Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-04-18

the white grubs. They are specially
destructive to beets, carrots, onions,
potatoes, and other crops OF the
tuber-bearing variety. In controll-
ing this pest proper rotation and
the deep fall blowing OF the land IS
good practice. ..~
Occasionally grasshoppers prove
very destructive to the garden.
They are more troublesome in the
western states than in the south.
Poison bait constitutes the best
means of fighting this nuisance.
Poison bait may be made up in a
variety of days. For grasshoppers
in paticular it is probably best to
take two quarts Of cheap low-grade
molasses, six oranges or lemons, one
pound Paris green or white arsenic,
twenty-five pounds bran, and three
or four gallons Of water. Mix these
INGREDIENTS together very thorough
ly and then put spoonfuls or TINS
poison bait about the areas which 1t
is desired to protect.
Plant lice occur everywhere. They
are known as aphids. They are soft
bodied insects and vary in color
from a dark green to nearly black.
There are varieties which are
brown, yellow, and even red. AS a
rule they live under the surface OF
the leaves. They cause the leaves
to curl UP because they suck the
sap out of them. They are sucking
insects feeding on the juices Of the
plants through a beak, with which
they puncture the leaves. They
cause a good deal of damage to prac-
tically all vegetables, but are es-
pecially destructive to cucumbers.
cabbage and peas. Spray affected
plants and crops with one teaspoon
full Of nicotine su1phate and one-inch
cube of laundry soap to each gallon
Of water. When these insects are
met with under glass, fumigate by
burning paper soaked in nicotine.
Sometimes ants prove very trou-
blesome to garden crops. Occasion
ally they attack egg plants, parsley,
lettuce, beans, radishes, peppers, to-
matoes and cabbages. They are as
a rule more troublesome in green
houses than in the open fields. Flu
migation is the best means of fight
ing this pest. Machine oil may be
used for this purpose, or you may
substitute therefor carbon bisul-
phide. AS a rule two or three tea
spoonfuls injected into the entrance
Of a nest will destroy it. Hot water
will often answer the same purpose
if the nest is not too large.
The onion thrips is a microscopic
yellowish or whitish insect. Some
times it is called the onion louise. 1t
often ruins whole fields Of onions,
and it may attack almost any other
truck crop grown. There is only
one method of combating this pest
satisfactorily, and that is by means
of a spray made up of three-eighths
pint of nicotine sulphate, two pounds
of hard soap, and SO gallons OF
water. It is important that all
weeds and trash about the fields
be destroyed in the autumn. The
garden, of course, should be kept
clean at all seasons of the year. De-
stroying the alternating places of
the thrips is a good way of accom-:
plishing it's destruction.
A not uncommon pest which at
tacks nearly all early vegetables is
the furnished plant-bug. This in
sect is about one-fifth Of an inch
in length, and does considerable
damage to tomatoes, turnips, GU
cumbers and cabbage by piercing
and sucking the juices from the
plants. 1t often attacks the fruit
as well. 1t is thought by many my
cologists to be a carrier of plant dis
eases. The best method or f1ght'
| ing this pest is through the applca'
| ton of the spray suggested Tor tlgnt-
| ing the onion thrips. The appllca-
| ton should be made In the early
morning before the insects have be-
come thoroughly active.
The red spider is minute mite
It's name is derived from its color. LII
occurs throughout the entire coun'
| try. It attacks not only vegetables
| but many field crops as well. IL
proves very destructive at times IN
greenhouses. Spray affected crops
with a soap solution, kerosene emul
sion, or sulphur preparations. A gooo
spray may be made UP by mixing
one ounce of flowers Of sulphur with
each gallon of water
There are a number Of diseases
which cause the gardener a gooc
deal Of trouble. Rhizoctonia is L
fungus disease occurring at times
as a stem blight, as a rosette, OF
as a scurf or root-rot. When this
trouble attacks plants the disease
is evidenced by dark spots on the
stems or roots. After time these
decay and the plants become weak
ened and frequently die. Among the
crops which are often attacked o5
this trouble are carnations, lettuce
celery, beets, beans and potatoes. Nc
very effective method Of fighting this
! disease has been devised as yet. The
best plan is to keep the ground II
good filth and the plants in vigor
GUS condition at all times. This
means that the ground must be wei
/ fortified and an abundant supply OF
/ plant food made available for grow
ing crops at all seasons of the year
Root-knot is disease character
lied by the development of irregular