HOME VEGETABLE GARDENING 
FIGHTING INSECTS 
S OME morning you will go out into your garden 
to find six or eight of every dozen cabbage, tomato, 
lettuce, or any other plants neatly chewed off just beneath 
the surface. Chances are that, if you will but dig around 
the roots and look, you will find, within an inch of the 
surface, a brownish-gray grub, about one inch long. That 
is the mischief maker, the cutworm, easily the most de- 
structive insect in the home garden. It is met with largely 
in soil that has been in grass or sod for some years. All 
newly broken land is full of cutworms. 
There are several remedies for this pest, such as trapping 
under boards and preparing poison baits. But the best 
is the protective measure of placing stiff paper or card- 
board collars all around each plant. Place them to within 
two inches of base of plant, encircling it completely, and 
push about one inch into the soil. It may be a good deal 
of trouble to do this where a large number of plants are 
set out, but it stands for complete insurance. 
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