300 MANUAL OP VEGETABLE-GARDEN INSECTS 



Shorts 50 pounds 



Paris green 1 pound 



Molasses 2 quarts 



Water 2i gallons 



The ingredients should be mixed as in the preceding formula 

 and applied in the same wa>'. This is said to give better 



results under dry 

 conditions. 



These baits are 

 also effective in the 

 control of army- 

 worms. In such 

 case, the baits 

 should be sown 

 liberally in the path 

 of their march. 



A bait may be 

 made of bundles of 

 fresh clover, grass or 

 other tender vegeta- 

 tion dipped in or 

 sprinkled with a mix- 

 ture of paris green 

 and water. Small 

 piles of this material 

 are then distributed 

 in the evening at 

 short distances in 

 the infested fields. 

 Much may be done to prevent injury from cutworms by 

 fall plowing of land intended for vegetable crops. In this way 

 hibernating shelter is reduced to a minimum and many of the 

 caterpillars are either killed or exposed to the attacks of their 



Fig. 183. — A furrow with post-holes in the Ijottoni, 

 along the edge of a corn field to stop an army-worm 

 invasion. 



