dred hills. Since a man can treat fourteen hundred hills a day, the 
entire cost of treatment would be about 40 cents per hundred hills— 
an amount comparatively insignificant when the value of the cucum- 
ber is considered. 
Look for the larvae on the stalk just at the surface of the soil. 
They will appear there in one day after they hatch out, as they 
work very rapidly. When they appear, take Nicofume solution 
and pour it on carefully with a narrow half-pint cup. Be careful 
to pour it against all sides of the stalk in such a manner that it 
will run down the stalk. While the solution will kill the larvae 
without touching them, the burrows in the stalk may be very deep ; 
the larvae will finally work to the heart and begin on the pith, 
and the larvae working on one of the under layers may be even or 
ahead of the ones working on the outside layers, so that a quick 
splash of the liquid into the burrow would be the surest way. 
Much depends upon the care in which the liquid is applied. It pays 
to put a good man on the job. He should stoop down, or better, 
squat down with the cup of liquid in one hand and the other hand 
free to move the plant slightly, so that he can carefully examine 
the exact extent of all the workings above ground. The larvae that 
escape this treatment are usually in the upper end of the burrow 
just above the ground. 
It is worth while to do the work right. Just pouring the liquid 
on the hills, or using a sprinkling can will do some good ; it is 
better than letting the insects destroy the plants but it cannot be 
really successful. 
With field cucumbers, the adult beetles begin work as soon as 
the plants are up. A covering made out of an old barrel hoop cut 
in two. so as to form two semicircles, covered with some kind of 
screen or gauze has been successfully used to keep the beetles off 
the young plants. The treatment of the larvae, will, of course, be 
identical with the treatment prescribed for cucumbers raised in cold 
frames. 
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