The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-07-27
THE COTTON or ALFALFA wEs
WORM.

iitS pest known hN the above com
\ mon names, appears in this stare
about three times during the season
d or IN other words there are three
hf0ods uf IL AS the names signify
Ii has various plants MS rood material
IN cases where it Is attacking cotton
IN localities whore the gfasshopper is
, also present. Il Is we'll 10 apply 4
, method Of control which will be equal.
{ IN effective 10 both pests The above
d mentioned formula for controlling the
grasshoppers Will not suffice for con.
. trolling the web worm. The following
1 formulate, however, win suffice for
controlling not only both of these
pests, but also the hollworn. and in
tact any other insect that deyours the
foliage.
Lead arsenate. two To four pounds
Water fifty gallons
Apply thts to the infested plants by
means OF a good spray pump fitted
with good row sprayer Any good
ordinary orchard power spray pump
win be sufficient for field spraying,
provided ii has the row attachment
/ The latter may be obtained from spray
machinery dealers at pice Of from
! ten 10 fifteen or twenty dollars: Of
such apparatus can be made at home
1 provided the person desiring To make
one has q little genius along this line
| In making row sDrayer attach a gas
| pipe or other rigid piece OF material
10 The rear end Of a wagon. 10 this
pipe attach adjustable spray nez2les
50 that they may be placed at proper
distances required for spraying rows
of infested plants. BY connections
with the main hose of the spray pump.
attach minor hose to each uf these
spray nozzles. One good spray pump
will furnish sufficient liquid for from
six TO ten Of these nozzles, or I'm other
words, from six TO ten rows may be |
sprayed while driving through the |
field one time. The bordeaux nozzle |
Is good type for this kind of work.
Lead arsenate Is more adhesive than
paris green and for this reason it is
more desirable probably than most |
any other application for controlling
the web worm or similar pests on cot
ton, where the pests are attacking
only a small portion of the crop. This /
solution viii kin any insect that may
deyour t..
Paris green formula Paris green
may be substituted for the lead AT
senate; only about one pound 10 fifty
gallons of water however. should be
used For each pound five or six
pounds OF freshly sl1led lime should
be added to the water The lime is
added in order to prevent any possi
it9 fftft fn ey,ff . i
The methods for applying these ar
senicals previously mentioned are not
we'll suited TO the ordinary farm be
cause such apparatus is not generally
owned by farmers. Under such condi-
ions, the following methods Of appli |
cation may be resorted to. Lead ar
senate may be procured in the pow
Tered form, or in the same form as
paris green Either one of these !
chemicals may be busted on the in
ested plants. Farther south, where
'otton is the main crop, and wherel
he boil worm and cotton web worm
ne quite serious at times. special ma
hines are used for dusting the pois /
N on the plants. Any person With
ordinary talent can manufacture such /,
AihtHltlt ~ Ait HAS ~ NlllsAil HtiOil XII D..
is farm, or he can. have such a ma
hine manufactured at a very cheal
ogt nj the blacksmith shop or the | 7
lumber shop In making a dusting ! j
Machine Il is necessary To have
mall fan for generating air pressure
he little fan that Is ordinarily used
b portable blacksmith orges Is very
O0d pattern Attach a tube to the
rum OF the fan in suth way that y
he air viii be driven through the =
tbe Attach to this tube a vessel
'hich Is to contain the arsenical Pro | =
ide the connection between the tube =
nd vessel with a valve In such way |
nat the amount Of arsenjeal passing |
trough the valve and tune may b, "
agulated The said tube should be !
n inch or two inches i'm diameter In | Y
lma cases a foot or so OF hose is az j
,ehed To the end of the tube aud | u
his tube turned upward al a suitable -
ngle so as 10 be sufficient Tor civ | =
lg Che poison quite a universal dis -
'ibution In other instances the | =
lain tube is divided near the outer y
ma with connections with smaller
Ibes radiated laterally in order 70 /,
bread the poison over quite an area -
ground instead OF shooting il out =
raight backward With a little prac ~
ce, such a machine can be made very y"
leapy and geared TO the hind wheel =,
an ordinary spring wagon or to the %
heel OF q cultivator In such a way H'
20 have sufficient cover furnished .
the fan from the wheel Of the fe -
Gle This machine, driven throug
il infested ields. VIII distribute tht
lbion IN the dust form, thus doin
way with a heavy load OF water as
the case OF the spray pumn ~
Such a machine can be used for
istiug Infested corn, cotton. and al
lla fields No more than about one
lund of paris green per acre should d
used under ordinary conditions eu
at Is when the plants are knee hieh ef
less n the plants are higher than 70
is and quite bushy as in the case e,
cotton later n the season. twC
lunds can be used 10 advantage In
ther case IL Is We'll to use hydrateS 20
ne as "a dilutent in the paris sreen in
hen a falfa fields are busted Il is t
ell 90 use a considerable amount 81 NJ
ne. No ordinary amount VIII inter as
re with the desired results OF the hu
IRIS greeH The powdered form o. .rs
ad arscn8tc Is used in tee same raj
shion as the paris green. eNcert that 20
nfei ordinary conditions no ilWC fe I ~