7ht RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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General Farm Topics 
White Grubs in Strawberries 
What is good for grubs iu young straw¬ 
berry beds? I would like to use some¬ 
thing to kill the grubs and not injure the 
young *plants in any way or check their 
growth. E. B. w. • 
Germantown, N. Y. 
We never found any practical way to 
fight, the white grubs in the soil of a 
strawberry tied. They are hidden, and to 
dig deep enough to throw them out will 
disturb the plants .too much. The use of 
salt is sometimes advised, but if you use 
enough to kill the grubs you will kill the 
plants. It is possible to kill a good many 
grubs by injecting a small quantity of 
bisulphide of carbon iu the soil around 
the plants. This is slow work, and you 
cannot tell where the grubs are. In a 
small patch you can notice where the 
plants begin to droop, dig them up and 
kill the grub at the roots. By trimming 
the plant, root and top, you can start ij; 
going once more. This grub has a life 
history of at least three years, and as it 
stays in the soil it cannot be fought 
like other insects. The most effective 
way of clearing it out that we have 
found is to fence the field 'and turn 
in a drove of lively pigs. They will rip 
up the ground to get every grub within 
two feet of the surface. But of course 
you cannot grow any other crop at the 
same time. 
Plant Lice on Strawberries 
say 25 feet of hose, every part of the 
tree could be reached. In such case the 
knapsack or bucket should be placed on 
a box or in a wagon and operated by one 
person, while a second person should take 
the nozzle, which has been tied to a light ’ 
pole 10 feet long, and mount a ladder as 
high as the length of hose would permit, j 
The stream could then be directed to any 
point on the tree. clenx w. iiebrick. 
The Value of Early-cut Hay 
There are farmers who let their hay 
turn to wood. That means Timothy, 
clover of all kinds, white daisies, yellow 
daisies, paint-brush; this, all together, 
makes one of the best balanced rations for 
milk, butter anti beef that can be pro¬ 
duced. This means cut in June, before 
the first blossom disappears. Outside of 
June there is not another month in the 
year that will furnish the amount in but¬ 
ter. milk and beef with as little expense; 
not one dime out for feed. I do not feed 
my cows any grain the year around, and 
get as much milk as those paying out. 
their money for balanced rations. Our 
county (Wayne) is losing thousands of 
dollars annually, letting the hay turn to 
wood, and then there is neither milk, 
butter nor beef in it. My Winter ration 
for my cows is June hay and silage. June 
is the best month to cure the hay. The 
sap is the nutriment, and is relished by 
all of the animals. When the first blos¬ 
som is gone off your hay it is like skim¬ 
ming your milk and throwing the cream 
away. Farmers have paid out millions of 
dollars for feed and let their hay turn to 
wood. How about that? u. l. b. 
Ariel. Pa. 
What could we use on our strawberry 
plants? They have lice or bugs on the 
roots, which cause them to die. M. 
East Newmarket, Md. 
Tobacco iu some form or the sulphate 
of nicotine will kill any plant lice or 
aphides either on tops or roots of plants. 
You can get tobacco dust from the fac¬ 
tories of smoking tobacco, or you can get 
the sulphate of nicotine under the name 
of Aphiue or Black Leaf 40. These are 
sold by the leading seedsmen. Both are 
40 per cent solutions of sulphate of nico¬ 
tine. If you can get the tobacco dust 
put it thickly on both sides and the rows 
of plants. It will do no harm in any 
amount, but will feed the plants and will 
reach down to the roots. The nicotine 
sulphate is to be largely diluted with water, 
about 40 quarts of water to one quart 
can. This to be poured along the top of 
the rows in sufficient quantity to sink to 
the roots. In future plantings you will 
find that tobacco stems from the factory 
will make a good manure for the plants 
and will prevent any more lice. 
W. 1’. MASSEY. 
The Evergreen Bagworni 
I have a deciduous cypress on my lawn. 
It is about 50 feet high. I have been 
troubled for several years by bagworms, 
but have been able to keep them in check 
until last Summer. They increased very 
much then, and are now on the outer ends 
of limbs and out of reach. Can you sug¬ 
gest any means to get at them? We have 
nn spray outfit powerful enough to reach 
them. j. H. E. 
Perryman, Md. 
As J. II. E. says, this bagworm can be 
controlled by picking the cases containing 
the caterpillars from the branches and 
then destroying them. This method is 
particularly feasible and practicable while 
the trees are low. In the case of tall 
trees like the one mentioned the task is 
more difficult. The writer would suggest 
that long-handled pruning, shears known 
as “loppers” or Waters pruner might be 
serviceable in snipping off the cases. 
Probably with a tree so tall the operator 
would have to use a ladder in order to 
reach the highest insects. These pruuers 
are rather heavy and the work would 
necessarily be slow and somewhat tedious. 
It might be feasible to fasten a nhort, 
curved, keenly sharpened, sickle-like knife 
or blade to the end of a long, light bamboo 
pole and snip the bags off with it. A 
common raspberry pruner fastened to 
such a pole might serve the purpose very 
well. 
Of course the most efficient way of 
controlling this insect is by spraying with 
paste arsenate of lead, 2% pounds to 50 
gallons of water or in smaller quantities, 
one ounce of the paste to one gallon of 
water. If one has a common knapsack 
sprayer or a common bucket pump with. 
There is no doubt that most of us let 
our hay stand too long before cutting. 
Some cannot help it. since they cannot 
get the labor to do things right on time. 
Where Timothy hay is baled and sold, 
most buyers seem to prefer to have it 
stand until ripe or gone to seed. For 
feeding on the farm it should be cut early. 
Destroying Laurel or Lamb-kill 
I have a sheep pasture that has about 
two acres of lamb poison in one corner, 
anil the stuff is spreading fast. Last year 
I lost seven nice lambs from poisoning. 
Lamb poison is very common around here. 
I have tried some way to kill the pest 
out, but have found no one who knows of 
a sure remedy. Today the thought came 
to me that kerosene oil would kill any¬ 
thing. Why not get a couple of barrels 
of oil and with a good sprayer give that 
lamb poison a good soaking with kero¬ 
sene? It might have to have another 
spraying the following year to catch any 
little shoots that escaped the first treat¬ 
ment. Will you let me know what you 
think of the experiment? We can afford 
to spend some money on this lamb poison 
because it is taking an amazing toll of 
our lambs. Would about the last of May, 
when the lamb poison is in full blossom, 
be the right time to spray? c. B. B. 
Northwood Narrows, N. II. 
I assume that the narrow-leaved laurel, 
otherwise known as sheep laurel or larnb- 
kill. is meant. If so, and it is practicable 
to do so, the best way to destroy the shrub 
is to grub it out till the ground can be 
plowed. Then plow tin- land and seed it 
to buckwheat. This will tend to smother 
the bush. But plow all growth under 
when the buckwheat is in full bloom, and 
re-seed. Then plow again when iu bloom. 
This should eradicate it. but. if not, con¬ 
tinue the same practice the following 
year. The use of the land will be lost, 
but the laud is worse than useless in its 
present conation, and. after a few crops 
of buckwheat it will be in the very best 
possible condition for future crops. If not 
practicable to plow, the next best way is 
to cut the bushes close to the ground and 
apply a strong solution of caustic soda to 
the roots. From a tablespoonful to a piul 
should be applied, according to the size of 
the bush, and the best time will be just as 
the blossoms being to appear. 
.Spraying with kerosene will also be 
effective if one keeps everlastingly at it. 
But it will be expensive. Sulphate of 
iron will do the work just as well, and 
will cost-hut one-fift een th as much for ma¬ 
terial. It should hi' dissolved in strong 
soapsuds as a sticker, and applied in the 
form of a mist spray, at a pressure of 
from SO to 100 lbs., and iu just sufficient 
quantity as to thoroughly cover every leaf 
but not to form in large drops. Steel com¬ 
panies manufacture the sulphate as a by¬ 
product and sell it. normally, at about $1 
per 100-lb. bag. At the local drug stores 
the price is often as high as 40 cents a 
pound iu small quantities. The spray can 
bo applied with an ordinary potato spray¬ 
er, provided the nozzles are so adjusted as 
to throw a mist spray, and to cover the 
whole surface. It will pay, in time re¬ 
quired, to cut the laurel about the time it 
begins to blossom, and to spray the new 
growth as soon as it has sufficient leaves 
to hold the spray. If this is not to be 
done, then begin spraying as soon as the 
leaves are half grown, and follow it up 
throughout the season. Do not lot a leaf 
attain full size before the spray hits it. 
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Second. Orchard Brand Arsenite of Zinc is less in¬ 
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kill bugs quickly without danger of burning the plants. 
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