Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-05-23
BACK YARD FARMER
Interesting Pointers on Garden
Ing for the City Man or
Suburbanite.
WHAT TO PLANT AND WHEN
Advice by an Expert on Agricultural
Matters-Garden and Plant Pests
Dwarf Tomatoes-FIower
Bed Notes.

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BY PROF. JOHN WILLARD 1oLrE.
Practically all of the domestic gar.
den pests can be killed without diff.
nculty by the proper treatment Yet
Few people seem to realize this and
everywhere we see plants and house
MOWERS struggling for existence and
supporting a host of parasites when
Just a little intelligent treatment
would turn these plants from sickly
weaklings into hardy producers. Some
81 the commonest pests. together with
the roper treatment to eliminate
them, follow:
Aphis. or green lice, Is q parasite
about one7half the size Of the head of
q pin-greea In color and shows but
little activity. They are found partic.
ularly on the cucurbits, that is, the
vines OF the cucumber family, and on
all sorts Of house plants. II ants are
present on your outside plants, look
out for these green lice. They are
sometimes called ~ants-cows. for the
ants seem to tend them, stroking them
with their f~eelers, when the Aphis
gives out a sweet secretion, Of which
the ants are fond. The treatment for
green lice is tobacco tea, which Is
readily made by boiling tobacco stems
In water. Spray the plants with a
spray gun three or four times at two
or three day intervals.
Red Spider.-The red spider is a lit.
tie red bug. 1t move rapidly over
the plants. Merely a spraying with
tobacco tea or plain, clear water will
get rid Of this pest. It's size is about
the same as the green lice.
! Striped Beetle.-The striped beetle
Is one-eighth Of an inch long and the
fact that 1t can fly makes 1t a danger
to any garden. It is found in the soil
at the base Of the stems Of the Gu
curbits. 1t kills the young vines. But,
after the vines begin to send of rum
ners they are safe from this pest
The treatment is powdered white
heilibore scattered around the hills
and on the plants. or the plants can
be sprayed with water and the helle-
bore dnsted. on, or q suspension solu-
ton may be made and the plants
sprayed. Another treatment Is air
Stacked lime in suspension solution, or
COW manure plastered over the ground
near the vines.
Cut Worms may attack any plant in
the garden, cutting 1t of under the
ground. They have a special liking
for peas and beans. If young, tender
plants die quickly, or you find that the
plants from seed r not appearing
above ground, look out for cut worms.
Mix n pound of bran with enough |
water to make a dough; add a table
spoonful of some strip and another
tablespoonful Of white arsenic; mix
well and scatter a little about the
plants. The cut worms will eat this
and die.
1OIdCO Du6S.- uLS ldulllldI pest
can be quickly gotten rid of by spray
ing the potato plants with q suspen-
sion solution of Paris green. Spray
two or three times to kill the young.
Pairs green contains arsenic, and in
using this or the white arsenic, care
should be used, as it Is exceedingly
poisonous.
Tomato Worms.-If you find your
tomato plants are losing their leaves,
look out for these worms. They are
from three to six inches in
and as large as three-fourths Of
inch in diameter. 1t is seldom that
more than two or three appear in the
at n time, and they are
killed by hand.
For Cabbage Worms. dust the plants
with powdered hellebore before the
heads form. Later dust the hellebore
on the outside leaves as the worms
appear.
A little attention to getting rid Of
pests will well repay in the
decreased production Of the garden.