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DESTROYING SUCKING INSECTS UPON SMALL PLANTS. 
The principal pests included in this group are such insects 
as plant-lice, which frequently damage melon and squash vines. 
“The treatment, as successfully practiced by Professors Garman 
and Smith, consists in covering the young vines with small, 
tight boxes, 12 to 18 inches in diameter, of either wood or paper, 
and introducing under each box a saucer containing one or two 
teaspoonfuls (1 or 2 drams) of the bisulphid. The vines of 
older plants may be wrapped about the hill and gathered in 
under larger boxes or tubs, and a greater, but proportional 
amount of bisulphid used. The covering should be left over the 
plants for three-quarters of an hour to an hour, and with 50 
to 100 boxes a field may be treated with comparative rapidity.” 
A slight improvement upon the foregoing method of intro- 
ducing the bisulphid is to bore a hole about 1 inch in diameter 
in the middle of the top of each box. Under this hole, inside 
the box, fix a small bunch of cotton waste, rags, or almost any 
absorbent material capable of taking up somewhat more liquid 
than it is intended to use; fit a stopper to the hole outside and 
the box is ready for use. Place it over the plant, being careful 
to see that the edges set into the dirt all around; remove the 
stopper; pour in the desired amount of liquid, and place the 
stopper and leave the vapor to do its work. This obviates the 
necessity for saucers and saves the trouble of handling more 
than one thing when moving from vine to vine. The carbon Bi- 
sulphid might be' easily carried in, and poured from, an ordinary 
gallon oil can such as is used for kerosene. 
TREATMENT FOR CLOTHES MOTHS. 
The various insects which infest clothing, furs, etc., may be 
more conveniently and surely destroyed by an application of 
carbon bisulphid than by anything else. Moth balls, camphor, 
etc., may do some good by deterring the females from depositing 
their eggs upon articles treated therewith, but they have no 
killing power whatever; and if the eggs have already been depos- 
ited, the young larvae will feed after hatching as though there 
were no moth balls or camphor present. Carbon bisulphid, how- 
ever! will not only keep the adults away, but it will also destroy 
all stages of the pest infesting the goods. When woolens, furs, 
and the like are stored away for the summer they may be placed 
in a tight, paper-lined trunk, a large packing box, or some such 
receptacle. When all are stored away, place on top a shallow 
dish holding a few ounces of the liquid, spread some newspapers 
over the top, and cover tightly. If the box is tight, no further 
attention will be required; but if not, it will insure safety to 
repeat the dose every few weeks through the hot weather. It 
is an excellent plan to provide a large, tight packing chest hav- 
ing a close-fitting cover. Bore a hole through the cover and 
fasten a small sponge, bunch of cotton waste, or some such thing 
on the inside. The chest may then be kept tightly closed and 
carbon bisulphide may be poured through the hole upon the 
absorbent as may be necessary. Plug the hole with a cork, and 
all is secure. The cost of such an arrangement will very soon 
be saved by the convenience and security of the protection 
thus afforded. Carpets, rugs, robes, etc., can be easily rid of 
all pests by a few days’ inclosure in such a box. The disagree- 
