1 66 Insects and Sprays 



with Paris Green or slug-shot will help in some 

 instances. 



The troublesome little maggot which affects cab- 

 bage, radishes, onions, and a few other vegetables, 

 may be destroyed by dusting with a mixture of 

 lime and tobacco. The tobacco should be dried 

 and ground to a powder before mixing with the 

 lime. 



Cabbage worms will usually succumb to a dusting 

 of one part of fresh Persian insect powder to four 

 parts of air-slaked lime. This should be dusted 

 on the plants at regular intervals for several days. 



Asparagus beetles can be controlled during the 

 cutting season by letting a row or two go uncut. 

 The pests will usually all go to the few uncut stalks 

 and can be killed easily with arsenical sprays. All 

 other rows should be cut closely. 



Be on the spot with your spraying apparatus in 

 good season or the blight will do a great deal of 

 harm in the potato field. If the disease gets well 

 under way it is very hard to conquer. 



Watch carefully for potato beetles. Every beetle 

 picked up and destroyed means preventing numbers 

 of other beetles from multiplying. 



