The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-04-05
REMEDIES.

grub or maggot.
On account of the fact that the bug sucks the
sap from within the plant it cannot be reached
by the application of paris green to the outside
of the plants. Nor has any material been found
which will destroy the bugs which is not at the
same time injurious to the plants. 1t is evident,
therefore, that it is Of the highest Importance to
keep them from getting a start in the cabbage
field. The methods which may be used with best
success are:
CD Destruction of all rubbish which would fur
nish winter quarters for the bugs. CD Destruc-
ton of the first individuals which appear in
spring. 90 Using an early growing crop like
mustard as a trap crop, which is then destroyed
together with the bugs. CD Manipulating of the
bugs and eggs. 60 Late planting.
Now this may sound like a great deal of work
to do; so it is, but not nearly so much as it
would seem If you go at it right. And, if thorough
work be done very early in the season, there will
be all the less to do later. CD Under the first
head, no discussion is needed. CD When the bugs
first appear in the spring they will congregate in
considerable numbers on certain individual plants,
especially seeding turnips. They may then be
gathered bodily and crushed or burned, or they
may be brushed from the plants into pans of tar
or Kerosene. If they are not noticed until they
appear on the cabbage or collards, gather them
thoroughly without delay for every female then
killed is equivalent to a score later. Do not wait
until they become noticeable on the plants but
search tor them every two or three days before
they make themselves noticeable. DO this work
as early as possible in the day for they will then
be more sluggish from the cold of night, and can
be more easily gathered.
A few hills of early-sown mustards will make
a quick growth which is early attacked by the
bugs, and they may be destroyed by gathering
plants, bugs and all, and burning, which will clear
the way for the cabbage which is then set.
AS to late planting, | am informed by a garden
er of especially close observation that cabbage or
collards set out after August 1, at Raleigh, are
not troubled to any serious extent by this bug.
The reader will see, therefore, that it is by
fighting the very first bugs that appear, and de-
strOylng them before they provide for another
generation, that the best results are to be Sc
cured. Ii this is neglected, the work simply be-
comes that much greater a little later, and it may
then be impossible to save the plants. In order to
escape injury and not be obliged to fight the
bugs, late planting is necessary.
ANOTHER WORD ABOUT SPRAYING.
How about spraying? Have you gotten vour
pump? Did yOu make the first application to ap-
pies and pears before the buds burst? If not. it
IS too late now to spray until after the blossoms
fall, so be prompt about it THEREAFTER the BIOS
SONS fall, not before, remember. So far the
prospect is that those who spray will have a good
crop TINS year, but we suspect that those who do
not VII! have the usual failure. All the firms who
have advertisements in The Progressive Farmer
are reliable. Write for their catalogues and Get
a pump. BE sure that VOur hOrdoo1v ,n;v+,,o g.