The Red Cloud chief., 1882-09-01
The Cabbage Worm.

We suppose that none OF u readers
have been or will be troubled with cab
bage worm this season. How can they
be, when nearly every week n "cure
remedy has been published. But
joking aside, We have published some
very simple remedies. or alleged RENE
dies. that we hope viii be tired. CAV
nj pepper. for instance. This pest
has received a great deal OF attention.
but il seems TO battle all attempts 10 de-
stroy il or prevent is rsvsgcS. Not
that there are no remedies, but those
generally recommended are either dam
ger Gus, expensive or difficult of appli-
cation. Some time since we published
n recommendation of Pyrethrum The
plan OF applying it Is 10 mix il with -four.
at the rate OF oBe ounce of the powder TO
FIVE ounces OF the Jour. and thinly dust IL
over the infested plants. II Is also some
times used in solution. one ounce OF the
powder TO ten gallons Of water. IL Is
said that both OF these will destroy not
Only the cabbage worm but almost any
other insec; that NAV be upon the plant.
But Pyrethrum Is high priced. and that
would prevent its universal adoption.
Prof. Thomas. however, mentions
another remedy which is within the
reach OF any one. AMI which j. laid To
BE- e.fectull. IL consists Of equal paris
os s~altpc,er and salt, dissolved in 10,
water. aud diluted with cold water.
Sprinkle this upon the plants during
the hottest part of the day while the
sun is shining upon them. The proper
tons of the salt. salipe.er and wafer
a. b..r. I.~.ll 9TH r.nD.
{ o the two first. and diluted with ten or
twelve quarts of water. A rule at
proportions cannot. however, be infexi
bic. for some sal,pe,er Is . great deal
stronger than other samples. Prof.
Thomas says he tried il on some horse
radish leaves on which there were about
q dozen worms. He used q tablespoon
ful Of salt and saltpeter each. dissolved
in a cup Of hot water and afterward
diluted with two quarts Of cold water.
He sprinkled the leaves nj half-past
nine o'clock in the forenoon. when the
was shining br ghtly. Two days
later but two Of the worms remained
alive. Its effect upon the leaves Was
not seriously detrimental. although
there were a few quite large spots that
were killed by the solution In the
month OF September following be
Sprinkle another cluster of horse-rad-
ish leaves that were badly infested. US
ing a solution of one-fourth Of the same
kind of saltpeter and salt and diluting
it with q quart Of water. This was put
onto the plants af half-psst eleven
o'clock. when the sun was shining
brightly. but il had no effect upon the
worms. from which il would appear
that to be certainly effective il mus; be
strong enough TO injure more or less
any plant that is not harder than the
se-radish- However. IL may be
worth trying - IN experiment on .
small scale.
Hot water. which IL 20 strongly rec
commended. Prof. Thomas does % ap-
prove Of as . remedy. alleging that il
canno, be used nj q sufficiently high
temperature 70 kill the worms without
injury to the plant One gardener d
quoted - recommending London pur-
pie. He says he uses it CONSTANTLY.
and that il neither has any bad eject
upon his own family who e.; the cab
bAge. or upon Others who bur his cab
hayes In the market Paris green or
London purple will no doubt kill the
worms. bu; Notwithstanding thai Prof.
Thomas deems il sale 10 give the -
deners experience. we do not recon-
mend II. and indeed would counsel
Against iss use--HesSrs RsraL