The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1919-06-19

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cease with the winter, as they bur
row into the heads and may thus
be carried into storage.
Spraying or busting with arsenate
of lead is an effective remedy. The
treatment should be begun when the
plants are quite small, and should
be repeated two or three times during
the season Since a cabbage head
grows from the inside, and the outer
leaves are usually removed before
cooking, there is no danger that per
sons eatings cabbage so treated will
be poisoned.
The common paper wasp which
nests beneath the caves OF porches
and outbuildings will prove 1ts
friendship if given opportunity by Ell
fectively freeing cabbage plants neal
it's abode from these destructive cat
erpillars upon which it feeds its ever
hungry young.
cutworms
When the grower enters his we'll
kept garden, in which day or two
before he has set out fine lot of cab
bage or tomato plants, and finds that
goodly part Of them have been cut
off near the roots by some invisible
and insidious foe, he is likely to be-
come discouraged at the effort to fight
the stealthy attacks Of these nactur.
nal marauders, and to wonder wheth'
er the game is worth the candle, es-
pecially after the plants which he
resets are attacked in the same man.
ner
If he is familiar with the habits of
cutworms, however, he will, before re-
planting, make a search in the soil
within few inches Of the base OF
the damaged plant, and will probably
he rewarded by uncovering a smooth
greasy looking, gray or brownish cat
erpillar from an inch to an inch and
half in length, the foe which he is
seeking.
Cutworms are the young or larvae
Of number of kinds of medium-sized
grayish or brownish moths, and are
likely to be found wherever garden
has been allowed to grow up in
weeds the previous season. They
/, pass the winter as half-grown cater
pillars buried in the earth, and in
spring come forth with a several
months appetite which they satisfy
with the first edible vegetation that
comes to hand, this often being the
gardeners choicest transplanted veg.
etables. AS the season goes on, they
become mature and enter the ground
there undergoing the transformations
which are completed by the issuance
of the moth in midsummer.
If the garden is known to have
been weedy last season, the proven
bal ounce of prevention may be ex-
ercised by scattering thinly over it,
just before setting out the plants, a
poisoned bait. This Is prepared by
mixing thoroughly quart of dry
bran with four or five level tea
spoonfuls of white orsenic or Paris
green It is then made into a wet
mash by the addition of a quart or
more of water, into which has been
stirred a half cup Of cheap strip or
molasses. 1t may be scattered thin
ly over the field day or two before
planting, or will serve as protection
to the newly set plants If little Is
sprinkled around the roots after wet
ting them down. Better results are
secured by putting out poison after
sunset, since cutworms begin to feed
about dark.
Care should be taken that this bait
is scattered thinly, as it might be
dangerous to children or domestic
animals.
In small gardens, transplanted veg
etables may be protected by surround
ing their stems when setting them