GARDEN 



CUTWORMS 





Young* cabbage plant 

 destroyed by a cutworm. 



Tne culprit hiding in ground 

 during- day near 

 the plant. 



Young* cucumber 

 plant cut off at root 

 by cutworm and end 

 dragged intoburrow 

 to be eaten. 



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The fullgrcwn 

 cotworm burrows 

 into the soil and : 

 changes to a pupa 

 from which a moth '// 

 emerges in late 

 summer. 



The moths lay 



weeds or on ground.The 

 '% eggs soon hatch and the 

 ''.-, young worms from them 

 ' feed on the same plants or al- 

 most any late crop till near- 

 ly fullgrown .In late fall they 

 bury themselves deep in the 

 nd for protection during winter. In spring- 

 they emerge and attack most any young and 

 tender plants they find at the surface. 



Young cabbage 

 plant protected from 

 cutworms by poisoned 

 bait. The cutworms 

 feed at nig-ht and will 

 usually hide in the ground 

 or under rubbish before 

 they die. 



PROTECT YOUR PLANTS WITH 



POISONED BAIT 



TO PREPARE POISONED BAIT : Mix thoroughly H- pound of white arsenic*with a 

 peck of dry bran. Stir a pint of cheap sirup or molasses into 4- to 6 quarts of water.Use this 

 to make up the poisoned bran, into a mash . Let stand several hours to allow the bran 

 to take up the arsenic. Other powdered arsenic als maybe substituted if amount is doubled 



Late in the day scatter the mash thiftly alonj the rows or around bases of the plants 

 to be protected. KEEP CHICKENS AWAY . 



(The addition of chopped lemons or oranges to this bait for cutworms is sometimes re- 

 commended as for grasshoppers and may increase its attractiveness.) 



FIG. 306. Bureau of Entomology Chart, information regarding cutworms 



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