402 INSECT PESTS OF FARM, GARDEN AND ORCHARD 



scale this should be applied with power dusters as the hand 

 dusters have not proven so successful. Begin applications as 

 soon as the weevils appear, not later than the first of May. 



Lead arsenate applied as a spray has seemed to give good 

 control in some smaller tests and should be at least as effective 

 as the dust. 



The destruction of all trash and rubbish in and around the 

 fields during the winter will destroy some of the hibernating 

 weevils, and it will be well to avoid mulching the beds where 

 the beetle is troublesome, if the mulch is not absolutely neces- 

 sary, as it furnishes them the best hibernating quarters. 



