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CANADIAN FARM YEAR BOOK. 



Injurious Insects. 



Name. Affected.. Affected. Recommended. 



Plant Part Treatment 



Common Clover Wee- Clover Unripe seed Cut early, rotate frequently* 

 vi: high fermentation in stack- 

 Bean-Seed Weevil Bean and pea Seed in gran- Clean seed, pickling seed 



ary with blue vitriol and dilute 



carbolic acid. 



Granary Weevil Corn in gran- Inside the Frequent turning of grain, 



ary grains winnow out and destroy the 



light, affected grains. 



Turnip Weevil Turnip, swede Galls on the Clean cultivation, liming, gas 



cabbage roots liming. 



Wireworms, Click-Bee- Corn and all Roots just be- Short rotation of crops- 

 ties of various kinds. .. . crops low the sur- plowing in August and cross, 



face plowing in September. 



Tooth-legged Flea- Turnip, swede Leaves Thick sowing, keep down 



Beetle, Hop Flea cruciferous weeds. 



Bean Weevil Bean, Leaves Fumigate after harvested, 



clover 1 oz. carbon bisulphide for 



evft'y 100 lbs. 



Corn Root Aphis Cori' . Roots Thorough plowing, short 



rotation of crops, deep and 

 clean cultivating. 



Turnip Flea Beetle. Young Sow late, dust with Paris 



Leaves green and land plaster 1 to 



20, goodtilth. 



Com Saw- Fly Corn Stalks at Destroy stubble by burning 



ground and also deep plowing. 



Turnip Plant Louse Turnip, roots. Roots and Kerosere emulsion and 



etc. Crowns strong soap suds. Cut out 



affected plants immediately 



Carrot-Blossom Moth, Carrot Young seeds Dusting hellebore on damp 



and others leaves, intersperse a portion 



of parsnips, which they pre- 

 fer. 



