CONTROL OF GARDEN DISEASES AND INSECTS. 



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Fkj. 8. — A barrow type of sprayer in use. 



summer, and the injury is often complete before the gardener notices 

 it. The chief injury is due to the severing of the stems of young 

 plants at about the surface of the ground. One cutworm can destroy 

 many plants in a single night by cutting off more than it can devour. 



Control. — The best remedy is what is called " poisoned bait." For 

 use in a small garden take 1 peck of dry bran, add 4 ounces of white 

 arsenic or Paris green, and mix thoroughly with 2 gallons of water 



in which has been stirred half a 



gallon of sorghum or other cheap 

 molasses. 



For a large garden, use 1 bushel 

 of bran to 1 pound of the arsenical 

 mixed with 8 gallons of water con- 

 taining half a gallon of molasses. 

 This is enough for treating 4 or 

 5 acres of cultivated crops. 



After the mash has stood for several hours, scatter it in lumps 

 the size of a marble over the garden where the injury is begin- 

 ning to appear and about the bases of the plants set out. Apply 

 late in the day so as to place the poison about the plants before night, 

 which is the time when cutworms are active. Apply a second or third 

 time if necessary. 



Fig. 9. — A powder bellows 



