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may easily be killed every morning. =The Flea-Beetle.= The flea-beetle inflicts much damage on the potato, tomato, eggplant, and other garden plants. The accompanying figure shows the common striped flea-beetle which lives on the tomato. The larva of this beetle lives inside of the leaves, mining its way through the leaf in a real tunnel. Any substance disagreeable to the beetle, such as plaster, soot, ashes, or tobacco, will repel its attacks on the garden crops. [Illustration: FIG. 168. FLEA-BEETLE AND LARVA _a_, larva; _b_, adult. Lines on sides show real length of insects] =The Weevil.= The weevil is commonly found among seeds. Its attacks are serious, but the insect may easily be destroyed. _Treatment._ Put the infected seeds in an air-tight box or bin, placing on the top of the pile a dish containing carbon disulphide, a tablespoonful to a bushel of seeds. The fumes of this substance are heavy and will pass through the mass of seeds below and kill all the weevils and other animals there. The bin should be closely covered with canvas or heavy cloth to prevent the fumes from being carried away by the air. Let the seeds remain thus from two to five days. Repeat the treatment if any weevils are found alive. Fumigate when the temperature is 70 deg. Fahrenheit or above. In cold weather or in a loose bin the treatment is not successful. _Caution:_ Do not approach the bin with a light, since the fumes of the chemical used are highly inflammable. =The Hessian Fly.= The Hessian fly does more damage to the wheat crop than all other insects combined, and probably ranks next to the chinch bug as the second worst insect enemy of the farmer. It was probably introduced into this country by the Hessian troops in the War of the Revolution. [Illustration: FIG. 169. THE HESSIAN FLY] In autumn the insect lays its eggs in the leaves of the wheat. These hatch into the larvae, which move down into the crown of the plant, where they pass the winter. There they cause on the plant a slight gall formation, which injures or kills the plant. In the spring adult flies emerge and lay eggs. The larvae that hatch feed in the lower joints of the growing wheat and prevent its proper growth. These larvae pupate and remain as pupae in the wheat stubble during the summer. The fall brood of flies appears shortly before the first heavy frost. _Treatment._ Burn all stubble and trash during July and August. If the fly is very bad, it is
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