly tend to keep this widely distributed and exceed- 

 ingly troublesome pest in check. 



