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WISCONSIN HORTICULTURE 
May, 1919 
to $1.50 is sufficient for the small 
garden, while for an acre or more 
one should use some type of knap- 
sack or compressed air sprayer, 
costing from six to ten dollars. 
For still larger acreages, it is best 
to use a four-row traction sprayer 
such as is used for potatoes. 
For dusting small plots one 
may use a cheesecloth sack or a tin 
can with holes punched in the bot- 
tom. On larger plots, one should 
get some type of dust gun. 
L. G. Gentncr. 
Plan to Fight the Cutworm. 
L. G. Gentner. 
Cutworms are ugly dark-colored 
worms which cause serious losses 
annually to such crops as corn, po- 
tatoes, melons, cucumbers, cabbage, 
peas, etc. Prevent these losses. 
Injury. — Cutworms feed at 
night, cutting off young plants 
close to the ground and feeding on 
the foliage and tender parts of 
older plants. During the day time 
one cannot usually see them on the 
plants for they will be hiding in 
the soil near the bases of the plants. 
Grass lands and lands grown up 
to weeds last year are likely to 
contain many cutworms. 
What to do. — The ground should 
be thoroughly worked in the spring 
and kept free from weeds. Then 
just before the crops come up or 
before the plants are set out one 
should broadcast poison bran mash 
over the ground at the rate of four 
or five pounds per acre. This had 
best be done in late afternoon or 
early evening so that it will not 
dry out before the cutworms feed 
on it. The poison bran mash may 
also be used in the fields after the 
crops are up, as the cutworms will 
feed on it in preference to the 
plants and will be poisoned. 
A small number of plants may 
be protected by placing tin cans, 
with tops and bottoms cut out, over 
the plants, pressing them well into 
the soil. Stiff paper collars may 
also be used. 
Poison bran mash. Thoroughly 
mix one pound of paris green or 
white arsenic, or two pounds of 
lead arsenate with 25 pounds of 
bran. Dilute two quarts of low 
grade molasses with two or three 
gallons of water and add the juice 
and rind of six finely chopped lem- 
ons or one ounce lemon extract. 
Stir this into the bran adding 
more water if necessary to form a 
crumbly mash. 
Pioneer Horticulturists of Omro 
Die on the Same Day. 
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph I). Treleven, 
pioneer residents of Omro, died on 
Monday, Feb. 24, at the family 
residence. Mrs. Treleven had been 
ailing for many months and was 
final 1 y relieved from her sufferings 
at 1 :30 A. M. Mr. Treleven who 
was stricken with paralysis on Fri- 
day morning, Feb. 21, followed his 
wife in but a few hours, his demise 
occurring at 11 :30 A. M. of the 
same morning. Joseph D. Tre- 
leven was born January 3, 1838, 
in Cornwall, England. Elizabeth 
A. Tanner was born at Oakfield, 
Wis., July 31, 1845. They were 
married July 5, 1865, and located 
on a farm near Omro, where they 
have resided up to the time of 
their death. Both being people of 
unusual business ability, they held 
many positions of honor and trust 
throughout the county, and were 
highly esteemed by the community. 
They were life members of the 
State Horticultural Society. In 
their passing they are almost the 
last of the generation of sturdy 
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