Evening star., 1918-07-21
WAR AGA|NSTPESTS
ENTAILS MUCH WORK
Destructive Insects on the Job in
Garden Twenty-Four Hours a
Day-Efective Remedies.

Even after the vegetables In the
war garden are well advanced toward
maturity. and the gardener and his
family are enjoying the fruits Of the
summers labor. the crops are not i'm
mune from the ravages of blights.
fungous diseases and a whole horde
Of insect enemies.
Constant work. from the time the
seedlings first appear above tho soil
until autumn frosts write "hnis" at
the bottom of the summer garden
page, Is necessary II the gardener is
to get the benefits Of his efforts. Not
a single crop of the entire vegetable
list 10 without its special enemy: In
deed, many Of them seem to be spe-
cially picked on by bugs. worms
slugs and diseases Of a dozen kinds.
Bordeaux mixture will control prac-
tically all the diseases that canta-
loupes or muskmelons are heir to-
Pick of and burn badly diseased
leaves and help check trouble.
Bordeaux for Mildew.
Downy mildew is one of the worst
muskmelon diseases. It shows hrst as
pale green or yellow angular spots
which finally turn pinkish-brown OF
brown and become dry. II the weather
is rainy for some time after. this dis
ease appears you will have difficulty
in checking 1t. otherwise you can
easily control It by spraying with
Bordeaux mixture every. week or ten
small. Spray before the disease ap-
pears. because its germs or seeds can
not grow on q leaf covered with Bor-
deaux mixture.
If you keep the plants growing
rapidly and well sprayed there will
other diseases except wilt" For this
the only remedy is to pull up the
plant and burn II. Do not handle a
diseased plant and then q healthy one
without washing the hands. or you
may carry the disease from one plant
to another.
Protecting the Eggplants.
Are you watching your eggplants!
In this case, as with many other gar
den Ills. an ounce Of prevention is
worth a pound Of cure: SO start after
the diseases early.
One incurabie disease which attacks
healthy eggplants in the prime Of life
is blight or wilt. which causes the
whole plant to droop and wilt. Pull
up the plant and burn 1t. and next
of the garden.
Another incurable disease il fruit
rot. which causes the fruit, leaves and
stems to rot. Pull up and burn all
diseased plants. This rot works rap
idly. Thorough spraying with Bor-
deaux mixture may check 1t at the
start.
There are several leaf -eating beetles
which eat eggplant leaves. The worst
Is the little hea beetle. which eats
practically all of the leaf tissue, leav-
ing only q skeleton of fiber veins.
The potato beetle sometimes goes over
to the eggplants for q change of diet.
Use poison for these beetles. Arsen-
ate Of lead Is best, using one ounce OF
the powder. or two ounces Of the
paste, in six quarts Of water Add
this to the Bordeaux mixture and con-
troll insects and diseases at one time
Covers for Cucumbers.
To protect cucumbers. cover each
hill with cheesecloth supported by
pieces Of hoops or fastened over the
open top Of . box without a bottom.
This will protect the plants from in
sects. Leave this protector ON as long
as possible and when it is removed
begin spraying with Bordeaux mix
ture ana arsenate Of lead. Repeat
every ten days. If this does not con-
troll the disease pull up and burn the
plants. busting with equal parts OF
keep OF insectA
The anthracnose 10 q serious disea se
appearing as brown spots on the
leaves and may kill them. It spreads
rapidly in moist. warm weather
thorough spraying with Bordeaux
mixture will partly control 1t SO that
q 1airly good crop may be obtained
Spray every ten days.
There is another disease causing an
eular shaped spots which at first look
water-soaked, but later become whit
fsh in appearance. This is worst in
wet weather. Tn downy mildew has
angular spots which turn yellow and
cause the leaves to curl ana die in Q
eases will help control these two also
Another trouble for which spraying
Will do no good after 1t shows on the
plants is called wilt" This attacks
plants six or eight inches high and
causes them suddenly to wilt and die
Pull up and burn them at onc6, Pro.
tecting the plants from insects by
spraying end Nsing cheesecloth covers
will prevent hach spreading of this
disease.
Fighting B>et Beetles.
In . figurative sense the war gar.
dener must go to It without glove,
and clean out the insects that infeci
his vegetable plot. But blister beetles
cannot be handled without gloves
or. as their name implies, they viii
produce blisters on tender hands. Bee,
tops taste good to them and they will
soon make serious inroads into 8
patch unless checked. Use arsenat<
Of lead to kill these hungry bugs
Spray every ten days.
There are several other insects tina,
need looking after. The beet fies
which eat holes in tho leaves and
sometimes do q lot Of injury. Since
the leaves are the lungs and stomach
Of plant any injury to the leaves
Injuries tho plant just that much, 60
protect the beet plants by spraying
with arsenate Of lead when the flea
beetle appears and repat in ten dayS
Another remedy is to dust the leaves
bestle away. II the tops are to be used
for greens. lime is safest to use. In
fact, 1t might be risky to use for
green's the leaves which had been
sprayed with Arsenate Of lead; bet
ter leave them alone and eat only the
beetA @
NACHINISTS ABANDON STRIKE
NEWARK. N. J., July 3o.-Twenty-
fve hundred striking machinists herr
today voted to return to work Monday
aftar bAinG addreaaed by 4 reureaAnta.