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good, and that portion where the Wireworm had previously done so 
much damage was the best. Every crop has since done well, and 
there has been no return of the pest.—(James Whitaker, Worthen, 
Shrewsbury.) 
A piece of old turf on light soil broken up for Oats was then sowed 
with Turnips eaten off by lambs. This was next worked for Potatoes, 
and large quantities of Wireworms were observable. Two loads of 
common salt were procured and sowed broadcast, and it was not 
found that any of the Potatoes were eaten by the Wireworms.—(S. 
Massey, Church Lawton, Cheshire.) 
I had two fields in Clover last year, both heavy crops, and each 
dug up in the autumn. One was sown with about 4 cwt. of salt per 
acre, the other left without any dressing. No Wireworm has appeared 
on either, but the salted field is more than double the crop in both 
thickness and vigour, though I should incline to say the other field 
was naturally rather the better, and both were treated to exactly the 
same quantity of manure last year. So we may say that the salt 
(even minus the effect on Wireworm) has had a valuable effect. 
I see some few fields worked by Wireworms principally after 
Wheat, which was itself worked by Wireworm last year, and being a 
late cut crop (the worst field was not cut at all, and was shooting 
until the end of September, 1881) probably the eggs were laid in the 
crop of weeds at the bottom.—(George W. Latham, Sandbach, 
Cheshire.) 
When I see Cabbage, or any of the Brassica tribe, showing signs of 
Wireworms being at the root, I put a ring of salt about three inches 
from the stem around each plant. This either kills or disperses the 
Wireworm, and the plant makes fresh roots and does well. In very 
dry weather the plants require watering with a rose after the applica¬ 
tion of the salt.—(Per J. Craig, Shifnal, Salop.) 
Kainite. 
In the year 1871 my attention was called to the damage done to a 
field of Wheat by the Wireworm, nearly one sixth of which was 
destroyed by them. I was induced to try the effect of Leopoldshall 
Kainite, and applied a dressing of about 3 cwt. per acre to the whole 
field, at the same time applying superphosphate and nitrate of soda. 
The Wireworms did no further damage. 
Some two or three years after I noticed many Wireworms when 
my Potatoes were got up, and just before sowing with Wheat I applied 
5 cwt. of Kainite to the Potato ground (one acre), none being applied 
to the other part, where Mangolds were growing. In the following- 
spring the land which had received the Kainite was unhurt, whilst the 
other portion was thinned a good deal by the grub, and we had to 
