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plant. If a pump is used and the solu- 
tion applied with considerable force, it 
will require less material and do more 
good than when simply poured about the 
plant. This solution should be applied 
to the plants as soon as they are well 
established in the field and the applica- 
tion repeated about every eight or ten 
days. 
Kerosene and Sand.—This mixture is 
made by adding one pint of kerosene to 
a bucketful of sand, mixing thoroughly. 
A handful of this substance is placed 
about each plant as soon as it is well 
established. 
Powdered Tobacco. — This material 
should be placed about the plant as soon 
as it is set and the application renewed 
every week. 
Bran and Glue.—This mixture consists 
of two pounds of glue dissolved in a gal- 
lon of water and the addition of sufii- 
cient bran to make a thin slop. A hand- 
ful of this is then placed about each 
plant. This material, in certain cases, 
has given very satisfactory results. 
Hellebore Decociton-—This solution is 
prepared by steeping two ounces of pow- 
dered hellebore in a quart of water for 
one-half hour. Dilute to make one gallon 
of solution. Apply in the same manner 
as the carbolic acid emulsion solution. 
Literature 
1894—Slingerland, M. V. (Cornell Uni. 
Exp. Sta, Bull. 78.) 
1906—Chittenden, F. H. (U. S. Dept. 
Agri., Bur. Ent. Cir. 63.) 
1906—Washburn, F. L. 
Exp. Sta. Bull. 100.) 
1907-——Smith, J. B., and Dickerson, E. 
L. (N. J. Exp. Agri. Sta. Bull. 200.) 
1908-—Schoene, W. J. (N. Y. Agri. Exp. 
Sta. Bull 301.) 
1909—Smith, J. B. (N. J. Agri. Exp. 
Sta. Ann. Rept., 1909.) 
1911-—-Schoene, W. J. (N. Y. Agri. Exp. 
Sta. Bull. 334.) 
1911—Schoene, W J 
IV, 2, p. 210.) 
Common Cabbage Looper 
Autographa brassicae 
The larva is a green worm, lined with 
white about one and a quarter inch long 
when grown. Has the looping habit like 
the span worm. Hats the leaves full of 
holes. 
(Minn. Agri. 
(Jour Eco Ent. 
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PRACTICAL HORTICULTURE 
Spraying with salt water is useful. 
Treat same as for imported cabbage 
worm. 
Cross-Striped Cabbage Worm 
Pionea rimosals Guen 
The moth is pale yellow in color and 
lays its eggs in masses of 20-40 on the 
under side of leaves, the eggs overlapping 
each other like fish scales. The young 
larva is gray in color with a large head. 
When full grown it is bluish gray with 
conspicuous black stripes crosswise of the 
body. 
Distributed from the South Atlantic 
states westward to Nebraska. 
The worms do considerable damage 
at times. Poison bran mash is a stand- 
ard remedy. Mix bran with water and 
sugar before adding the Paris green. 
Three ounces of sugar to enough bran 
to make a mixture that will run through 
the fingers when mixed in a gallon of 
water. 
Cooperation in clean farming is a good 
preventive. Gather and destroy all re- 
fuse from the cabbage fields. 
Cutworms 
Noctuidae 
A. L. Loverr 
Cutworms are a very serious pest of 
nearly all our crops. Ornamental shrubs, 
garden and truck crops, field crops and 
even small fruits and orchards suffer 
from the attack of these pests. The sleek, 
well fed, greasy caterpillars, varying in 
size, when mature, from one to two 
inches, are too well known to require a 
description. The adult moths are noc- 
turnal in habit, flying mostly at night. 
Fig. 1. Glassy Cutworm Adult and Larva 
(Exp. Farms Repts. 1910.) 
