PULSE 
165 CROPS 
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 caterpillar, 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 lice 
or aphids. 
To find out more about the culture of peas, 
get Farmer’s Bulletin 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.) Bulletin No. 49. 
