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Show THE POTATO EU3. Tho potato bug has made its appearance appear-ance to a limited extent, we are in. form; d, in this valley: and as it muki plies with great rapidity and is exceedingly exceed-ingly vora'-iuus, we condense the following relative to the best means of destroying it, from the annual circular of the Three Rivers, Mich., Agricul iv.ral Works : A quirtcr of a pound of ''Paris green," a substance well-known in paint shops, thoroughly mixed with dry ashes or dry piaster, to the amount .it' four quarts, it dusted on the plants as soon as it is seen that the insects are at work, will quiek'.y de-lroy those that Lave hatched our. The mixture should be ducted on early in the morning vhi e the dew is on the plants, which will cause it to adhere until it has accomplished ac-complished its work But there are likely to be large numbers of egg? remaining, and these must be destroyed us they hatch out. The eggs can be readily seen in clusters on the under tide of the leaves of the po'ato phut, uiid an application of the mixture is necessary every few days for about a ruomh. until the insects hve all - - ' J-'roved. Kvery female lays some seven hunlre t eegs, . at intervals, for about six weeks, and i t'ese eegs are hatehed out into larva: ; in fix days. These feed on the plant i for seven te-n dry-, during which time they should bo destroyed with the ''Paris grtrn" mixture. If they arc allowed to rem tin to the end of the seventeen days, they descend into the gr 'imd aii J chanse into pupa) near the surface and in two weeks appear as j perfect beetles when their destruction j is no easy matter. |