The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-08-01
DOMESTIC ECONOMY.
HOUSEHOLD AND AGRICULTURAL
TOPICS DISCUSSED.
A Budget of Useful Information Relating
90 the Farm, Orchard, Stable, Parlor, and
Kitchen.
THE FARM.
Insects Injurious 10 Cabbage.

Insects Injurious TO Cabbage.
There are no less than six different
kinds of insects that are injurious to the
cabbage:
l. The white cabbage butterfly which
produces the green cabbage worm. The
various remedies for this pest are hot
water sprinkled on the temperature not
to exceed $50 degrees; pyrethurm mixed
with plaster and sprinkled on; kerosene
emulsion; dilute carbolic acid; tobacco
water and whale oil soap and air slaked
lime; the latter is not reliable, however.
2. The cabbage plusia, which produces
caterpillar larger and longer than the
cabbage worm. This pest eats the head
and may be destroyed by the above rene
dies; the kerosene emulsion destroys the
eggs.
3. Caterpillars and moths that eat the
leaves, but rarely do any material in
jury.
4. Cut worms, whose mischief consists
in cutting off the young plants, an evil
that may be avoided by setting plants
only where there has been clean culture
for some time previous, Or else allow
some weeds and grass to grow on which
they may feed.
S. The cabbage plant louise which is
quite destructive in wet seasons.
Pyrethrum powder busted on, hot water
and kerosene emulsion will aid the de-
struction.
6. The cabbage red fly, the Larvae of
which attack the roots, causing their
decays lThey may be destroyed by kero-
sene emulsion diluted by twelve to ff-
teen parts of water. Prof. Cook. of
Michigan recommends the planting of
radishes between the rows of cabbages,
upon which it lays its eggs. and where
it may be destroyed.
Club root is also a serious obstacle in
the way of successful cabbage culture,
but it is claimed thatthis can be avoided
by growing upon new ground.
For the benefit of those who are I'M
acquainted with kerosene emulsion, we
give the formula for its manufacture:
Kerosene, two gallons; common soap,
whale oil soap. one-half pound; water,
one gallon. Heat the soap and water,
add it boiling hot to the kerosene, and
churn the mixture till it forms an emul-
son. For spraying use one gallon of
emulsion to nine gallons OF water
Germantown Telegraph.
To Kill Potato Beetles.
The last brood of the potato beetle,
which usually appears late in summer,
crawl into the ground or under old rub
bish and remain there in a semi-torpid
state through the winter. AS soon as
the ground becomes warmed by the sun
In spring these torpid beetles revive and
come out in search of food, and the fe-
males lay their eggs upon the first po-
tato leaf appearing above ground. By
gatheringtn the beetles as they appear and
destroying them we are enabled to check
the increase in numbers of the first or
new brand of the season, for severy one
of the old female beetles that escapes
destruction will lay from 800 to /, 200
eggs. Unless you. are very watchful
some of the old beetles will escape, and
their eggs and the young grubs will be
found few weeks later on the potato
plants, and then should commence the
usual mode of destroying them by dust
ing the potatoes with Paris green mixed
with plaster of Paris Or common -four.
One pound of the poison mixed with
thirty of -four will be sufficiently stron &
to kill either the grubs Or full grown
beetles feeding upon the plants. Should
another or later brood of beetles appear,
apply more poison, and continue to use
it on the plants as long as any insects
are found on them. 1t your neighbors
will practice the same warfare on this
insect few or none at all will be seen
the following year. But in almost every
neighborhood tAxe will be one or more
farmers who will neglect applying
poisons to their potatoes, and as result
thousands of these insects vsoape and
infest the grounds of the most vigilant
and painstaking cultivators of the soil.
--Neav York SUn.
Care of Horse Manure.
The manure from horses is naturally
dry, and when the animals are grain fed
is rich enough to heat very RAPIDLY. II