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also cured much of his distrust and sus¬ 
picion. I suppose that most of us are 
slaves of fear. Most of the things we fear 
are no more dangerous than those Indians 
—though they roar like lions in the im¬ 
agination. JL W. C. 
Treating Potatoes for Scab 
We have been corresponding with po¬ 
tato growers this year about methods of 
treating the seed to prevent scab. It 
would appear that about 40 per cent of 
our potato growers are using some form 
of this treatment. Most of them seem 
t.» prefer the use of formaldehyde—one 
pint of the chemical to ‘>0 gallons of 
water, with the seed soaked about 90 
minutes. A smaller proportion of grow¬ 
ers are using corrosive sublimate, two 
ounces to 15 gallons of water. The for¬ 
maldehyde is an easier and safer remedy, 
as it is not poisonous. The other cherti- 
ical. however, not only helps with the 
scab disease, but it is also effective 
against other plant diseases, more so than 
formaldehyde. All sorts of methods are 
evidently used for soaking the potatoes. 
On some largs farms a good-sized concrete 
vat is employed. The solution is poured 
into this vat. and the potatoes are dumped 
in and shoveled out when ready. Tt gen¬ 
erally seems to pay to rinse the potatoes 
olT with clear water before putting them 
into the solution. After about four dip¬ 
pings, the solution is renewed. Some 
growers keep a quantity of the clear so¬ 
lution on hand, and after each dipping 
pour in enough to keep up the regular 
supply. Many farmers use a barrel for 
dipping. The potatoes are put into bags 
after being rinsed and then lowered down 
into the barrel by means of a rope and 
pulley. After soaking for an hour and 
a half, the bag is pulled up out of the 
barrel, permitted to drain thoroughly and 
then the potatoes are dumped out for cut¬ 
ting. _ 
Culture of Oxalis 
What treatment is required for a sham¬ 
rock or Oxalis in regards to the best sea¬ 
son to divide the roots and repot? Also 
the Summer treatment, and if they re¬ 
quire a resting, dormant period, right 
Winter temperature, and general cultural 
directions. w. c. 
Port Dalhousie, Canada. 
The tuberous-rooted varieties of Oxalis. 
commonly grown for decoration, require 
a resting period. After flowering is over 
gradually reduce the water supply, and 
when the leaves die down put the pots 
containing the roots in the cellar, or un¬ 
der the bench in a greenhouse, where they 
should be left dry, the pots lying on their 
sides. The bulbs or tubers should be 
taken from the pot, cleaned and divided 
as desired during August and September: 
these will flower in February and March. 
A satisfactory plan is to set three roots 
in a 4-in. pot, putting them just below 
the surface of the soil. A suitable soil 
is a mixture of loam, leaf mold and sand, 
with abundant drainage. Florists repot 
into a larger pot before flowering, but in 
window cultivation this may not be neces¬ 
sary. When in full growth occasional 
watering with manure water is helpful. 
A sunny location and a temperature of 
about (!0 degrees give best results. 
Seed-like Insects 
I am enclosing a nackage of hayseed 
taken from our salt marsh, which contains 
some kind of au insect uukuown to me. 
Will you tell me what it is? I was using 
this hayseed to pack setting eggs in for 
my local trade, and had a number of 
boxes on a shelf. Today I noticed these 
things sticking on the outside of the 
boxes, much like the “devil’s pitchfork” 
sticks to clothes, with the suction head on 
the box and the body sticking out hori¬ 
zontally. They are hard, and unless you 
look close you will not know but what 
they are some kind of seed. if. E. N. 
Newburyport, Mass. 
The insects enclosed by the correspond¬ 
ent are known as case bearers, but just 
what species this is I cannot say. nor 
can I be sure until I have seen the full- 
grown moths that would eventually de¬ 
velop from the curious seed-like cases. 
T'nfortunately. the tiny caterpillars were 
dead when they reached me, although had 
they been alive I should not have had any 
o’f their favorite food, the marsh hay, to 
feed them. 
The case-bearing insects are interesting 
creatures. They are small moths, the 
caterpillars of which build tiny cases, 
each one formed usually from a piece of 
leaf lined with silk, but sometimes, as 
with one of our common .clothes moths, 
the case is made of bits of cloth held to¬ 
gether by silken threads. As nearly as 
I can judge from an examination of thesi 
case-bearers, the tiny caterpillars had 
mined out the seeds of the marsh grass, 
lined them and covered them with silk, 
and used them for cases in which to live. 
No doubt the caterpillars were quite de¬ 
structive to the seeds of the grass. 
We have other familiar case bearers 
among our common pests of the apple, 
namely, the cigar case-bearer and the 
pistol case-bearer. Before we knew how 
to control these two species they calmed 
serious injury in several orchards in 
Western New York, glenn w. iihukick. 
“Ake you afraid of work?” asked the 
sharp-eyed woman, as she looked from 
the hungry tramp to the woodpile. “No, 
ma'am,” was the prompt reply. “I can 
lie down and sleep by it without a tre¬ 
mor.”—New York Globe. 
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