The Brinkley argus., 1918-07-19
DON'T LET INSECTS
 DESTROY GARDENS
These Pests Are Easily Controlled
 By Spraying

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 During May and June patriotic citi- zens who are trying to raise war gar dens will likely have trouble with va riOus insects which will attack their garden crops by eating the foliage or sucking the sap from the plants. Com mon among these pests are such ir- sects as cutworms, potato bugs, cab bage worms, tomato fruit worms. and various kinds of plant lice. Practical ly all of these insects can be cOntroll- ed by spraying.
 1 For cutworms Use Poisoned Bait.
 Where cutworms cause annoyance they may be controlled most conven- iently by the use of a poisoned bait. To make the bait mix pounds of bran with 5 ounces of arsenate of lead powder. Squeeze the juice of one-halt lemon into 1 pint of water; chop up the rind and pulp in fine bits and add this to the water. Add 1 cup of syrup to the water and then mix the pois- oned bran and the sweetened fruit | juice together so as to make dough. After suudown scatter this about i'll places where cutWorms have been causing annoyance.
 Leaf-Eating Insects Controlled By
 Spraying and Busting.
 Insects like potato bugs, cabbage worms, and tomato fruit worms may be controlled by spraying or dusting the plants with arsenate of lead, When dusting, the arsenate of lead powder may be placed in flour sack and shaken over the plants. It is not necessary to have the plants white with the powder. The object should be to have fine dust well scattered over the plants to be protected so that the insects cannot get meal without getting some of the poison. More commonly, plants are sprayed with the poison instead of being dust ed. In spraying plants use one ounce of arsenate of lead powder in one gallon of water and apply this with | spray or atomizer. When spray ing with Bordeaux Mixture or some other material for plant diseases the arsenate of lead may be added to the Bordeaux Mixture in place of the water
 | In applying arsenate of lead as a spray, be sure to shake up the solu- tion from time to time so that it will not settle to the bottom. In spraying plants such as cabbages, it Is desira hle to add soap at the rate of about a one-inch cube to a gallon of water In order that the solution will spread over the plants better
 No Fear of Eating Vegetables Which
 Have Been Sprayed.
 There need be no fear of eating veg etables which have been sprayed with arsenata of lead if the spraying is dis continued a week or two before the vegetables are to be used. Vegetables may even be eaten immediately after they are sprayed without any danger to the consumer provided they are carefully washed first.
 In order to best control such insects as the tomato fruit worm pick all in- fested tomatoes by hand and destroy them, taking care that the worms do not get away. Particular pains should be taken to gather these infested toma- toes early in the season. Later in the season manipulating of infested toma- toes will not be worth while.
 Control Plant Lice on Cucumbers and
 Squash With Tobacco Solution.
 Various kinds Of small plant lice are likely to infest particularly such plants as cucumbers, squash. etc These can be controlled by spraying the plants with concentrated tobac- co solution, using teaspoonfu of a 40 per cent nicotine solution in 1 gal Ion of water and in this dissolve a one-inch cube of soap Spray this so- l lutiOn very thoroughly on upper and under sides of the leaves, as none of the lice will be killed unless they l are actually touched by the spray so- Iution
 A 40 per cent nicotine tobacco solu- tion for controlling plant lice can be purchased from the local druggists n most towns; however, if you cannot secure this product from local dealers Write to the Experiment Station at Fayetteville for the names of sources of supply. Nicotine tobacco solution is put up in containers of various sizes holding anywhere from one ounce to ten pounds. In small quanti- ties 1t will cost about 25 cents an ounce, but when bought in larger quantities 1t is very much cheaper. One ounce of this concentrated tobac- co product will make enough solution to protect most gardens fer whole season.
 Various kinds of spray machinery can be used for the garden Many small gardens will pot need more than an atomizer such as can be purchased for about 50 cents. Larger gardens may require a bucket pump costing from $225 to $500 A compressed air sprayer is very convenient for most gardens and such an outfit can be