SOME INSECT PESTS AND HOW TO FIGHT THEM 325 



Some insect pests and how to fight them. We must 

 expect certain insect pests in our gardens, and because 

 they prefer certain foods, only one or two kinds of insects 

 will attack each plant. These paragraphs are not in- 

 tended to give you more than a hint as to the insects and 

 what to do to destroy them. You will be interested to 

 make a home project of the disposal of the pests, and refer 

 to the lists of bulletins and books given at the end of this 

 chapter. You should always remember that where poisons 

 are used, they are poisons to younger brothers and sisters, 

 as well as to insects. Keep all spraying solutions, and 

 also all other poisons, well out of the reach of children, and 

 exercise care and common sense in using them. The fol- 

 lowing list of garden vegetables with their pests, and 

 methods of fighting them, will be found useful. 



VEGETABLE 



INSECT 



PREVENTION AND CURE 



String beans 



Cabbage 



Cauliflower 

 Corn 



Cucumber 

 Potato 



Squasta 



Aphids (plant lice) 



Bean weevil \ 

 Bean beetle / 



Plant lice 



Cabbage worm 



Cabbage borer 



Cabbage worm 



Army worm (trav- 

 els in large num- 

 bers) 



Corn root worm 

 Drill worm 

 Cutworm 



European corn 



borer 



Cucumber beetle 

 Potato beetle (bug) 



Slugs 

 Squash borer 



Since these spread from weeds to beans, keep the 

 weeds and other plants near the garden cut. 

 Spray with kerosene emulsion or tobacco 

 water. 



Use same spray as above. 



Soap emulsion or tobacco water. 

 Use Paris green and pick off the worms. 

 Use same methods. 



Use Paris green and pick off the worms. 

 Dust with Paris green, or if numerous, kill by 

 means of kerosene. 



Corn dies. Practice crop rotation. 



Crop rotation. 



Cutworms attack the silk and eat the end of 



cob. Spray with arsenate of lead. 

 Report to state authorities; they will tell you 



what to do. 



Dust with ashes and use Paris green. 

 Watch plants and pick off eggs or young beetles 



early. Spray with lime-Paris green . 

 Spray with Paris green or arsenate of lead. 



Burn vines, practice crop rotation. 

 Kill young with kerosene. 



