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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



March, 1912 



V elvet C ream 



The wealthiest, most particular and discriminating 

 people on earth use the dining-car service of the 

 great New York Central R. R., and that is why 

 Tubular-made cream alone is served and satisfies the 

 management of that R. R. It costs them more 

 money, and Mr. Geo. H. Sweefs dairy at East 

 Aurora, N. Y., with a Tubular at the head ot it, gets 

 the benefit in big profits. 



The Canadian Pacific R. R., with its ocean-to-ocean 

 trains, gets Tubular cream for its diningcars from Mr. 

 J. McFadyen, Parkbeg. Sask., and both the R. R. Co. 

 and Mr. JIcFadven profit from velvetv Tubular cream. 



THE SHARPLES 



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for the keenest, best informed dairymen 

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 and give what is termed 

 a "metallic" or "disky" 

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Dairy Tubulars contain 

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Tubulars have twice 

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 others, skim twice as 

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If it's not a Sharpies it's not a 

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Our Enemy, tne Cutworm 



LAST year became famous for its cutworms — 

 never before have they been so destructive; 

 let us hope for a better fate this year. 



There was a time when we recognized but a 

 single kind of cutworm. To-day most entomol- 

 ogists and some gardeners realize that there are 

 close to fifty distinct kinds! Thirty named 'species 

 at least infest the state of New York alone, and 

 there are as many more caterpillars that so closely 

 resemble cutworms in habits and appearance that 

 for all practical purposes they, too, may be 

 included. 



However distinct these are in some respects, 

 they are closely related to the following extent: 

 They are all larvae of certain moths of the family 

 of " owlet moths " or Xoctuidee; they are all naked, 

 dull black, brown, or gray, with various markings, 

 which in some cases have given the groups their 

 names, as the "yellow-headed," "dark-sided," 

 "well-marked," "spotted-legged," and the like. 

 They invariably eat during the night, hiding day- 

 times in the ground or under bits of wood, stones, 

 etc. All are under an inch and three-quarters 

 in length. The adult moths, too, are dull brown 

 or rusty black; they fly mainly during the night, 

 feeding upon the nectar in flowers. To many of 

 us they are more familiar than the worms them- 

 selves, although we do not realize it, for practically 

 all the "moth-millers" that flutter about our 

 lamps on summer evenings, are noctuids, and the 

 majority probably adult cutworms. 



Now as to the differences between the various 

 forms. In the matter of appearance these depend 

 upon rather inconspicuous spots and lines as I 

 have mentioned above. The appetites of all the 

 species are satisfied with almost any sort of tender 

 succulent plant tissue. But their habits and life 

 histories differ considerably. Some gnaw through 

 the stems of seedlings just at the surface of the 

 ground; others half an inch above it; another 

 "wise old owlet" cuts the stem and drags the 

 severed end back into his burrow where he con- 

 tentedly drinks the juices from the cut surface, 

 safely out of reach of the gardener's roving eye; 

 still other species have done much injury by climb- 

 ing bushes and even trees, devouring leaf and 

 blossom buds. However, it is now believed that 

 any cutworm will exhibit this climoing habit in 

 the absence of sufficient food on or near the ground. 



The variation in the life histories of cutworms 

 is the source of much inconvenience both in group- 

 ing and in fighting the species. Ordinarily the 

 moths appear in June, July and August, during 

 which months the eggs are laid. In some cases 

 these hatch in a few days; in others, not for several 

 weeks. Most forms spend the winter as half- 

 grown larvse in small earth cells; but several are 

 known to hibernate as pupae, the moths emerging 

 in the spring; in yet another species the eggs are 

 laid in the fall but do not hatch until the following 

 spring; and in at least one case the mature moth 

 lives all winter, laying her eggs, to the number 

 of four or five hundred, early in Ma} r , or in April. 



All these individualistic tendencies render the 

 campaign against cutworms complicated and con- 

 tinuous. And yet it is perfectly possible to reduce 

 the numbers of this pest and of its injuries to an 

 insignificant minimum if we will but apply ourselves 

 assiduously to the task. 



Most cutworms, we note, are hatched during 

 July and August when the gardens and fields are 

 rich in food for them. Hence their depredations 



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