latter are small, I believe the best method of application is 
to mix one part by weight of Paris green or London purple 
with twenty parts of common dour, and then dust the mix¬ 
ture over the plants before sunrise in the morning. In this 
strength a light dusting will be sufficient. The early applica¬ 
tion is recommended, because the leaves have then a slight 
amount of moisture upon them, which helps to hold the 
flour and poison. Just after the leaves are moistened by a 
shower is also a good time to make the application. 
To apply the poison, make a small cheesecloth sack 
about five inches in diameter and ten inches deep. Fill it 
with the mixture of poison and flour and walk along a row 
of plants shaking the sack over them. This can be done 
quite rapidly when one has learned how, is economical of 
poison, and does not require wheelbarrow or wagon to carry 
pump and tank. 
When the plants become large, as in case of treatment 
for the second brood, it will probably be better to use a bar¬ 
rel or tank and spray pump. 
If a spray is used, apply either Paris green or London 
purple in the proportion of a pound to ioo gallons of water 
and add two pounds of'fresh lime for each pound of poison. 
The lime should be slaked and strained through a cloth to 
take out lumps. Then use a nozzle that throws a fine spray, 
and do not continue the application in any place long 
enough so that the drops sprayed upon the leaves will run 
together and flow off, carring the poison with them. 
If white arsenic is used, prepare according to the follow¬ 
ing directions: 
Put two pounds of white arsenic and eight pounds of sal soda together in 
a dish and boil for twenty minutes in two gallons of water, anu keep as a 
concentrated solution. It is extremely posionous and should be placed at once where 
there is no possibility that children or domestic animals can get it. Til so, label it. 
“ poison ’’ in targe letters. 
Then, in each 40 gallons of water, first slake four pounds of lime and 
then add slowly one quart of the concentrated solution while the whole is 
being stirred. The mixture is then ready for application, as in the case of 
Paris green. The lime should be strained through a cloth to take out the 
lumps. 
I am advising the use of these poisons somewhat stronger 
than is common, but the experience of last year makes it 
seem advisable to do so. 
Growers should keep the closest watch of their beets 
this year, in order not to let the caterpillars get the start of 
them. I hope to be notified of any appearance of these 
worms or other injurious insects promptly, and shall be glad 
to do all in my power to aid those who are anxious to save 
their crops from the attacks of such pests. 
