GARDEN PESTS 



Head of Clover- 

 leaf Weevil. 



But they are applied to the plants 

 in such dilute forms that no danger 

 attends their use, after they are on. 

 It is before they are used that 

 they are dangerous, the danger 

 lying in not taking every precau- 

 tion with them in the concentrated 

 state. Be sure that they are la- 

 belled conspicuously "poison" and 

 that they are put and kept care- 

 fully out of the reach of little 



folks and careless folks. 



The Department of Agricul- 

 ture assures us that the poison 

 disappears almost completely 

 from the plants in from 20 to 25 

 days, and that even if it did not, 

 it would be impossible to con- 

 sume enough of the fruit or 

 vegetable to get a really poison- 

 ous dose. Even if an entire 

 apple, core and all, were eaten, 

 it would be 



Head of larva, 

 Clover-leaf 

 Weevil. 



Jaws of larva, 

 Clover-leaf 

 Weevil. 



necessary to 

 devour sever- 

 al barrels of the fruit at a single 

 sitting, to make the poison effect- 

 ive. Nevertheless if one is nerv- 

 ous about the chance of consum- 

 ing any poison at all, it is better 



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