The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1917-07-07

rn, earth with the foot and the Thin
Is done. \ boy t" carry "a basket vii.
The. plants and. if he i It careful one.
place. them in the ground. saves tim
and harkach".
Do not use paris green t" Kill the
worms on the cahhaGe> II i dan.
srruuS business and We hav" known
parsons 10 BE- badly poisoned by eating
cabhugrS treated this Way. II IN" cab
bag" i planted in good, rich soil aut
carefully attended 10. our experience
i that not enough worms will br seen
To- de- any great injury. Anyway. lh"~,
which max" their appearance" may toe
disposed of in much safer way. II
the soil has plenty of potash and the
plants are not too close together they
will not Dc troubled with worms. Cab.
hage j. a rank grower and in good soil.
with the proper cultivation. it very
soon grows too big for the worms 10 Il"
any damage.
Cabbage should have a bit of bone
dust. wood ashes or well Conpo>trd
manure, in order To induce go"d-Siz"d
growth Nitrate of soda is also great
help. If the plants show too rank
growth pull them over To one side in
order tn break off few of the roots.
which will retard the growth and tend
to produce more solid heads.
Along about this time ants make q
great deal of trouble by throwing NJ
hills in the garden or on the lawn. Ne
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 can of biSulphide of car
bon. 1t is ill-SmellnG stuff and if you
place match within foot of it there
. will be an explosion. By all means al
low no fire To come near ii. with Il
stick make tvs Or three openings in
the ant hill. near the center, and pour
, about Il tablespoonful into the hole,
then close the hole tightly with earth.
and the fumes will quickly permcate
the hill and kill every living thing.
Here comes our old friend. the p"ta-
to bug. again. Spraying with bordeaux
| mixture. to which has been added
arSenate of lead at the rate of about
two pounds To the barrel of the mix
ture. will usually kill the bugs and also
prevent blight. But after all there Is
no better thing than paris green for de-
StrOying potato bugs. This can ht
mixed with lime or flour and busted
on the vines.
We have seen people pick potato
beetles off the vines by hand. puttin-
them into o bottle or tin can, To b,
Scalded with hot water later; and ",
have seen others knock them off OF
the ground and sweep them into ;
du<tpan. but this Is slow work an'
does not kill the eggs, which are con
Stantly being laid on the vines. Stl"i
to the bordeaux mixture and arScnat'
of lead and paris green and keep you
eyes on the vines every day.
The yellow-striped beetle is on" o
the greatest enemies of the cucumbe
, vines. but il is easily discouraged b
; spraying with arSenate of lead, an
: this also protects the vines from othc
: leaf-raterS.
r The best time 70 move the Curran
D bushes is in the late fall Dig up III
5 bushes with as much dirt around IN
roots as possible and set out in IN
q new location. The soil should be du
) up to depth of two feet. more or les
! and well fortified with rOtted Stabl
J. manure Disturb the roots aS little Il
= possible and firm down the ground Il
t. around them. Keep the weeds ava
T. next spring and the bushes will prof.
n ably get along all right.