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almost certain, or at least exceedingly likely, that there will be an 
infested crop in the following year, if anything is put in liable to 
attack; therefore it would be eminently desirable not to put in such 
crops immediately. 
Barley has been experimented on by Dr. B. Bos and found not to 
take infestation, and in the notes of Mr. Greig, of Peterhead, at p. 67 
it is remarked of this attack that a “crop of Barley after Turnips 
appears to stop it for that time.” Peas and Beans appear to be safe, 
and Wheat just to have a possibility of taking it, but to suffer very 
slightly. Where infestation is established in the field, excessively 
deep ploughing is a remedy, for the wormlets cannot make their way 
up again; but even moderate ploughing, if the surface slice is well 
turned down, does much good, as it is mainly at the surface that the 
wormlets which have left the plants lie, and a good dressing of caustic 
lime or gas-lime applied before ploughing would probably also do 
good. In favourable circumstances the wormlets may live on for 
years, supporting themselves on various kinds of weed-food until a 
suitable crop recurs. But by the above-mentioned measures they may 
be so buried or starved, or poisoned, that what may survive will be too 
few to do much mischief. 
This treatment of the land; a safe crop immediately succeeding an 
infested crop ; care not to bring back infestation to the fields; and all 
• points of good cultivation calculated to push on a healthy growth, are 
the best measures that can be used to counteract Eelworm disease. 
Common Granary Weevil, Galandra granaria , Lin.; and Rice, or 
Spotted Granary Weevil, G. oryzce, Lin. 
0, 7. Granary Weevil; 2, 3, chrysalis, nat. size and mag. ; 8, 9, Spotted or 
Rice Weevil, nat. size and mag., likewise infested grains, mag. 
The Granary Weevil can perhaps hardly be said to take a place 
among crop-pests, as the growing corn in the fields is precisely the 
