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Bugs on Cucumber and Melon Vines, etc., Simple Remedy.
For the last five years, " says a writer to the Chicago Times, " I have not lost a cucumber or melon vine or cabbage plant. Get a barrel with a few gallons of gas tar in it; pour water on the tar, always have it ready when needed; and when the bugs appear, give them a liberal drink of the tar-water from a garden sprinkler or otherwise, and if the rain washes it off and they return repeat the dose. It will also destroy the Colorado potato beetle, and. frighten the old long potato bug worse than a thrashing with a brush. Five years ago this summer both kinds appeared on my late potatoes, and I watered. with the tar-water. The next day all Colorados that had not been well protected. from the sprinkling were dead, and the others, though their name was legion, were all gone, and I have never seen one of them on the farm since. I am aware that many will look upon this with indifference because it is so cheap and simple a remedy. Such should always feed both their own and their neighbors' bugs, as they frequently do. "
Remarks. —The gentleman does not say how many gals, of tar to a bbl. of water. I should say 4 or 5 would be plenty. See oiled-cloth for hot beds boxes for hills, etc., which protects from bugs.
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