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The Patowmac Guardian, And Berkeley Advertiser
Martinsburg, Shepherdstown, Berkeley County, Jefferson County, West Virginia
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Writer in Mr. Dunlap's paper advises using gunpowder smoke to kill caterpillars on plants in Elizabeth-Town, Maryland, by burning powder trains or firing guns nearby, a method proven effective in Holland.
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Elizabeth Town, Maryland
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the smell of gunpowder will entirely destroy these insects; the method is successfully practised in holland and has always answered the purpose.
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A writer in Mr. Dunlap's paper notices the account of the Caterpillars in Elizabeth-Town, Maryland, and says that the smell of gunpowder will entirely destroy these insects by making a train of powder near or round the spot or placing small heaps of powder at some distance when the dew lays upon the plant, burning it so the smoke will kill them; if in cabbage or other vegetables, fire a gun between the rows for the same effect.