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Superphosphate of lime 2 cwt. \ 
Sulphate of potash . . 1 cwt. I per acre 
Sulphate of ammouia . Icwt. j 
has been found of benefit. 
To eelworms are frequently due the disease of clover known 
as " sickness." These minute nematodes may be found in quan- 
tities in the stem of disordered clover plants, for which a dressing 
consisting of 
Sulphate of potash . 3 cwt. ) , 
Sulphate of ammonia 1 cwt.' ^ 
has been found of great service, and another, equally efficacious, 
was composed as follows : — 
Sulphate of iron . . Icwt.] 
Sulphate of potash . 1 cwt. | per acre. 
Sulphate of ammonia 1 cwt. ) 
Almost similar remedies to those employed against wireworms 
may be used for the grubs of the daddy longlegs {Tipida oleracea) 
and its congeners (^Tiimla maculosa, &c.) when they infest corn 
crops. 
All these dressings of manure and preventive substances 
can be put on by hand, or with ordinary broad-casting machines, 
Fio. 1— The Strawsonizer for powdered application. 
or with the Strawsonizer, whose powers of distribution are 
now generally acknowledged. One great advantage of this 
distributor is that as little as half a bushel of powdered sub- 
