The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-06-25

killed by emptying the net-into fire
or into hot water.
Hopper dozers-Many forms. of death
dealing devices have been employed for
grasshoppers and leafhoppers. They are
ON the plan of a shield of cloth
stretched across a sled made so that it
can be drawn through the. rows either
| by hand or by horsepower. Such an in
strument is usually saturated with a
sticky substance, kerosene, or other OIL
As it is drawn through the field the in
sects fly or hop on it and are destroyed.
| Brushing methods.-Differen meth
DDS of brushing insects of more or less
sluggish habits, such as plant-lice or
aphides. are very useful. and one of
them is a standard remedy against the
pea aphis, the most important draw
back to the pea industry 1t consists
in merely batting or brushing the insects
from the plants with pine boughs or
similar brush, preferably on a hot day.
The plant-lice are delicate creatures
which crawl very slowly, and few are
ably to regain access to the plants and
hence die from exposure to the heated
earth.
is an old remedy against the striped GU
,cumber beetle, when the eucumbers are
quite small, and for the protection of
onions. cabbage, and other plants from
root maggots- A cheap covering may be
made by using frame made by cutting
a barrel hoop into two pieces, which. are
then placed at right angles to each 9th
, ter, and the lower end is inserted into
ii the grouIo with the curve uppermost
This is covered with cloth of strong
material and is held in place with earti
placed around the edges to prevent til,
insects working under it. The elotl
should be rather fine for this purpose
After the plants have attained som,
, growth the covering may be removed
and if care is taken they may be uset
another year.
Other coverings are also used for TIN
|. tproteetion of valuable plants agains
! the striped cucumber beetle and insect
Z of similar character A cover such a
! is used for protecting foods against file
: is useful for this purpose,
TrapPing.-Trapping by, differen
: methods is praeticed with some degre
v OF success. For this purpose old board,
h shingles and chips are of value, and j
e employed at the proper time will help i
> the destruction of many pests 1t i:
: of course, necessary to collect the insect
it which gather under these traps ever
IS day. and the traps should be replace
a in different areas. They are of particI
lie lar value against eutworms, squash bug
z slugs and snails. They. attract ais
other pests. In the ease of cutworm
II poison bats are frequently placed III
II der such traps and found OF great valu
oil Driving remedy is of create,
$, value against blister beetles and is en-
IS ployed especially in the Southwes
IS why're insects of this class are mo.
abundant and destructive. The mann,
Z Of putting this method into practice
n to send line OF boys or men throna
ne infested fields and drive the beetles I'M
ne windrows of straw OF other dry veg
ID table material, such as weeds, viii,
II have previously been cut down an
IN left for this purpose along the leewal
re side of the field. After the beetles ha,
be sought refuge in such windrow it
oe set on FIRE and the insects are burned