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Experiment 20.— BLACK PEPPER. 
Applied the ground article of commerce copiously to two heads of 
cabbage. 
Result. — T could not see that it affected those which came in contact 
with it, and all continued to feed as though no a])plication had been made. 
Experiment 21.— CARBOLIZ ED LIME MIXTURE. 
Mixture of carbolized lime 1 part, quick lime f part, gypsum 20 parts. 
Dusted mixture on two plants. 
Result — Twenty-ibnr hours after, tlie worms were crawling about on 
the leaves, feeding, and altbough some of the powder adhered to their 
bodies, I saw no fatal results. 
Experiment 22.— TAR WATER. 
Sprayed on plants. 
Result. — None apparent. 
Experiment 23.— TOMATO WATER. 
Steej)ed leaves of tomato vines, and applied strong decoction. 
Result. — As in preceding. 
Experiment 24.— ARKANSAS IXSECTICIDE.* 
Placed 24 larvae on leaf of cabbnge, and dnstcd both leaf and worms 
thickly with the insecticide, atl0.2oa.m., August 25. Theleaf and worms 
were confined under a glass. 
Result. — At l().2o next day, they seemed to be feeding from some parts 
of the leaf not covered with insecticide. August 27. they did not seem 
to relish the leaf with the insecticide thereon, but found enough not at 
all or thinly covered to keep them alive. This is not of i)ractical 
utility for large plants, but might do on those very young. 
Experiment 25.— ARKANSAS INSECTICIDE. 
Tested this thoroughl}' on plants, with results like those on leaf un- 
der cover. In this experiment the larviie were watched closely for a 
period of four days. 
Experiment 2G.— SOLUBLE PINOLEUM.t 
Solution of 1 part pinoleum to 40 parts water, sprayed copiously on 
plajits in jrarden, August 25. 
''Miinufacriired by Hoag & Beecher, Jiidsoiiia, Ark. 
tMiinufiictnred by Hunsen & Siiiitli, VViljiiingtoii, N. C. 
A saTiiple of this "soluble iiinoleiiiu" was .also sent to our agent at Cadet, ^Hs- 
souri, Mr. J. G. Barlow, who reported iii brief, as follows: "Have experiiueuted a 
little with the soluble piuolenm sent to me by your tlesire from Norlli Carolina. I 
found that a soliitiou of one part to 10 of water was uofc too strong for larvio of 
