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Bat ill order to use tliis means successfully it is necessary to ascertain pre- 

 cisely the time the first moths make their appearance, and set to work on 

 their extermination at once. The moths must not have time to deposit 

 their eggs, else their destruction is a matter of no value, as in from six to 

 eight days, if the weather is moist and warm, their destructive progeny 

 will he at work, and in a few days more tens of thousands of other moths, 

 each bearing the embryo of destruction, will be ready to take the place 

 of the first installment. If the moth is to be attacked, have your lamps 

 and fires trimmed and ready to light the moment the first triangle shaped 

 little mother of mischief makes her appearance, or, better still, light up 

 and lie in wait for her. 



Mr. J. G. G. Garrett, of Port Gibson, Mississippi, has patented an Insect 

 Destroyer whose efficacy is vouched for by numbers of cotton planters, and 

 farmers who have used it. 



As my object is to place before cotton planters the best means, and every 

 means, which are recommended after actual trial made with them, for the 

 extermination of the cotton worm in any form, I deem it my duty to make 

 the following extracts from a circular published by Mr. Garrett, March 11, 

 1878, particularly as the means of trying the experiment are within the 

 reach of every cotton planter and farmer. 



" Prepare a suitable number of stakes, sharpened at one end, so as to sit 

 in the ground on the other nail, or otherwise secure a plank about eighteen 

 inches long ; upon the plank place a sheet-iron pan, or tray made of plank 

 twelve or fifteen inches wide, eighteen inches long, and two inches deep ; 

 secure a block in the center of the pan two inches thick ; secure a lantern on 

 the block by tying down to nails at each end of the plank, or, what is cheap- 

 er, a socket in the center of the block, to hold the half of a star candle, with a 

 lamp chimney to protect the candle or lamp ; place four pegs around the 

 chimney to hold it in place. About equal portions of molasses and water, 

 with a little vinegar, or other attractive bait, is poured into the pan. The 

 molasses and vinegar must be protected from the suu and rain with a lid or 

 cover which will turn off rain-water, with openings so that the insects can 

 get into the molasses and vinegar while the cover is on. The cover only to 

 be removed when lighting up the field, orchard or garden. The cover may 

 be made by putting two planks together, like a roof of a house, but not so 

 steep, with the ends open, so that the insects can get into the molasses and 

 vinegar while the cover is on. The insects are not only attracted by the 

 light, and destroyed, but are also attracted by the molasses and vinegar, 

 and caught in great numbers without a light, and while the cover is on. 

 The molasses and vinegar must be kept to a proper consistency by adding 

 a little water and stiring it when necessary. Strain out the insects, and 

 return the molasses and vinegar when necessary. 



To protect the cotton plant from the ravages of the catterpillar, boll 

 worm, and other injects, use oiie inject clestroyer for ^-bqut every two o^cres. 



