Remedies.

When it is found that these insects are present in corn land, thorough cultivation would disturb them. It must be remarked that they are principally found in small fields and plots. Where page 40 they attack peas and beans frequent hoeing routs them; and it will be found that dressings of ashes, mould, or sawdust mixed with paraffin would be very useful, in the proportion of a quart of oil to a hundredweight of ashes or mould, and three pints or two quarts to a hundredweight of sawdust, as these insects are very sensitive of smell. In meadows where their presence is denoted by withered and yellow patches, waterings with infusions of quassia, mixed with a little soft soap, would keep the larvæ from the surface.