The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-10-20

infected fruit as it falls.
The Apple Cinculir.-The habits of
this insect render it liable to destruc-
ton by poison. Consequently, spray
ing with the arsenites, or for the cOdllng
moth, appears to be as%uficient remedy.
TOBACCO.
The Tobacco Moth or Worm. Pick
ing the larvae seems to be the great
remedy since it is thought dangerous
to use arsenites on the leayeS. The
best thing to do is to destroy the moth
that lay the eggs, and this can be read
ily done by planting the seeds of James
town weed through the field at the
time the tobacco is put out. These
will come in blossom when the moths
appear. If a little fly poison, mixed
with sweetened water and whiSkey, be
poured in the long blossoms each even
ing, the moths that sipthe liquid will be
killed. If every tobacco grower will
do this, in the course of a couple OF
years the tobacco worm will be little
known.
WATERMELON, SQUASH, CUCUMBER, &C.
The Squusb-Ujne Borer.-The RENE
dies most generally recommended IS
that of cutting out the bOrers with a
sharp knife as soon as their presence is
suspected. 1t is well to cover over
sections of the stem at intervals to
induce them to take root at various
joints. The injuries al be prevented
by occasionally spraying or busting the
stems near the base with Paris green.
The Cucumber Flea Beetle. Tobacco
finely powdered has been found to be
the best preventive Of the injuries OF
flea beetles.
The Squash Bug Hand picking APP
pears to be the most practicable remedy
that has yet been tried. This should
be done during the cooler hours of the
day, when the bugs ire sluggish. The
young may also be destroyed by spray
ing with kerosene emulsion.
The Striped Cucumber BeetLe.-TheTe
T probably few injurious insects for
which more remedies and preventives
have been suggested than this. But a
large proportion Of these remedies are
worthless. Good success has been Oh
tanned by applying liberal quantities
of refuse tobacco powder to the hills.
A ShOvelful thrown upon the hills has
been found largely to prevent thedam-
ages. The application should be re
peated occasionally when wind and
rain have removed the powder from
the plants. The tobacco acts not only
as a repeIIant to the beetles, but also
as a mulch and fertilizer to the plants.
CORN.
The Corn Root Aphi8.-A judicious
rotation Of corn with other crops is the
only practicable preventive measure
that has as yet been found.
The Corn Root WOrHL-As the eggs
of this insect are deposited in autumn
in corn ground, rotation of crops fur
nishes a simple method of preventing
it's injuries; the Larvae on Matching will
be deprived of suitable food and will
perish.
Wire W0rmS.-As yet no remedy is
known for these insects They do not
appeartOb be poisoned with the arsenites.
Fall blowing seems to do the most
good.
The Stalk Borer.-The only general
remedy that can be recommended
against this insect is that of clean furnl-
ing. This species largely develops in
wayside weeds, and consequently these
should be destroyed, and in so doing a
large number of other injurious in
sects that hibernate them will be de-
stroyed.
CIT Worms. There are q large num-
Der of species of cut-worms. Most of
them feed upon grass or clover when
young, becoming about half grown by
winter time, when they seek the shell
ter of some log or stone or burrOw into
come forth in the spring in search of
food. They now attack a variety of
young plants, biting off the stems and
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cabbage, tomatoes, turnipS, melons,
squash and various other garden vege-
tables are liable to their attacks. Cut
worms are especially liable to do dam
age in fields close to grass lands, and
to crops Immediately following grass.
are two methods of destroying
cut worms 1. The poison method.
This consists in killing off the worms
before the crops are planted, by strew-
ing over the soil punches of fresh
clover or cabbage leaves, which have
been treated with Paris green or Lon
don purple, either by dipping into a
solution Of the poison, or busting it on
dry. The half grown worms prOwling
about in search of food eat of the bats
thus set and are destroyed before do
any harm. This method has proved
a practical success in many places. Of
care must be taken that chick
ems or stock do not get at the poisoned
2. The using of boards as traps.
This method consists in placing boards
on the ground in and about the garden
and collectingi in themorning the worms
that will c~ongregate beneath them dur
ing the night.
The Corn Aphis. Use kerosene
emulsion.
The Corn Worm or Boil Worm.-
Manipulating is the only remedy that
has been suggested, except that of
catching the moths by light traps. The
silk Of infested corn shows the presence
Of the Larvae by being prematurely dry
or partially Gated, and the larvae may
be readily found and crushed. In gar
den matches of sweet corn at least