New Iberia enterprise and independent observer. (New Iberia, La.) 1902-1944, 1907-05-18
POISONING CUTWORMS.


. worms frequently so injurious t.
garden and truck crops in spring
AS usual thing, cutworm!
are most abundant whers thu
!, garden crop is upon land which
has bsen In pasture or meadow
the year previous. Cutworm.
arc always more or less abun.
dant in grassy lands, and Sc
when the grass is destroyed anc
comparatively few cultivated
plants placed on the land instead
injury to the latter is of course
sewers. Therefore, in neighbor,
hoods where cutworms damage
is frequently experienced, garden
and truck crops should not be
placed upon land that has beer
in grass or sod the year before.
When the cutwsrms make
their appearance in the garden
patches, Or even in fields OF
cord lido not confuse cutworms
with the "bud- worm" or corn
root worm, as the measures here
recommended for cutworms are
useless against the corn root
worm they can be killed with
poisoned bats. Tbs poisoned
bait may be either some luscious
green vegetation acceptable to
the worms, which has been poi
soned with an arssnical poison,
or it may be swestened mix
ture of arsenic or Paris green
with bran.
POISONED BATS OF CLOVER.
Select few square feet of
rank-growlng clover or alfalfa
and spray it with Paris green
thoroughly dissolved in water,
using about one-fourth pound
of Paris green to IS gallons of
water. An soon as the poison
ed mixture has dried on the
clover, cut it and distribute it in
small punches or handfuIs
around the plants that are being
attacked by the cutworms. This
poisoned clover should be cut
and distributed late in the even
ing, so as to be fresh and attrac-
tive to the worms when they
come out of their hiding places
at night. NEARLY all the species
of cutworms do their feeding at
night and hide in the loose earth
or under vegetation, sticks, etc.,
during the day.
CAUTION--Do not forget that
the clover patch which was sprayed
will retain the poison for some
time, or until there have been sew
eral hard washing rains on it, and
that stock must not be allowed ac-
cess to the spot in the meantime.
DO not forget also, that the bunch
es of poisoned clover distributed
about the garden, will also retain
the poison after they have dried,
and must not be thrown or place d
where stock can get them. When
the lunches of poisoned clover
have served their purpose, that is,
when they have become too dry to
be longer attractive to the cut
worms, they should be carefully
gathered up and either buried or
burned, preferably the latter.
POISONED BRAN MASH.
This mixture is used much as
the poisoned clover mentioned |
above, and is prepared from:
so lbs of wheat or rice bran.
4 Id white arsenic Cor / Id
Paris green.)
| quart black stray Cor other
cheap molasses.
Sufficient water to moisten.
Mix the arsenic and bran to-
gether dry, stirring together
thoroughly so that the poison will
De distributed all thro ugh the bran. II
Then add the quart of molasses
md STIR, afterwards adding enough
water (and stirring iwell) to make |
sticky, bat not SLOPPY or wet
'nough for the water to drip from
(.
< With small paddle, place about
j tablespoonful of this mixture be-
ide each of the garden plants just
/ Inightfall. This swedish mix.
ure is attractive to the worms al d
hey will eat it greedily.
Another way to use this poison
d bran mash is to place pieces of
GARD about the garden, fiat on the
round aud put a little of the
mash under each. If there
very little rubbish about the gar.
On, the eutworms will seek shelter
I6er these pieces of board during
jHl1 and will find the poisoned
! Rkfast' ready for them. Eel
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