19a 
may be caught before they discover the Peas, for 
it is most probable that if tliey once get a notion 
of the Peas, they may not take tlie bait. When 
their nests are to be met with, two or three 
gallons of water may be poured in at one of the 
holes, which will cause the Mouse to bolt out. It 
must be observed that there are two holes or 
entrances into each nest, which must be watched 
by persons armed with any thing to destroy the 
Mice. 
Beetle. — The Pea is, in dry summers, sub- 
ject to a small brown Beetle, which commences its 
depredations about the latter end of March. In 
the year 1825 and 26, they prevailed in some 
situations to such a degree on the young' plants, 
that they were completely deprived of their fo- 
liage, and rendered unproductive. They feed 
principally in the day-time, and retire under the 
clods of earth, &c. in the night, and at the time 
of rain. When neai'ly approached, they appear 
alarmed, and suddenly fall to the ground. 
For their Destruction. — Nothing ap- 
pears to be of service for the destruction of these 
insects that can be applied when feeding, without 
injuring the plants ; indeed their sudden disap- 
pearance renders it extremely difficult to apply any 
thing so that it will light upon them. The only 
thing I can devise is to make the earth as fine 
and close as possible about the Peas, and betwixt 
the rows at the time of sowing, so as to make it 
as difficult as i)ossiblc for the Beetle to find bar- 
