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laundry soap and stir until soap is all dissolved. After 
the solution has become cool, dilute to make 123 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 larve 
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 larve, 
which may be found if the stem is split open. 
These borers feed within the stems during summer and 
Fic. 181. Summer squash plants killed by the squash borer. 
