1 68 Home Vegetable Gardening 



and new sward made. When the roots of single 

 plants are attacked, dig out, destroy the grubs and, 

 if the plant is not too much injured, reset. 



The remedies given in the table on page i6o are 

 prepared as follows : 



MECHANICAL REMEDIES 



1. — Covered boxes: — These are usually made of 

 half-inch stuff, about eight inches high and covered 

 with mosquito netting, wire or ''protecting cloth" — 

 the latter having the extra advantage of holding 

 warmth over night. 



2. — Collars are made of old cans with the bot- 

 toms removed, cardboard or tarred paper, large 

 enough to go over the plant and an inch or so into 

 the ground. 



3. — Cards are cut and fitted close around the stem 

 and for an inch or so upon the ground around it, to 

 prevent maggots going down the stem to the root. 

 Not much used. 



DESTRUCTIVE REMEDIES 



4. — Hand-picking is usually very effective, and if 

 performed as follows, not very disagreeable : Fasten 

 a small tin can securely to a wooden handle and fill 

 one-third full of water and kerosene; make a small 

 wooden paddle, with one straight edge and a rather 

 sharp point ; by using this in the right hand and the 



