HOME VEGETABLE GARDENING 



FIGHTING INSECTS 



SOME morning you will go out into your garden 

 to find six or eight of every dozen cabbage, tomato, 

 lettuce, or any other plants neatly chewed off just beneath 

 the surface. Chances are that, if you will but dig around 

 the roots and look, you will find, within an inch of the 

 surface, a brownish-gray grub, about one inch long. That 

 is the mischief maker, the cutworm, easily the most de- 

 structive insect in the home garden. It is met with largely 

 in soil that has been in grass or sod for some years. All 

 newly broken land is full of cutworms. 

 . There are several remedies for this pest, such as trapping 

 under boards and preparing poison baits. But the best 

 is the protective measure of placing stiff paper or card- 

 board collars all around each plant. Place them to within 

 two inches of base of plant, encircling it completely, and 

 push about. one inch into the soil. It may be a good deal 

 of trouble! to. do this where a large number of plants are 

 set out, but it stands for complete insurance. 



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