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dress it also. I have frequently liad to use the Kainite since, and I 
never knew it to fail if applied in time.—(T. S. T. Carrington, 
Uttoxeter.) 
Regarding the attack of Wireworm there is never destruction to 
any great extent by it in this district (Blairgowrie). I have never had 
trouble from it to any extent, beyond small patches in a field. These 
I always dressed with nitrate of soda or Kainite salt, which I found to 
work well. The soil where I had to apply it was stiffisli and mortar¬ 
like, where a proper mould could not easily be got. I applied the 
nitrate at the rate of about 2 cwt. per acre and the Kainite about 
4 cwt., but I think more Kainite might be applied with advantage. 
Care must be taken to apply the salts when wet, otherwise there is a 
risk of burning the plants.—(T. H. Leslie, Blairgowrie, Perth.) 
Gas-Lime and Alkali Waste. 
Application of gas lime as a means of clearing ground of Wireworms, with 
some notes on use of alkali waste and gas-tar water. 
For several years a portion of one of my fields was infested with 
Wireworms, and in spite of rape cake and other supposed remedies 
every successive crop was more or less injured, until one autumn I 
ploughed in refuse gas-lime, and from that time have never seen a 
Wireworm in that field.—(The Right Hon. the Earl of Essex, Cassio- 
bury, Watford.) 
Branxholme, Hawick.—I do not think we are much troubled here 
with Wireworm, except in very old pastures, and then our usual plan 
is ploughing up and dressing with gas-lime.—(W. Eliott Lockhart, 
Hawick, N.B.) 
For Clover leys I should put about 10 cwt. of gas-lime to the acre, 
and then plough it under. I think this is a great preventive. If used 
for Turnips sow it on broadcast and work it in, and then add what 
may be thought best for the crop.—(S. Massey, Church Lawton, 
Cheshire.) 
I dressed a few acres with gas-lime in March, and it seems to have 
freed the ground wonderfully.—(John Heatley, Passingham, Wolver¬ 
hampton.) 
Some years ago complaint was made of the destruction of grain 
crops on a limited portion of a field of rather light soil. I advised the 
trial of gas-lime, and several cart-loads were applied, with the result 
that not a trace of Wireworm was seen for several years after.—(Jos. 
Ellans, Anglesey.) 
Alkali Waste. 
This material, which much resembles gas-lime in its properties, is 
sometimes largely used in the neighbourhood of alkali works, and is 
