No. 6. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. Wl 



BLACK KNOT: 



1. Cut oli" the brauebes six inches or more below llie injured place 

 and burn them. 2. Get your neighbors to do the same to their 

 trees. United action is necessary if the disease is to be stamped 

 out. 



ROT: 



1. Bordeaux mixture before blossoms open. The addition of Paris 

 green at this time is a good plan. 2. Repeat, without Paris 

 green, when the fruit has set. 3. Repeat 2 twice at intervals of 

 one to two weeks. 



LEAF BLIGHT: 



Same as for Rot. 



Chrysanthemum. 



LEAF-SPOT: 



1. Bordeaux mixture on first appearance. 2. Repeat every two 

 weeks if needed. 



Corn. 



WIRE-WORMS: 



1. Rotation of crops. 2. Late fall plowing, repeated for several 

 years. 3. Kainit, 1,000 pounds per acre has been highly recom 

 mended. See Report of Department for 1898. 



CUT-WORMS: 



1. Trap by scattering bunches of fresh clover, dipped in Paris 

 green over the field before planting. 2. Place such bunches 

 along the rows, later. Caution: Keep fowls and stock away. 



CORN WORM OR BOLL WORM: 



1. Hand picking. 2. Late fall plowing. See Report of Depart- 

 ment for 1898. 



SMUT: 



1. Cut out and burn all portions affected, as soon as discovered. 



Cucumber and Squash. 



STRIPED CUCUMBER BEETLE: 



1, Netting till plants are well established or, 2. Powdered refuse 

 tobacco around the stems, occasionally renewed. See Report 

 of Department for 1898. 



SQUASH BUG: 



1. Burn vines immediately after gathering the crop. 2. Hand 

 picking. 



