GARDEN YARD Abs 
much from weeds, unless the land is infested 
with the annual wild mustard. This will choke 
the peas, but it may be destroyed by a spray 
made of eight to twelve pounds of copper 
sulphate dissolved in 50 gallons of water, when 
the plants are only a few inches high. This 
solution will not materially injure the peas. 
The insect enemies are the “pea weevil” 
or “pea bug’; the pea moth, and the pea 
louse. The pea weevil lays its eggs on the out- 
side of the pod, and the grub, on hatching, 
eats its way into the pea and while hiding there 
changes into a beetle of a brownish-grey color, 
and about one-fifth of an inch long. It does 
not come out until after the seed has been sown 
in the spring. This beetle spoils the pea for 
seed and even to a large extent for stock feed. 
Where the weevil has attacked the peas, it is 
the custom to place the seed in air-tight vessels 
or rooms and fumigate with bisulphide of carbon 
for several days. The proportion is one pound 
of bisulphide for every hundred bushels of 
peas. Great care must be exercised in using 
bisulphide, as it is highly explosive and very 
poisonous. But only the careless or stupid 
need get hurt; so there’s no danger for you. 
Get explicit directions from your nearest Ex- 
periment Station, and follow them closely, 
