The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1914-08-15
FIGHTING THE INSECT PESTS.

(E. w. Gruss, in Progressive Farmer.)
Earth worms can be caused to va
cate a plant bed by saturating the
same with a decoction made of the
green leaves of the hickory or pecan.
Lime water will answer the same pur-
pose. Stove SCOT or coal ashes are
useful as remedies where they may
be obtained in sufficient quantities.
Flea-beetles are not found in plant
beds which are kept wet. Should a
hot bed or cold frame become alarm
ingly infested with this tiny pest 1t is
advised to shade and frequently drench.
Sprayings with suds of whale-oil soap
have always proved successful. To
bacco dust, ashes, gypsum, SCOT, cot
tonseed meal or sawdust saturated with
coal tar have proved efficient repel.
lants.
Cutworms may be trapped under
small boards scattered about the field
about to be planted to some crop. Or
take 100 pounds of bran, one-half gal
lon black strap molasses and about
two pounds of Paris green. Mix this
and place on the rows to be cleared of
the worms. Or take turn!p or cab
bage leaves, vet them on the upper
surface, dust with Paris green and
place on the rows, poisoned surface
down, pressing the stem slightly i,,tG
the ground to prevent too rapid whiting.
Crickets love carrots better than
their own lives. Remembering this
we take carrots, crate them, add Paris
green in not too large quantities, mix
and place in small heaps over the H.
Tested area
Grasshoppers may be fed on the fol-
lowing: one-half barrel fresh horse
droppings, one-half gallon black strap
molasses, one and one-half pounds
Paris green, and one ounce of oil OF
anise Mix and distribute in small
heaps in area where grasshoppers are
troublesome.
Ants may be destroyed with kero
sene or strong fish-oil soap suds Oh
they may be put out of business with
: a solution composed of two ounces Of
alum to the gallon of soft soap water
: after which add two ounces Of pyre
, thrum. A solution of cyanide o.
potassium never fails.
The cabbage worm is very trouble
. some little fellow and difficult to get a
because arsenicals can not be employ
ed in its downfall after cabbage begins
: to head. So we may use spray com
posed of one ounce of alum, one ounce
: of pyrethrum to one gallon of sof
: water.
Gophers and field mice do untolt
damage in the fields. Into their bur
: rows place balls of cotton or rag
5 saturated with High Life and Quickl.
close the hole. Repeat this as long al
the particular animal shows signs o
5 activity, because they often banl
against the deadly fumes of this ga
'. as soon as they are aware of its pres
ence. The gopher loves sweet pota
toes. Hence we may feed these t.
him providing we take pieces as larg
as a pecan and in an incision place
tiny crystal of strychnine This latte
food is equally effective where rabbit
are troublesome in young peas or othe
truck crops just transplanted
When the boil worm is bad in tn
tips of young corn, we will obtain re
| lief if we sow sand into the tips of tn
plants This has been found effectiv
wherever used as recommended.
To protect tomatoes, egg plants
sweet peppers, or any of the cabbage
, from being cut off by the cut worn
, as fast as we can transplant them int
}. the field, it is we'll to provide eac
> plant with a paper collar made of
= piece of paper two inches wide an
three inches long. The paper is wraI
) ped about the plant before they are sc
\ in the soil, letting about three-fourth
, of an inch extend below the surface.
He DESTROYED THE RATS.