Show soot urged as means of destroying slugs A direct and speedy method of exterminating mina ting slugs Is supplied by the use ot of soot boot which if it comas comes in actual contact with them Is immediately fatal the operation may entail time and trouble but on badly infested land it Is well worth while the soot should be broadcast as late in the evening as possible preferably on a moist warm evening or after a shower frequent surface cultivation helps to keep beep slugs sings in cheek check as it does other soil vermin because it destroys them in embryo form certain birds are also very useful in keeping down the slug plague lime air slaked r bcd in the same way as the soot Is also an excellent remedy |