The Prescott daily news., 1918-09-23
|lN'T LET INSECTS
 |1ES1ROY GARDENS
o.. Are Easily Controi'en sy Spraying

coo q Becker, Entomologist' EA' o,U n.nt station, University Of Ar kansas. ~ ratr;otic citi. 'u' .ho are irving 10 raise war gar will likely have trouble with va l'. insects which will attack their 1dsn aI crops by eating the foliage or ,,.c tbo sap from the plants. Com among these pests are such IT, oo cutworms, potato bugs, cab worms tomato fruit worms, and sous kinds of plant lice. Practical .u of these insects can be controll- by spraying.
 :, c,tvorms Use Poisoned Bait. unere eutworms cause annoyance !, may he controlled most conYen- ,lv by the use of poisoned bait. make the bait mix ? pounds cf ,r with 5 ounces of arsenate Of lead rdsr Squeeze the juice Of one-halt ,ou into 1 pint of water: chop up rind snd pulp in fine bits and add to the water. Add 1 cup of syrup inc water and then mix the pols- ,d bran and the sweetened frult es together so as to make a dough. or Mndown scatter this about in ees where outworms have been lslns annoyance.
 .stEatng Insects Controlled By
 Spraying and Busting.
 Insects like potato bugs, cabbage rms and tomato fruit worms may controlled by spraying or dustins plants with arsenate of lead. len dusting, the arsenste of lead Fder may be placed in a flour sack shaken over the plants. It Is not kessary to have the plants white lh the powder. The object should to have a fine dust well scattered r the plants to be protected so that insects cannot get meal without ting some of the poison.
 lore commonly. plants are sprayed n the poison instead of being dust Ia spraying plants use one ounce Nsenate of lead powder in one lon of water and apply this with pray or atomizer When spray with Bordeaux Mixture or e other material for plant tases the arsenate of lead may be ed to the Bordeaux Mixture in ts of the water.
 2 applying arsenate of lead as a aN be sure 10 shake up the solu- rom time 10 time SO that 1t will settle to the bottom. In spraying DIS such as cabbages. it is desira 10 add soap al the rate of about helnch cube 10 gallon of water pFCer that the solution will spread the plants better
 rear of Eating Vegetables Which
 Have Been Sprayed.
 aere need be no fear of eating veg. ''eS which have been sprayed with fla'e of lead if the spraying is dis. |unued a week or two before the e@Oles are 10 he used Vegetables even be eaten immediately after are sprayed without any danger se consumer provided they are Fluly washed first
 v'uer to best control such insects Y, tomato fruit worm, pick all in- " 'omatoes by hand and destroy 'aN'lg care that the worms do not s"a'' Particular pains should be 'O gather these infested toma. sa',' m the season. Later in the sou ,nandpicking of infested toma. VI" not be worth while.
 'uo' Plant Lice on cucumb.rs and ''''o With a Tobacco Solution. M o 70 "hoS Of small plant lice are if, " " ih'est particularly sucb s ,,s 1 as eucumbers, squash. etc, nI,n. " Oe controlled by spraying ,s,'.. .,aa's with concentrated tohac' ps, u' a using teaspoonful of o n, .eu' w nicotine solution in gal. ine, M water and in this dissolve % a cp v.s'' suOe or soap. Spray this so. sr sids. ds thoroughly It, on upper and hs a.s llo. Or the leaves, as nonc ,etn.p "su Will be killed unless tbar sn ''''y touched by the spray so- for ~, oo.' eent nicotine tobacco solu. thsssd dOn'rolling plant lice can be
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