HOW TO DESTROY TXSErTS, 



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over an acre. One or two applications, even when the 

 vines and ground are swarming-, will rid the pest 

 thoroughly. 



Cucumber-beetle. 

 Use Paris green in the following proportions : One 

 part green to six ])arts fl{)ur. A}) ply when the vines 

 are dry, and scatter just a little over the vines. If 

 too nuTch is spread over, the vines are sure to be killed. 



CodUnfj-Dioth. 



The following method^ suggested hy Prof. A. J. Cook, 

 of Ao-ricultural Colleo-e, Michia-an, is the most success- 

 ful and effectual that can he adopted : 



•'Place around the trunk of every hearing tree, midway 

 between the ground and branches, a woollen cloth about 

 five inches wide, and sufhcieiirly long to pass around 

 and lap enough to tack. Tiiis n'-.i}" be ftistened with 

 one or two tacks. I have usually found one placed in 

 the middle to be (piite sufhcient. The tack should not 

 be driven (paite up t') the head. Before this cloth band 

 is adjusted the loose bark sliould be scra})ed olf. This 

 may be done earlier in the season when time will best 

 pennit. The bands sliouid b(^ adjusted by June 20. 

 Under these bands tlie -worms' will secrete them- 

 selves. By July 7 the bands around the earliest appk^- 

 trees should be unwound and examined, and the larvae 

 destroyed. This can be done by passing the bands 

 through a wringer, or by unwinding and crushing with 



