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The pea moth attacks late varieties of peas 

 most severely, and as no remedy yet used has 

 succeeded in destroying the pest, or even in 

 materially reducing its ravages, the best thing 

 is to sow early varieties of peas and so escape 

 its worst effects. It is seldom seen in moth 

 form, but is common enough as a " worm," or 

 small, whitish, somewhat hairy caterpUlar, about 

 a half-inch long. It lives inside the green pods 

 and eats ragged-edged holes in the peas, which 

 it then fills with excrement or waste matter. 



The pea louse is pale-green in color, and clings 

 in great numbers to the tips of the shoots, and 

 sometimes covers the whole plant. It attacks 

 whole areas of peas sometimes, and becomes a 

 serious pest. However, its hold is slight, so 

 that it may be easily knocked off. In small 

 garden patches they are brushed off in pans 

 and burned, while in large fields of peas what 

 is called a "brush-and-pan" device is used, fol- 

 lowed by the cultivator, which buries the Uce 

 or aphids. 



To find out more about the culture of peas, 

 get Farmer's Biilletin No. 224, U. S. Department 

 of Agriculture, Washington, D. C, and for the 

 best methods of dealing with the crop's enemies 

 read Delaware Experiment Station (Newark, 

 Del.) BuUetin No. 49. 



