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sickly appearance of the whorl of terminal leaves. 
In such a state, ‘‘ the sooner the whole of the field 
be trashed, and all such sprouts drawn out, the 
better.” 
When the canes have advanced in growth, and the 
joints are forming, repeated trashing, or removal of 
the lower leaves, must be resorted to : once every 
two months, or at intervals of twelve weeks at most. 
The sheathing footstalk is not only a shelter for 
this weevil, hut it hinders the outer covering of the 
cane from hardening, and fixing that deposition of 
white powdery glass which resists the puncture of its 
proboscis. If with all this care, the planter finds 
himself overwhelmed by the numbers of his assailants, 
or by the success with which they have established 
themselves in his fields, nothing remains, hut de- 
struction by fire.” 
“ But great as is the damage which this insect 
does in the field; it is a still greater calamity to 
have it in the mill-house. To mingle the juice of 
the injured cane with the uninjured, is to ruin a 
crop. The expedient of tempering the liquor, while 
running into the pans, may arrest the increase of the 
evil, but it does not get rid of it. If, however, the 
most pains-taking watchfulness has not secured the 
manager from an occasional bundle of infected canes 
getting into the mill, and if the pernicious conse- 
quences have begun to tell upon the proceeds of the 
boiling-house, I would recommend correcting the 
cold liquor with an alkaline mixture of potash and 
alum, in equal quantities. These, with the addition 
of as much boiling water as will hold them in solu- 
