Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1909-03-17

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Ito. The curculio beetle lays las cgg
IN the young fruit shortly after q sets
In doing 50 1t leaves a b.lf mocu
shaped scar. which is It's lradcnurk
one OF the surest ways % letting sid
OF this insect is 60 jar the beetle.
from the tree ut this time
Spraying is also an effective remedy
The horGc9ux-pariS green mixture
may be used. but nrsenatc OF led :.
better. since Il is less liable 90 lnjGr.
the leaves. 70 is applied nj the rate "a
three pounds 10 fifty gallons OF water
The spray should bc applied Jc-i tr
fore the blossoms open. just ~ ,g tlcy
fan ana again about fifteen days later
Poisonous sprays should never be ap
piled TO fruit trees while they are q
blossom. II Is not necessary In vidcl
To destroy the insects and VIII Xii
many OF the honeybees upou which
the blossoms are so dependent Tor pol
lination
The insects that have been men
toned SO far live 10y eating the leaves
and fruit and IA doing So take UP
enough OF the poison 10 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-snost common
examples Insects Of this Kind feed
by drilling through the outer layer n
the leaf or bark and sucking the plant
juices. They thus escape damage
from any poison which may be on the
surface.
TO get rid Of sucking insects some
substance which win KIN 10y 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 pound of
soap In gallon OF boiling rainwater.
This mixture is then taleu from the
stove and two gallons Of Kerosene ado.
ed. The compound should be churnc Z
violently FOR few moments Ly pum0.
Ing 1t 10 with the spray pumn ana
back into the pail This causes the
oil TO mix thoroughly with the water.
Before using. this original mixture is
diluted with six 20 ten parts Of wa
ter
\ common insect affecting garden
crops and one that is hard 10 handle
Is the striped cucumber beetle This
Is serious enemy Of cucumbcrs.
squashes, melons and other plants Of
like nature. Spraying does litue good
and is liable To injurc the tender plants
as well. Where but few hills are
raised. covering them for the first
two weeks with a small box with mos
quito bar stretched across the top IS a
good preventive measure. Another er
fective plan Is 10 20 over the patcb
In the morning while the dew is on
and the beetles cannot fly, knock them
to the ground 10y giving the plant 4
slight blow and put a drop OF kerosene
on each one
Where any Of these crops are raised
ON large scale the most effective
remedy is the use Of trap nlonts~
Plant the Held TO squashes a week CT
ten days before time to plant the main
crop. The beetles are especially fond
or squash plants ana will gather on
them In large numbers MS soon rs thev
come up. Just about the time The 9th
" plants begin to peep THROUGH the
ground the squashes can he srraved
with very strong kerosene emulsion
This viii destroy both the SQUASH
plants and the beetles There win
usually not DC, enough Of the latter left
In the neighborhood TO do much dam,
age.