STAVE BORERS. 
Pomona, Florida. Dec. 10, 1895. 
E. R. Taylor, Esq., 
Dear Sir: The 50 lbs. of “Puma’' which I ordered from you 
reached here 7th November. The following day I put it into 
"watering pots" and had it sprinkled over all the casks in my 
wine-cellar. Then there was left about a gallon which I left 
standing in an open vessel on the cellar floor, then closed the - 
doors and left for the Atlanta Exposition, where we remained 
for two weeks. During this time the cellar was not opened. 
On my return I found the odor of the Fuma yet pervading 
the cellar; the casks were covered with tiny crystals, which 
sparkled like diamonds and every stave borer killed. In short, 
the result of the experiment proved entirly satisfactory in 
every way. I herewith inclose my check on N. Y. for $5.00 in 
payment. • Yours truly, 
HOLMES -ERWIN. 
NEW USE FOR BISULPHIDE OF CARBON. 
A new use for bisulphide of carbon has been discovered 
which ought to make it very popular and of large consumption. 
The peculiar and highly inflammable gas evolved from this 
powerful and volatile fluid has ajiownward as well as an upward 
tendency, a circumstance which renders its use for the destruc- 
tion of weevils, insects of all kinds, vermin, etc., of the highest 
practical utility. 
An experiment was recently made in the following manner: 
A small bottle of the fluid, about one pound, was placed on the 
floor of an empty 1,000 bushel bin, with a small piece of muslin 
cloth placed loosely on top of the bottle instead of a cork; over 
all was placed a broken box so as to protect the bottle from 
being upset or broken, and then the bin was filled to its utmost 
capacity with corn. On top of the pile another bottle was 
placed, having the same arrangement as the one buried beneath 
the grain. 
The result was highly satisfactory. The live weevils 
admitted from the field while housing the grain were utterly 
destroyed and none further appeared. 
CARBON BISULFIDE FOR CRAWFISH. 
Howard Evarts Weed, before the Association of Economic Ento- 
mologists, Springfield, Mass., August 28, 1895. 
Crawfish sometimes do much injury to corn and other 
crops in land that contains considerable moisture, through a 
lack of proper drainage. In some fields their holes are so 
numerous that they average in number nearly nine to the square 
foot, and on such land, of course it would be impossible to raise 
any cultivated crop. Such fields are generally abandoned and 
only broomsedge and a few of the coarser grasses will grow on 
land of this description. Crawfish are also numerous along the 
bottom and sides of open ditches, and, by their work along the 
levees of the Mississippi river, they cause weak places In the 
embankment through which the water gets a little start. Once 
let the water get started in this way the opening Is gradually 
washed larger; soon the embankment gives way, and an over- 
flow Is the result. 
