The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1920-10-28

their number should be used. ]
gardens. where insects annually d
millions Of dollars worth Of damag,
IL is known fact that clean culture
deep fall blowing when practical an
allowing poultry and hogs to run il
the garden after the crops have beel
removed, win to large extent, serv
as a means of control for some o
the instcts that do most damage il
the summer to the growing vege
tables. Many of these insects hiper,
nate, or pass the winter, in the sol
or under trash and rubbish and wher
poultry and hogs are allowed to rur
in the garden they will destroy large
numbers. When trash and rubbish
are cleaned up and burned many will
be destroyed. Some Of the more
common ones that do the most dam
age are, grasshoppers, cutworms,
white grubs, bugs that suck juices
from plants, roots and bulb mag
gots, cucumber beetles, etc.
Grasshoppers, though for the most
part generally, found in the fields,
sometimes do considerable damage
to garden crops. They lay their eggs
in the fall in rather compact soil,
about an inch below the surface, or
in close cropped pasture land and
along fence rows. Where such land
can be plowed to the depth of or o
inches the young cannot reach the
surface when they hatch in the
spring; or if it is impracticable to
pillow, disk or harrow two or three
inches deep and this will destroy
many Of the egg masses.
Cutworms, as general rule, hi
bernate in the worm stage. These
worms find hiding places under va
rious kinds of trash and rubbish,
hence, as soon as the crops are har-
vested in the fall all vines, trash and
rubbish should he piled and burned.
If the ground is plowed in the fall
and spring, scatter poisoned bait
in little piles over the surface of the
plowed ground and the cutworms
should for the most part be destroy
ed. The bait is made of one pound
of Paris Green mixed with so pounds
of bran, to which two quartsof of
molasses and enough water has been
added to moisten well.
White Grubs are the young of the
May Beetles. They can be greatly
reduced in numbers by allowing hogs
to run in the garden in the fall.
These white grubs may do consider
able damage if they are not attended
to at the proper time.
Tarnished Plant Bug and some
closely related species, hibernate as
adults in grasses and various kinds
Of vines. Another reason for cleans
ng up all trash and rubbish and
burning it. In this practice of con-
rol it means not only the crops that
nave been raised in the garden, but
removing the weeds around the
fences, etc.
Squash Bug and Cucumber Beetle
will pass the winter as adults. The
damage they do is known to every
'ne, and it is exceedingly difficnlt
% destroy them in the spring and
after they have an oppor-
unity to work on the young squash
md cucumber vines. 1t is much bet
er to pile up a few piles Of trash
md leave them until rather late in
he winter as many of these bugs
md beetles win hibernate in such
! trap. These piles of trash can
hen be burned and large numbers of
hese insects destroyed.
The Harlequin Cabbage Bug win
'ass the winter as an adult under
cards, stones, vines, etc. If Craps
n the way of piles of trash and rub
'ish are used to control cucumber
'eetles, many of the cabbage bugs