Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-06-11
GETTING BEST OF GARDEN BUGS.

has earned all that Is coming tC
him." without further trouble But
there is one more difficulty to over
come before the long desired goal is
reached. The army of garden bugs
beetles and worms, has got to be met
and licked, and they have to be licked
! in short order or, like the true Huns
that they are. they will destroy every
| thing before them as they 60
The first thing to learn in fight
ing insects in the garden, is that you
cannot fight them all in the same
| way The gardener who waits until
some insect enemy appears and then
goes into the nearest store and asks
for something to kill bugs is fore
doomed to failure. 1t can't be done
as easily as that On the toher hand
the gardener who attempts to hunt up
a particular "cure" for every bug and
J insect he meets, is not only spending
money foolishly and needlessly, but is
not likely to meet with success. The
very first thing to learn in the fight
with insects is what the different
methods of fighting them are and what
to use in each particular case. When
one stops to think that there are two
one stops to think that there are two
or three different insects for most OF
the different vegetables we grow, and
two or three different remedies for
every insect it looks at first glance
as if it would take several years ex-
perience and course in a medical coll
lege. This, however, is not the case if
one will take the trouble to learn a
few simple rules. The first of these
is that the remedy to be used in any
particular case depends on how the in
sects, or bug, or beetle in question at.
tacks
There are three distinct classes:
the eating insects, the sucking insects,
and the borers and maggots, which
work inside of the stem or in the root.
The eating insects bite off and
swallow portions of the foligae or
fruit of the plant attacked, and their
presence can, therefore, be very easily
detected. The potato bug and the
green cabbage, worm are familiar ex-'
amples of this class
The sucking insects work more
stealthily and are much harder to de-,
tect because they do not destroy any
portion of the plant, but suck the plant
juices in just the same way as the
mosquito sucks blood, that is, they
go under the surface and draw up
the vitality of the whole plant instead
of destroying any part of it
The borers and root maggots, the
common aphis or green plant lice,
and squash bug are familiar examples
of this class
The borers and root maggots, Of
course, cannot be seen until their
presence is suspected by their effect
on the health of the plant. This is
generally indicated by an unnatural
whiting of the leaves on hot days and
the stunted growth
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is quite evident that it will be use
/ less to use an ordinary poison applied
to the surface of the plant for either
! the sucking insects or root maggots,
so the following simple rules can
readily be kept in mind. First, for
eating insects use surface such as
arsenate or lead or Paris green. Ar
senate of lead is better because there
is less danger of injuring the plant
and it will stay on longer. Second
for sucking insects, use a contact
| poison such as nicotine extract or oil
The most effective of these and the
most convenient is 4Ofo nicotine sui
plate which. when diluted with water
makes clean. readily applied spray
For some purposes a little soap is
added to make it stick better to the