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weeks to a year or two, have been fasting, or making an 

 occasional meal of the half decayed grass-roots. Finding 

 fresh Strawberry roots thrust before them, they com- 

 mence a most vigorous attack upon such tender food. 

 The planter is astonished to see his Strawberries disap- 

 pear, and wonders where all the grubs could haye come 

 fi'om in so short a time. 



Now in regions where the White G-rub abounds it is 

 not safe to set out Strawberries on freshly inverted sod; 

 but the land should be cultivated at least two seasons in 

 some crop requiring frequent hoeing and plowing, before 

 using it for this purpose. Neither should the Strawberry 

 plantation remain or be continued on the same piece of 

 land for more ^that two or three years, if what is called 

 the matted or" bed system of cultivation is pursued; be- 

 cause the parent beetle soon learns that these weedy, lit- 

 tle-disturbed plantations, are a safe place for her to de- 

 posit her eggs. 



To avoid injury to Strawberry plantations by this 

 insect, use land that has been occupied at least two years 

 in some hoed crop, like corn, potatoes, or beans, and 

 then set out a new one on fresh land as soon as the old 

 plants begin to fail. 



THE STRAWBEREY WORM. 



{Emphytus maculatus, Norton.) 



Among the various other kinds of insects injurious to 

 the Strawberry there is perhaps none more destructive 

 than that known as the Strawberry Worm." This pest 

 is a small, slender, pale-green worm, that attacks the 

 leaves, eating large holes in them. When at all abun- 

 dant it soon destroys the entire foliage, and of course pre- 

 vents further growth of the plants. A. S. Fuller, in the 

 '^American Entomologist" says: A few years ago this 



