The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1912-06-15

stopped with a peg or cork. The peg
is removed and the poison put into
the bag through these holes. By
Earring the board, the poison is sift-
ed from the bags on to the foliage
of the plants. 1t is best to make
the applications of poison in the ear
~ morning before the wind rises,
but in case it should be necessary
to make applications when the wind
is blowing, it is advisable to attach
pieces of duck, or cloth Of a similar
nature, to each end of the board in
such away that they will act as cur
tains and force the poison down ON
to the plants and prevent it from
being blown away. These pieces of
cloth should be long enough to trail
down we'll behind the bags and catch
all of the poison before it is car
ried away by the wind. 1t is very
important that the poison be forced
down into the bud in order to catch
the worms which feed there. Where
worms are found abundant on grass
near the fields of corn, the grass on
the borders Of the field should be
well busted with the Paris green
lime mixture in order to poison the
worms as they migrate from the
grass to the corn.
With the abundance of worms now
present, it may be predicted that
large numbers of moths will emerge
in time to fly into the areas which
have been overlooked this season
and infest the late planted corn of
those localities. The overflow has
destroyed, or driven away, practically
all Of the natural enemies, and,
therefore, we may expect to see the
Army Worm abundant before these
friends of the farmer can return in
sufficient numbers to control the sit.
uation. Under these circumstances
it will be advisable for the planters
in the overflowed districts to pro-
cure a supply of Paris green or pow.
dered arsenate of lead and be pre-
pared to combat this pest.
The number of applications of poi
son which should be made will de.
pend to a considerable extent on
weather conditions. If rain should
occur soon after the application was
made, it might probably be neces
sary to repeat it,
AS a general rule, insects which
devour the foliage of plants can be
readily destroyed by the use of ar
senical poiSons, such as Paris greer
or arsenate of lead, so, therefore
these insecticides may be used fol-
controlling all kinds Of caterpillars OF
worms which eat the foliage of cot
ton, corn, etc. The bud worm oil
corn (Which is the insect known az
the boil worm on cotton) may be
poisoned in the same manner as the
fall army worm, or grass worm.
Cut worms may also do some dam
age in the overflowed districts, be
caus theeir natural enemies have
been destroyed. Cut worms may be
destroyed by poisoning grass and dis
tributing it in the late afternoon be-
tween the rows of the growing corn
They will readily eat the grass and
be poisoned. A pound of Paris greer
should be thoroughly stirred into one
hundred gallons of water and the
grass dipped in it, or the poisOn-wa
ter may be sprayed on and the grass
cut and carried to the field; dipping
the grass will probably be preferable
Another good poison bait is what is
known as poison bran mash This
bran mash may be used instead OF
the poisoned grass, but on a large
scale it would, of course, be more ex
pensive. 1t is prepared as follows:
Thoroughly mix thirty to forty pound!
of bran with one pound of Paris
green, add enough water to com
pletely moisten the mixture and ther
stir in half a gallon of common mo
lasses. Bran mash made in this way
should be distributed in the late af
ternoon on the portion of the crops
which show the effects of cut worn
damage. This makes a very attrac
tive bait and the cut worms will read
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