The Green Forest tribune., 1917-05-11
Garden and Field

Every loyal man, woman and child are striving to produce food and feed crops in Carroll County now; and to do this intelligently we must stick to proven crops; nearly every mail brings inquires about some untried crop. The Secretary of Agriculture admonish- es us that this is no time for experl- meating. We trust that the most ot our folks realize the truth of that ad- monition.
 We must proceed with cautien in the production of perishables also for surplus with no provision for canning or drying means that we have lost something, it may not mean much aside from the labor and rent of the land. but we should strive to have no losses this year.
 The festive bug is and will be abroad from now on and we must fight him from the very beginning, and every one we can destroy in the beginning means many less little later. Potato bugs are easy controlled. A quarter of a pound of paris green and peck of air slacked lime thoroughly mixed and dusted on the young potatoes will finish MT. Potato Bug. Or you may use l pound of lead arsenate paste to 35 gallons of water and spray. This will hold for some time as the solution IS not so easily washed off the plants.
 For chewing insects on tender plants use l ounce lead arsenate paste 2 ounces cheap soap to each l 1-2 gallons of water and spray on plants. This may be combined with bordeaux mixture.
 For chewing insects on hardy plants, use arsenate of zinc paste, pounds to 100 gallons of water or paris green dry 1 pound to 100 gallons add i pounds of lime to make visible and lessen danger of spray burning. This may also be used with bordeaux mixture.
 For soft bodied insents, use 1 pint of 40 per cent nicotine extract and 3 pounds cheap soap to 100 gallons water and spray. This may be combined with other sprays.
 To kill cutworms use poisoned bait made as follows, ounces of paris green, pounds wheat bran, 1 orange chopped fine mixed to the consistency of stiff dough, by the addition of low grade molasses, adding water if necessary, distribute in Jumps sparing- ly around each plant or hill as soon as plants begin to come or are set out.
 For control of common cabbage worm lead arsenate paste. or paris green are the best agencies to use and if used properly are harmless, owing to the higher cost of paris green lead arsenate paste is the best besides when 1t dries leaves white coating on the leaves which enables one to determine which plants have been treated, pounds of paste to 50 gallons of water sprayed on the plants, it is best to begin while the plants are young and spray as necessary through the season. The advantage of early and repeated spraying is the killing of the worms before they have bored into the inner leaves out of the reach of sprays snd holds them in check. It has been proven that 28 heads of cabbage dusted with paris green in the ordinary way would have to be eaten by the ordinary adult at one meal be- fore poisonous effects could pc produced The cabbage grows from the inside and trimming the outer leaves takes the poisoned parts away. Water at a temperature of 130 degrees will also kill the worms and do little if any damage to the plants.
 To control corn ear worm, dust fresh silks every days with two parts of lead arsenate powder mixed with one part sulphur four. If you wish fur ther information on the control of any of the plant pests will be glad to fur nish it.
 Again. say stick to proven crops; do not experiment; be careful about the overproduction ofperishable vegetables. unless you are preparing to can the same. We would be pleased to have the names of all who will need tin cans and the number you will probably need. Better do this at once as they will be hard to get and l want to be able to help every one get the cans they need.
 Yours for better farming.
 Ben F. Greer, Co Agt.