Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-02-12
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lilo. The curculio beetle lays its eggs
in the young fruit shortly after it sets.
In doing so 1T leaves Il half moon
shaped scar, which is its trademark.
One of the surest ways of getting rid
Of this insect is to jar the beetles
from the tree at this time.
Spraying is also an effective remedy.
may be used, but arsenate of lead Is
better, since it is less liable to injure
the leaves. 1t is applied at the rate Of
three pounds to fifty gallons of water.
The spray should be applied just be-
fore the blossoms open, just after they
fall and again about fifteen days later.
Poisonous sprays should never be ap-
piled to fruit trees while they are in
blossom. 1t is not necessary in order
to destroy the insects and will kill
many of the honeybees. upon which
the blossoms are so dependent for pol
lination.
The insects that have been men
toned SO far live by eating the leaves
and fruit and in doing so take up
! enough of the poison to put an end to
their destructive work There is an
other class of insects. however. for
which such remedies are not effective.
These are the sucking insects. of
which plant lice are the most common
examples. Insects of this kind feed
by drilling through the outer layer of
\ the leaf or bark and sucking the plant
I juices. They thus escape damage
4 from any poison which may be on the
surface.
I To get rid of sucking insects some
substance which will kill by coming in
contact with them must be used.
There is nothing better for this pur-
pose than kerosene emulsion This Is
made by dissolving half q pound of
soap in gallon Of boiling rainwater.
This mixture is then taken from the
stove and two gallons of kerosene add
| ed. The compound should be churned
ing it up with the spray pump and
back into the pail This causes tho
oil to mix thoroughly With the water.
Before using. this original mixture is
diluted With six to ten parts of wa
ter
A common ii.sect affecting garden
trors and ore that is hard to handle
is the striped cucumber beetle This
is Il serious enemy eff cucumberS,
sQuaShos. melons and other plants of
like nature Spraying does little good
and IS liable to injura the tender plants
as Well Where bnt few hills als
raised. covering them for the first
two weeks with Il snlall box with mos
quito bar stretched across the top Is a
good preventive measure. Another eff
fective plan l.; to go over the patch
i'll the morning while the dew is on
and the beetles cannot fly. knock them
to the graund by giving the plant a
slight blow and pat drop of kerosene
IN each cmv
Where AIRY of these crops are raised
nn IL lnr:e scale the most effective
remedy is tie use of trap plants y
Plant the fed to suuaShes a week or
ten days Gefcre time to plant the main
crop. The beetles are especially fond
of squash plants and will gather on
tn m in large numbers as soon as they
come up. Just a5ouf the time the 9th
er plants begin to peep through ths
ground the squashes can be sprayed
with very strong kerosene emulsion
This will destroy both the squash
plants ana the beetles. There will
usually net be enough of the latter left
in the neighborhood to do much dam
age.
You who have occasional trouble
from Indigestion, such as sour stomach
belching of gas, sour risings and veal
stomach, should not delay moment tt
help the stomach digest the food fol
all these little ailments, annoying boil
to yourself and to others. are caused
simply by undigested food in the stom
ach. Kodol for Dyspepsia and Indi
gestion taken occasionally will soon re
lieye you of all the simple stomach all
ments that you now have, but whicl
may be more serious later. Try Kodo
to-day and take it on our guarantee
We know it will do what we say it will
do. 1t is sold by Edward T. Lomas.