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but it was harmless as a bowl of bread and milk. The worms were as 

 lively and lusty after dining upon it as before. His field was devastated, 

 and his crop destroyed. Twelve thousand dollars' loss was the result of 

 the substitution of one sort of Paris-green for another. A second objection 

 to Paris-green is that it cannot be dissolved in water. Flour, gypsum, 

 plaster and other articles, have been used as a vehicle for its application ; 

 but they are all uncertain in their results, for unless the worm eats of the 

 actual poison, he may dine all day on the plaster, flour and gypsum, without 

 being the worse for it. A very small quantity of the poison is sufficient to 

 kill the worm, but he must actually eat that portion or else he is not 

 harmed by it ; to be effective, the poison must be dissolved and diluted, 

 not mixed. A mixture of Paris-green and any other substance is not certain 

 to be effective in killing the worm, and is not likely to be injurious to the 

 plant, because it falls in clots and splotches. In some places there is so 

 much as to dry and shrivel the leaf, and in some not enough to harm the 

 worm. There is another objection to the use of any poison not diluted 

 in water, clots of the green poison falling on the boll are likely to dis- 

 color the staple, and are certain to injure the ginner, being thrown out in 

 the form of dust, and taken into his lungs with the air that he breathes. 

 Should he happen to have a cut or sore hand, dangerous consequences 

 might happen to the picker or ginner from contact with the poison. 

 Another objection to the use of Paris-green is its cost. 



A MORE CERTAIN REMEDY. 



In presenting the Texas Cotton Worm Destroyer, discovered and patent- 

 ed by J. D. Braman and A. Robira, we make no claim to mystery, nor any 

 effort at concealment. The chemicals of which it is composed are fully 

 recited in the official papers of the patent office, and open to the access of 

 every man who desires to make the investigation. It is a salt of arsenic 

 which readily dissolves in cold water. There are other salts of arsenic 

 known to all chemists, which dissolve in boiling water, but the objections 

 to their use are the greater danger resulting from increased manipulation 

 by ignorant persons, and the possibility of chemical changes resulting 

 from the vessel in which it is boiled, and other causes. 



The ease with which it is applied is such that the most ignorant planta- 

 tion-hand cannot make a mistake after having once seen it done. And the 

 directions are so simple that any man who can read needs no further expla- 

 nation. While it is no part of our desire to decry the use of Paris-green, 

 which will when properly applied certainly kill the worm, we do claim to 

 have found a remedy equally effectual, and entirely free from the danger 

 which accompanies the use of that article. And no better evidence of the 

 danger attending the use of Paris-green can be desired than the printed di- 

 rections which accompany the packages of Paris-green sent out for the use 

 of planters. We copy them precisely as they are published : 



