Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-08-02

of this material should be thorough
~ done. The application may be
made by spraying. A power .sprayer
with nozzle may be used, or a
large machine so equipped as to
spray two rows at a time. For home
gardens, a small hand buster may
be used. On large areas, of course,
a power machine will prove more
satisfactory. Very early and very
late planting is recommended as
means of fighting this insect sue
cessfully. Feed the beans literally.
and so stimulate their rapid growth
and development.
Protecting the CantalOupe Crop
L. f. f., Chipley, Ga, writes:
Worms are beginning on our
cantaloupe crop, just before they
ripen, and bid fair to destroy
them. We will appreciate adj
vice as to how to control them.
Presumably, the pest which has
attacked your cantaloupes is known
as the pickle worm. It is probably
the most serious pest on cantaloupes,
squash and cucumbers that we have.
1t INJURIES the blossom, the leaves
and the stem, but more the fruit.
The moth, when fully developed, is
brownish in color. 1t passes the win
ter usually as a pupa in a dry and
folded leaf on the ground. The eggs
are laid on the flower or bud during
the first spell of warm weather. II
dave fny the
larvae to complete their growth.
There are four generations of this
pest in the south in single season
This moth prefers to lay her eggs
on the blossoms Of squash vines, and
this has led to the suggestion that
the squash be grown as trap-crop
for the pickle worm. [ regret to say
we have not been able to control this
pest as yet through the use OF ar
senical poisons such as Paris green
and arSenate of lead. The rotation OF
crops and keeping the ground clean
during the winter season are about
the, only suggestions we can offer
that will be helpful in combating
this insect.
If sprays are used at all, arsenate
of lead is the most desirable. 1t
should be made UP as follows: Take
two pounds of arsenate Of lead paste
or one pound Of powder and two
pounds of quick lime and Stake In
fifty gallons OF water, If powdered
arsenate of lead is used, make one
pound into a paste with water. Ii
haste is used, add two pounds to the
fifty gallons. Tho 'oughly stir until
,, es,I-YNnI1cinn Strain
to remove Jumps of lime and apply
with a spray pump. If fungous DIS
eases prove troublesome, use Bor-
dcaux mixture made up according to
the standard formula. This spray
should be applied about once every
three weeks. The fact that the In
sect to which you refer embeds itselt
in the fruit OF the cantaloupe vine
is the thing that makes it's destruc-
ton so extremely difficult.
Suitable Grazing Crops for Cows
!. Il. D., Broxton, Ga, writes:
am interested in growing a
pasture for my cows. l wish to
know what is the best for graz
ing? What is the best grass to
plant on moist land?
The best pasture soils of the coast
al plain region are the low-lyinS
areas which need drainage. These
lands will make very good pastures
if the gall berries are cut and the
native growth of grass killed out by
blowing or heavy grazing. Inc
work indicated. should be performed
before an attempt is made to estaO.
lish a pasture in your section Of
Georgia After this work has been
done, you may seed carpet grass.
tDallis grass and leereN~17. WI 70