Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1917-08-08

If there is one thing more annoying
than anything else on earth to the av-
erage gardener, it is to have same little
squint-eyed, yellow-spotted, crab-leg-
ged bug, about half as big as a split
pea, destroy in a few days the vines
he has been carefully nursing along for
weeks; or to find his late cabbages, or
some equally lusty looking crop, turn
ing pale and hopeless-looking just be-
cause bunch of little green lice, that
don't look big enough or strong enough
to survive a good puff Of wind, have
camped out in the under side of the
leaves.
They don't seem big enough to be
worth bothering about at first, and so
after killing few, and cussing the
rest, he let's them go. But they won't
go, worth a cent. They stay right
there and go on increasing almost as
fast as the high cost Of living. They
end up like the feas in the sad tale
Bill Nye used to tell about his dog !:
the evening Of the day the poor dog
finally died and was buried, Nye got
back from the funeral and was natur-
ally surprised to see what he took to
be the dog sitting on the front step
waiting for him. On closer inspection
it proved to be only the feas, which
of Nye, and had gathered there to ask
him when he was going to set them
another dog! So if you see the bugs.
worms, beetles, and plant lice hanging
around after they have cleaned up the
garden, remember that they only want
to express their appreciation of past
favOrs and will come again.
How to Know What to Feed a Bug.
Since the laws against patent medi-
cines for people became more strict
they have taken to making them for
garden pests. There are half a dozen
remedies for every kind Of bug and
worm; and as there are about the
same number Of insects for. everything
that grows, it looks at first like quite
complicated problem to know what
to do in any particular case.
But it's not as bad as it looks
There are three general classes Of gar
den pests, and with little observation
you can quickly tell Of which of these
any particular intruder belongs.
The first are the Chewing insects
They chew and swallow portions Of
leaves, or fruits. They include sucl
desperadoes as the potato beetle, an(
the cabbage worm.
i1ocn
They take their meals in the form o.
the plants juices, sucked from below
the skin or surface Of leaf or stem o.
fruit To the beginner it often seems
impossible that they can be the caus,
of the trouble which is apparent
They include the various green, blacl
and blue plant lice which attack differ
ent vegetables and flowers, scales an,
some other "bugs', usually soft-fesh
ed, seem to make good living with
out visible means Of support.
The third are the various maggot
and root worms and bores which wor]
out of sight, and are usually notice,
only when the results Of their nefar
ious labors suddenly become evident.
Make the Punishment Fit the Crimina
So, while there are great man,
bugs and beetles, from the point 0
view of garden protection, there ar
only three, those that eat, those tina
suck, and those that keep out of sight
The things which can be used again
st them may be simplifed in the sam
way. For the eating insects, use
stomach poison. Arsenate Of lead is i
general the most satisfactory thing 70