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themselves. By rejecting all such peas that are 
offered in the markets the growers will soon learn 
to take the proper precautions to raise peas free 
from the weevils. 
REMEDIES. 
This insect was first brought among us in “bug¬ 
gy” peas shipped from the East for seed and the pest 
can never be subdued so long as such seed is used. 
If seed peas are found to have the weevil in them, 
one of the following things should be done: The 
peas, weevils and all may be destroyed by burning 
or feeding to some animal that will eat them. If 
the peas are to be saved, they may be kept in a 
paper sack for a year before planting, at the end of 
which time all of the weevils will come out of the 
peas and die. Or, the peas may be put in a jar, a 
little chloroform, ether or carbon bisulphide poured 
in, and the jar tightly sealed for twenty-four hours. 
This will kill the insects but will not injure the peas 
for seed. It is also claimed by those who have 
tried it that the weevils can all be drowned by 
immersing the seed for a few hours in water before 
planting. 
Seed men kill the weevils by putting the seed in 
a tight bin and pouring in a quantity of carbon 
bisulphide and closing the bin very tightly for a 
number of days. First-class seed men are very 
careful not to send out seeds with weevil in them. 
Taking care not to plant peas with the weevil in 
them will only serve to keep the pest away when it 
is not already in our fields and gardens. In order 
to rid ourselves of this pest now, great care will 
have to be taken to see that none of the beetles 
that are in the peas in the fall shall live over till 
