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In all cases it nmst be borne in n. u thU he po,son requ.res to be eaten by the caterpillars to be effective, and thorough work i ne" sary m distributing it or many will escape. There are two enenues of cutworms which deserve special notice and fiom the ., , , good service they do Natural v, u . , J^SS^ Enemies. snould be known by ^amKs[\. sight to every culti- / rffiHTV '"'*'"^" '^''''^' "'"'' ^^^ ^''''y «'"""«^ heetle or cutworm lion (C3/ow/a,a//V/«w-Fab.) and the black wasp (Ammophi/a liuOwm), Both of these are desperate enemies of the cutworms, the former feeding on them in all of its stages ; the latter digging Cutworm Lion. them out and storing its nest with them as food for its yoimg grubs Black Ground Wasp. GRASSHOPPERS. Grasshoppers or locusts (^.nV/rV,.) are periodically troublesome in many portions of the rnrv::;2d" "^ """"°^- ^"-^^^ -^ -- -- — sinisr r :: season!.""''^""'"*"" ''"'^ '"' ^'"" ^^"^^ ^""^ ''«- -^^^ -"°-l^ affected some ... _Qeii nanits aro to frequeat grass lands, where a large proportion of thetrop may : ^ '•■^■mm.xmiMmi ^- 3 3286 09944437 be consumed without making much difference In the appeaiance of the fields. It 1b only after hay ;-'^'-™7-f -usual d..«ght. that locuHt injuries are much noticed. IfMweveT their numbers at all times and their voracity are coi^sidered. It will at once be seen thaTtle; must every yea. destroy much produce. They do not develop wings until jXrndp™^'^^ to that they pass most of their lives low down among the stems of grasses " «raveirhinTT''l'"'^'f '" '*"'"'' ^''^' "^ ^" *'^ '""*' "' '•-«« 'ands in sandy or gravelly h.llocks about an mch or so l.eneath the surface. They are very seldom laid in thick chamber m which she lay. her eggs, owing to the uumerous x.,otB of the grasses andTnth! second case the chan.bers could only be made with great difflculty in the d';!; Lery L^h The remedy, above all others, which ha« given satisfactory results is the p^^^hing dolof the eggs , harrowing has been x.commended but cannot be relied on. If farmers wox!dZI ':::^::z::;::''r''''':''^-'' - -^^^ ^^ ™. the eggs whrar;:fdwthn an .nch or two of the surface are buried so deep that the young locusts when hatched are un- able to emerge from beneath the soil, or if they do there is nothing on the surface^f he ^■ound for them to feed on so that they starve befor. they can travel by hop^C" where there „,ay be food for then. They are. of co,.se, very small when they flL emerge, and the un durmg he latter part of May and early June is usually very hot. solhat no insect ttat Z to hop and .s very small can go far before being destroyed by the hot sun or want of f,^ Another remedy which luus been successful in Manitoba, is to spread long rows of straw across fle.lds Where the young locusts are abundant. They gather in these for IZ 1:^Z be destroyed by firing the rows of straw at night. In meadows and pastures we believe the use of the hopper-dozer the most practical plan hat can be recomn.ended. In many cases it can be used to capture these and the leaf-hopper! bt a tZr ';■ Tf"' '' ""' "'"^ *'^ grasshoppers are still ,uite small and can be he d by a th n layer of coal-tar used on the simple flat sheet of iron. When larger they need a deeper ayer of coal-tar, or a pan of water with a covering of coal oil on it. A cheap and simple pi for th.s purpose, costing from $1.5.) to .^2. was described many years ago by Prof. X It consists of a strip of sheet-iron 8 or 10 feet long, turned up 1 inch in front and 1 foot ^iind w.th p:eces soldered in at the ends (or made of wood), and hooks placed in front at the e^ds L; the attachment of xopes. If to run on high ground, it will be better to put runners IJ or 2 mches h.gh underneath Into this put a layer of coal-tar half an inch deep, or water and Wo sene. It can be drawn by a boy at each end, or by horse-power if preferred Against attacks on garden crops or orchards a poisonous mixture has been successfully u.edconsistn,g of arsen.c. sugar, bran and water, the proportions being one part (by weight^ of arsemc. one of sugar, and fifty of bran, to which is .ulded a certain quantity of waL. The azsen.c and bran are first mixed together, then the sugar is dissolved in waterand added to the bran and arsemc; after which a sufficient quantity of water is added to thoroughly wet the uuxture. Portions of this should bo placed near the plants to be protected, and afso on hatch ing grounds if these cannot be treated as previously suggested. This mixture seems to have a great attraction for locusts and they feed upon it greedily. CAUTION-As Paris green is a very active poison to human beings and domestic anunals when taken internally, care must be observed in using it. w