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small black fly appears also. This may be kept 

 away by dusting the plants early in the morning, 

 before the dew is off, with wood ashes, tobacco dust, 

 or fine, dry plaster. Do not put much on at one 



time. If it cakes on the 

 leaves, it will fill up the 

 pores and do a good deal 

 of harm. 



'•*ia< '^i«v^»j,fti3'?^l»'?'" During warm weather, 



^W^'^'Ff^t''--^* the louse may also attack 

 the cabbage plants. He 

 gathers in little green clus- 

 ters near the base of the 

 leaves, and sucks the sap 

 that should go to the grow- 

 ing plant. Poison will not 

 do him much harm, because 

 he does riot eat the leaves. 

 He thrusts his little beak 

 down into the veins of the 

 plant, where poison does 

 not go. Persian insect 

 powder, blown among the 



leaves or sprayed on with water, will kill these lice. 



Kerosene emulsion or whale-oil soap will also keep 



them away. 



The fly and the louse will prove only occasional 



disturbers in the cabbage patch, but the little green 



cabbage worm is almost always on hand and has 



As the cabbage is "heading up" 

 and the use of poison is discon- 

 tinued, the stray worms may 

 easily be picked off by hand. 



