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Pests. Use arsenate of lead for the cucumber worm. 

 Pick the worms by hand. For the striped beetle, plant 

 trap crops of squash, which they will eat in preference to 

 the cucumber plants. A combination of Bordeaux mix- 

 ture and arsenate of lead may be used to kill the beetles 



FIG. 146. A Cucumber House, Arlington, Massachusetts 

 A hive of bees may be seen near the door 



as well as to prevent disease, or shake air-slaked lime 

 or tobacco dust onto the vines. For plant lice spray 

 with tobacco water or with whale-oil soap ; the under- 

 side of the leaves must be reached. For the flea beetle 

 cover with dry Bordeaux or spray with Bordeaux and 

 arsenate of lead. For root maggots use carbolic acid 

 emulsion. 



