The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-02
FIGHT THE NOXIOUS INSECTS
By GEORGE B. M'vAY, JR.
President G. B. McVay < Son, Bi

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 This insect needs no description here The orange-colored eggs, varying in number from a dozen to 50, are laid on the under side of the potato ieaf The eggs hatch in about week into sluggish larvae which feed upon the leaves, never leaving a plant until it is completely de- foiated, and then only for food. The potato and eggplant are also fed upon to some extent by this insect.
 Remedies: Arsenate of lead and paris green are almost universally used for combating this pest They may be ap- piled in liquid form, or in powder di- luted with about 50 times their weight of land plaster, flour or sifted ashes. The writer prefers liquid insecticide and uses from 10 to 12 ounces of paris green to 30 gallons of water. Arsenatc of lead at the rate of three pounds to 50 gall Ions of water
 THE CABBAGE WORMS
 Every one knows this worm and if the proper attention is not given in time, they will soon cut up cabbage in such shape that it will be impossible for them to head up. They gnaw irregular holes in the leaves and burrow into the heads of cabbage and soon make them unfit to cook. The market growers must kill them at the very start, for cabbages which are in this condition when ready to market, find very little sale for them when they are full of holes.
 Remedies-Paris green and arsenate of lead are used to great extent during young growth, but after the cabbage begins to form head insecticides such as Slug Shot and Bug Death should be used. These insecticides are death to cabbage worms, but very little or no danger to human being is encountered by their use.
 PLANT LICE
 This little insect has caused more dam age throughout the country in the past few years than any other insect the writer knows of It is known mostly as the green aphis and in California few years ago it practically destroyed the. sweet pea crop and later almost de- stroyed the garden pea crop in the north Birmingham and it's vicinity is infested with it. and from all sides we hear it destroyed whole crops of turnips this past spring as well as other crops. It attacks all tender young plants, and especially all varieties of towering plants.
 Remedies-From different experiments on the writer's trial grounds (McVay's Gardens at Norwood) it has been found that tobacco dust sprinlled freely on the plants and ground will check them quicker than anything, but the dust should be sprinkled at an angle that it
  of the leaf, for this is where they rest and do their work Other experiments with liquid "Nikoteen'' have been car ried on successfully and found very ef- fective.
 THE SQUASH VINE BORER
 The squash vine borer is the larva of moth belonging to the same genus as the peach borer. The parent insect has an orange colored body; the fore n1iyn brown and the hind ones transparent; the hind pair of legs are fringed with long, orange yellow and black hairs. The eggs are laid on the stems of the young plants near the roots of the cucumber, squash and melon and the larvae on matching, burrow into the stems, feeding upon their substance and causing the plants to die.
 Remedies: All withered or dead vines should be destroyed in order that the larvae may not escape to pro- pagate their kind. Covering several of the lower joints with earth has also been suggested for the purpose of in ducing the vines to take root at these points, since the borer deposits her eggs on the stems near the roots. Cut ting out the larvae whenever suspect ed Is also resorted to. Sprinkling or dusting with Paris green near the roots is also said to be effective in preventing the ravages of the pest. The latter has always proven success full with the writer. A frequent dusting of lime has always proven successful in checking the squash bug" which bores into the fruit |
 The above different Insects and worms takes in the situation very well when 1t comes to vegetation in homo garden. Of course, there are many oth- CT different species of insects which attacks different plants in the garden, but they can easily be combated with by the use of different insecticides which are offered by the seed houses.
 Our service department is always ready to serve the public in the mat ter of exterminating all species of in- sects in your garden and will be glad to give expert advice on every ques- ton.
 We have over 100 different formu- las, embracing an decactions. emul-