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Caterpillars on Grapevines 
I have a grape arbor in my yard which 
I would like to keep, although most peo¬ 
ple in m.v locality are cutting them down 
altogether, not being able to keep away 
tlie caterpillnrs which appear each year. 
I have had this grapevine for about 15 
year.s, and never had any trouble until 
about three .years ago. The last two 
years I have had no grapes at all, the 
h’uit falling off as soon as the leaves 
were all gone. Can I spray to control 
the caterpillars? A. K. 
West Hoboken, N. ,T. 
There is no moi-e suitable spray for 
grapevines than the Rordeanx arsenate 
of lead combination. The Rordeanx mix¬ 
ture is made by dissolving four poiind.s 
of copper sulphate in 50 gallons of water 
and then adding four pounds of hydrated 
lime or lump lime to the solution and 
thoroughly stirring the solution. In tliis 
instance it is unlikely that such qinmtlty 
is needed, but the materials used should 
he at these jiroportions. Only as much 
Rordeanx mixture should he made fit one 
time as will be necessary for the spray, 
as it rapidly deteriorates. To the mix¬ 
ture, arsenate of lead is added, dis.solved 
in water, at the rate of three pounds to 
50 gallons of Rordeanx. Only enough 
water is used with the firsenate of lead 
to bring it into a smooth paste. 
Tlie first application of this material 
should he made directly after the blos¬ 
soms have set, taking particular care to 
cover the foliage and the newly-formed 
clusters thoroughly, hut the vinos should 
not 1)0 drenched. The second application 
should follow with the same mixture 
about four weeks later. Whether the 
third spray will 1)0 needed or not will 
depend upon the i)re.sence of the unde- 
si ruble pests. This can only he deter¬ 
mined by careful examination of the 
vines from time to time. Rut in no case 
should this spray he applied within six 
weeks of the ripening period, as it will 
stain the fruit. F. E. glapwin. 
onongli. wlien food is scarce, the ants 
devour the lice as we may kill a cow for 
beef. While the corn root-louse causes an 
injury similar to that described by the 
correspondent it is quite possible that the 
damage is being done by some other pest. 
If tlie corn i>i troubled again this year it 
would be well to examine the roots for 
the greenish blue lice. If tliey are present 
the recurrence of the trouble may be 
avoided in large measure another year by 
planting corn in a new field, and by early 
and deep plowing, followed l)y repeated 
deep harrowing. 
Dishrag Gourds for Plant Pots 
I was much interested in your article 
on paper pots, as I had been studying 
their fields and breaking out these seed 
stalks. If this is not done the stalk will 
develop a few seeds and no onions. If the 
seed stalk is broken out early enough the 
plant Avill develop a full-sized onion. 
K. W. D. 
How Weeds are Distributed 
In reading the article on page 095 on 
weed seeds being distributed on farms by 
l)aled buy, I can give some of my obser¬ 
vations in that line. I have always made 
it a hobby to observe anything that I 
can see by the wayside in the wa.y of 
plants, and can give you two objects of 
weed distribution recently. The first hap¬ 
pened in the Fall of 1915, I was passing 
one of the newly-constructed roads in the 
Shaker Heights district, Cleveland, and 
as was my nsrnil habit I saw at a dis¬ 
tance wliat looked to me to be a strange 
plant with a large yellow blossom. I 
crossed over to where it was, pulled it np 
by the roots and took it liome. The plant 
was about one foot high, witii leave.s like 
a watermelon loaf—with all stalks, loaf, 
stem and seed pods covered with large 
thorns. In looking it np 1 discovered 
Catch Crop With Potatoes 
When my early Cobbler potatoes came 
np about one-third of them were missing. 
What would yon advise me to i)lant in 
the.se i)laces, as I don’t like to waste the 
ground? f. g. 
Mt. Holly, N. .1.. 
Tlie common crop to put in such places 
is an early variety of corn. This usually 
does well with the potatoes, although if 
too many hills are missing the corn will 
give too much .shade. We have tried set¬ 
ting cabbage plants in the missing hills. 
This does well, or tomato plants can he 
used, or the potato hill can be planted to 
beans. In some cases the bush Tiimas do 
well und'Cr these conditions. We have 
had best satisfaction with either early 
cabbage, or the common white bean, but 
it would depend upon your market. 
Corn Root-Aphis 
I am troubled more or less about every 
year with something killing corn when it 
first comes up. It will be noticed at first 
that the corn is not making any growth 
after it comes np, and on digging in the 
hill small rod ants are found. I have 
been told that it is not the ants that do 
the damage, but a parasite on the roots 
of the corn which the ants arc feeding on. 
(’an von offer anv remedy? M. v. w. 
Salt Point, N. Y. 
Corn is often injured by the attacks of 
the corn root-aphis, particularly in Il¬ 
linois and adjoining States. This plant 
louse is dependent for its survival on the 
cornfield ant. In the Fall the ants col¬ 
lect the Winter eggs of the corn root- 
louse and store them in their underground 
nests, where they are carefully watched 
over during the Winter. These eggs 
hatch in the ants’ nests the following 
Spring. The ants carry the newly- 
hatched lice to the roots of pigeon-grass, 
smartweed and other weeds where they 
increase enormously ; winged lice are soon 
produced, which fiy about and finally fall 
to the ground. These are then seized by 
the ants, carried under ground and placed 
on the corn roots. The lice extract the 
sap from the corn plant, causing it to re¬ 
main stunted, turn yellowish and some¬ 
times die. 
The ants prize the lice for the sweet 
substance known as honeydew secreted 
by them. They care for them much as 
we do for our dairy cows, and curiously 
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Cayenne Pepper in the Garden 
In a small garden, cayenne pepper is 
one of the best of medicines for leaf-eat¬ 
ing pe.st.s. It is cheap, harmless and 
easilj'' obtained. Mix equal parts of pep¬ 
per and fine coal ashes, or fine, perfectly 
dry loam or road dust, and appl.v when 
the foliage is wet with dew. It will save 
the pansies from tlie slugs, and is the 
best weapon I have found for the English 
sparrows that devour tho peas, and for 
them add a gonorons dose of Paris green 
in the hope of lessening their numbers. 
Sift from a dredging box or any box 
with a tight-fitting, perforated cover. 
Massachusetts. e. b. 
Onion Sets Going to Seed 
I have a fine bed of onion sets, and they 
are all going to seed. Could yon tell me 
what to do with them, as I want to keep 
them for Winter? a. h. m. 
Castleton Corners, N. Y. 
Onions growing from sets, especially 
from the larger sets, very frequently 
tlirow up a seed stalk. Almo.st all onion 
growers make a practice of going through 
Summer Joys 
Iliat subject myself lately. My idea is 
to grow a lot of dishrag gourds and cut 
them into sections three or four inches 
long. I believe they would he mneli su¬ 
perior to the paper boxes, as the network 
of fiber would hold the soil in a eomiiaet 
mass, and prevent the lireaking of the ten¬ 
der roots of the seedlings when moved. 
Also, there would not be the slightest 
danger of the plants becoming pot bound, 
as miglit possibly occur if the paper pots 
were too durable. If some chemist will 
come forward with the analysis of the 
.seeds and tell ns if we can use tliem for 
drugs, condition powders or a new cereal 
bi’cakfast food, we may perhaps bo able 
to add the dishrag gourd to our list of 
profitable farm crops. w. s. 
Texas. 
We have been unable to find any anly- 
sis of these gourds. They ought to make 
a good substitute for the paper or wooden 
pots, but only a trial in actual gardening 
would answer the (juestion. In theory 
the scheme looks well, but definite expe¬ 
rience will have to decide whether these 
gourds would bo cheaper or better than 
the common pots. 
that I had found a specimen of Mn* Sola- 
iinm rostratnm (beaked nightsliade). a 
plant from t’olorado, that plant that oiir 
well-known (’olorado potato hc’ctlo fed 
upon in its home grounds. Th's plant 
came from a chance seed dropjied from 
Colorado shipped hay Tsd to the teams 
engaged on the work. 
The other instance came nmler my oh- 
.servation last Autumn, in West itich- 
liold. Summit Co. About (!() year.s ago an 
eccentric farmer brought in from the 
l)lains a mimher of bisoiis, which he had 
on his farm for year.s, vhich I used to 
see quite often and tho result from this 
was a plant found by me on his farm 
which was the Rm'heris Aqnifolium (i\Ia- 
hoiiia), a native of the far Western 
l)lains, which I claim was carrii'd in the 
shaggy hair of the buffaloes from their 
native home. o. A. c. 
Ohio. 
