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turnips and clover have been found most effective) 
at intervals on the seed beds, first sprinkling the bun- 
dles with Paris-green water. The young larve will 
feed on these and be killed off before the seedlings 
come up. 
2: Crows, mynas, starlings, the cattle egret, and many 
other nesting birds all eat the grubs whenever they 
can find them, and they are particularly active in this 
respect in damp weather and after irrigation. Thus, 
whenever possible, the beds attacked by the pest 
should be flooded with water in the daetime. The 
water will fill the burrows and force out the insects; 
which, if birds are plentiful, will be picked up and 
eaten by them. If birds are not numerous hand< 
picking must be resorted to. 
8. Another good method of checking the pest is to dust 
the plants over a few tities in the evenings with a 
mixture of quicklime and ashes, or better still, add 
the arsenic compound Paris green to the two in the 
following proportion :—One ounce of Paris green 
with 1 ounce of unslaked lime and 3 lbs. of ashes: 
Powder the substances together very finely, put 
them into a calico bag and dust over the plants 
loosening the soil around them first. 
4. In nursery beds alréady attacked the surface of the soi] 
should be carefully inspected, and all holes contain- 
ing portions of leaves, stalks, etc:, should be dug up 
and the larve at the bottom killed. This was the 
method resorted to at Gora Gali and gave good 
results. 
It should be borne in mind, however, that our efforts 
should be in the direction of preventing the 
attack conimencing or at any rate from becomisg 
serious. With this object numbers 1 and 3 of the 
above remedies are recommended. The former 
would be well understood since the practice of 
poisoning jackals and porcupines is a very ,common 
one amongst the natives of India, 

