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laundry soap and stir until soap is all dissolved. After 

 the solution has become cool, dilute to make 12^ gallons. 



(5) Treatment of infested crops. After a bed of 

 radishes becomes infested, it is best to pull and destroy 

 all infested plants immediately, and to apply a solu- 

 tion that will kill the maggots that are in the soil. 



The squash borer. Both the summer and the winter 

 squashes are attacked and often destroyed by the larvae 

 of the squash borer. The plants attacked soon wilt 

 badly and usually die within a few days. An examina- 

 tion of such plants will reveal discolored and dead areas 

 in the stem, especially near the ground. The stem within 

 is much eaten out by plump white " grubs " or larvae, 

 which may be found if the stem is split open. 



These borers feed within the stems during summer and 



FIG. 181. Summer squash plants killed by the squash borer. 



