Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1917-07-06

the earth with the foot and the thing
Is done, a boy to carry basket with
I the plants and, If he is a careful one,
place them in the ground saves time
and backuche.
DO not use paris green to kill the
worms on the cabbagcS. 1t is dan
gerous business and We have known
persons to be badly poisoned by eating
cabbages treated this way. II the cab
bage Is planted In good, rich soil aud
carefully attended TO, our experience
is that not enough worms will be seen
to do any great injury, Anyway, those
which make their appearance may be
disposed Of In much safer way. II
the soil has plenty Of potash and the
plants are not too close together they
will not be troubled with worms. Cab
bage Is n rank grower and in good soil
with the proper cultivation, 1t very
soon grows too big for the worms to do
any damage.
Cabbage should have bit Of bone
dust, wood ashes or well compoSted
manure, In order to induce good-sized
growth. Nitrate of soda is also great
help. II the plants show too rank
growth pull them over to one side in
order to break off few of the roots,
which will retard the growth and tend .
to produce more solid heads.
Along about this time ants make
great deal of trouble by throwing up
hills in the garden or on the lawn. No
use TO dig them up or destroy the
nests, as they can quickly turn up In
some other spot, At the nearest drug
store buy Il can OF biSulphide Of car
bon. 1t Is ill-smelling stuff and If you
place match within foot of il there
will be an explosion. BY all means al.
low no fire to come near it. With a
stick make two or three openings In
the ant hill, near the center, and pour
about a tablespoonful into the hole,
then close the hole tightly with earth,
and the fumes will quickly permeate
The hill and kill every living thing.
Here comes our old friend, the pota.
10 bug, again. Spraying with bordeaux
mixture, 10 which has been added
lrsenate of lead at the rate Of about
wo pounds to the barrel of the mix.
ure, will usually Kill the bugs and also
prevent blight. But after all there is
10 better thing than paris green for de.
itroyng potato bugs. This can be
mixed with lime or tlour and busted
m the vines.
We have seen people pick potato
'eetles off the vines by hand, putting I
hem into bottle or tin can. to be
calded with hot water later: and we
ave seen others knock them off on
he ground and sweep them into
Iustpan, but this is slow work and |
oes not kill the eggs, which are con. )
family being laid on the vines. Stick
the bordeaux mixture and arsenate l
t lead and paris green and keep your {
yes on the vines every day. {
The yellow-strlped beetle Is one of
he greatest enemies of the cucumber |
Ines. but 1t Is easily discouraged by
praying with arsenate of lead, and
MS also protects the vines from other
'af-eaters.
The best time to move the currant
uShes is in the late fall. Dig I'D the
ushes with as much dirt around the I,
'ots as possible and set out in the :
ew location. The soil should be dug :
to depth of two feet, more or less !,
nd well fortified with rotted stable :,
anure. Disturb the roots as little as :,
1ssible and firm down the ground all :,
'ound them. Keep the weeds away !,
ext spring and the bushes will prob. .
by get along all right.