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be brought into its vicinity. With care in this respect, however, 
it is easy and safe to handle, and it is not dangerous for a 
human being to inhale a reasonable amount of the vapor, in 
spite of its extremely offensive odor— to which, by the way, one 
soon becomes accustomed. 
There is no need to insist, before this institute, upon the 
value of concert of action in many farm operations, but in no way 
can the results of concert of action be made of more practical 
benefit than in the warfare against injurious insects. In regard 
to this specific pest I feel certain that following the plan out- 
lined will result in the almost complete annihilation of the loss 
which it annually occasions. 
It may be well to add that the bisulfide of carbon treat- 
ment above outlined is efficacious not only against the so-called 
n> weevil, or angoumois grain moth, as it is sometimes called, 
but against all other insects which affect stored grain, and of 
these we have some five or six species in this country, all beetles 
m the parent stage. I may also add that this capital remedy was 
first suggested by Dr. C. V. Riley, in the columns of the Farm- 
ers' Review, of Chicago, in March, 1879. 
In the purchase of .bisulphide of carbon co-operation may be 
used to great advantage. It can be bought from wholesale 
chemists in fifty-pound cans for fifteen cents per pound At 
retail it costs from twenty-five to' thirty-five cents per pound 
It is perhaps unnecessary to state that when not in use it should 
be kept in tightly-closed receptacles, in which there is as little 
an- space as possible. 
RID ELEVATOR OF WEEVIL. 
Editor American Elevator and Grain Trade, issued Mar. 15, 
93.— In a recent number of your journal you gave instructions 
how to rid an elevator of weevil. This information has saved 
me more than $100. I followed your instructions and my house 
is now free from all insects as well as mould. 
Yours, E. W. K. 
Now the gay and festive weevel is a living, present evil. 
E. W. Kruse writes to the editor from Higginsville, Mo in a 
happy strain about his experience with the pest. “My grain 
elevator, says he, “was badly infested. I used bisulphide of 
carbon, and am surprised at the result; for it not only cleared 
out the weevil and mould but — another wonder — even the rats 
have left the premises.”— From 'Roller Miller, April, 1893. 
Rochester, N. Y., September 9th, ’07. 
Mr. Edward R. Taylor, 
Penn Yan, N. Y. 
Dear Sir:— Inclosed please. find check for Fuma. We wish 
to state that the fumigation was a great success. We distributed 
the Fuma around in small pans and waste and poured it on 
the floor in some places. In the wheat and com and oat bins 
we poured it on the grain. This was done on a Saturday after- 
noon and on opening up the mill on Mondav morning nothing 
with life was found in the mill, and up to this date have seen 
no signs of them returning, consequently we believe that the 
Fuma not only destroyed the insects but also the eggs. We 
are more than pleased ’>'ith our success. We are, 
Ve'ry truly yours, 
MACAULEY-FIEN MILLING CO. 
(Geo. Fien.) 
