
INSECTS 
Ants, cinch bugs, Japanese beetles, and beetle grubs 
do the most damage to lawns. Ants disturb the grass 
roots. Cinch bugs are a sucking insect that suck the sap 
from the new grass leaves as they unfold, thus starving 
the plant to death. Cinch bugs are less than one-quarter 
of an inch long. They have black bodies with whitish 
wings, each having a black spot in the center. The 
young have no wings and are reddish in color. 
Japanese beetles and beetle grubs are a turf insect of 
major concern. Turf damaged by the beetle grubs ap- 
pears as though it were suffering from a lack of moisture. 
They gnaw at the roots of the grass. Where only a 
small number of grubs are present, they cause small, 
irregular brown patches’ in the lawn. Where the infesta- 
tion is large, wide areas may be destroyed, and in ex- 
tremely heavy infestations all the grass roots may be cut 
off, so that the turf may be rolled up like a rug. They 
may be found in the soil below the damaged turf. 
These may be effectively controlled by the usage of 
FAITH SOIL FOOD WITH INSECT CONTROL. This 
is a balanced 5-9-4, fifty percent organic fertilizer con- 
taining Chlordane, the most effective soil toxicant that 
is available. Two applications a year, one in the Spring 
and one in the Fall, at the rate of twenty to twenty-five 
pounds per thousand square feet of lawn area will fertilize 
the lawn and control these insects. FAITH SOIL FOOD 
WITH INSECT CONTROL is effective and quick-acting. 
It will arrest insect damage within twenty-four hours, and 
it will destroy the insects within forty-eight hours. 
Early applications of FAITH SOIL FOOD WITH 
INSECT CONTROL will not control the cinch bugs 
which may appear from June to September. Light ap- 
plications of FAITH SOIL FOOD WITH INSECT 
CONTROL, at the rate of five pounds per thousand 
square feet of area every six to eight weeks during the 
summer months, will prevent cinch bug infestation. 
Moles and gophers may be controlled by poisoned 
food, arsenic, lye, or Paris green inserted into the run- 
way. Cyanogas, paradichlorobenzene, and carbon monox- 
ide are effective when they are injected, as gases, into the 
runways. 
Sod Webworms are dirty, gray caterpillars with regu- 
larly spaced brown spots on their bodies. Infestation can 
often be detected by a web-like film on the grass dis- 
cernible in the morning before the dew has dried off. 
They can destroy large patches of turf in a few days. 
Two to three pounds of lead arsenate mixed with twenty 
gallons of water for each 1000 square feet of lawn is an 
effective control. 
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FUNGUS DISEASES 
ALGAE are fine, microscopic plants which appear on 
the surface of the soil as a green scum or moss. It is 
most prevalent on thin turf during moist weather. It is 
easily and quickly controlled by the application of two 
to three pounds of hydrated lime per thousand square 
feet. The hydrated lime can be used as a dust or as a 
spray. 
BROWN PATCH, DOLLAR SPOT and SNOW 
MOLD are the most common of the fungus diseases. They 
are easily spread by the soles of shoes During treatment 
of affected areas every effort should be made to keep off 
the lawn. 
Brown Patch is favored by warm, humid conditions. 
It appears suddenly as discolored areas varying in size 
from small patches to areas several feet in diameter. 
Around the borders of the spot where the fungus is 
still active a dark ring will be found. The grass in the 
ring has the appearance of being scorched or burned. 
The dead grass takes on a characteristic brown coloration. 
Except in rare cases, the grass is not permanently de- 
stroyed. Application of an inorganic mercury fungicide 
will give immediate control. 
Dollar Spot will appear under conditions favoring 
Brown Patch. It may appear suddenly. It occurs in a 
sharply defined area about the size of a silver dollar. It 
does not spread in size but the number of spots multiply 
giving the lawn a moth-eaten appearance. The grass is 
killed in the affected areas and turns a bleached brown 
color. It can destroy large areas of turf. Like Brown 
Spot it can be easily and quickly controlled by the use 
of an inorganic mercury fungicide. 
Snow mold occurs when snow drifts slowly melt in 
the Spring. It occurs in irregular patches less than 
twelve inches in diameter. The spots are a ditty white 
color with a pinkish cast. The dried spots have an ap- 
pearance similar to Brown Patch. It can be checked by 
the usage of corrosive-sublimate. A vigorous brushing 
of the spots as soon as they appear on the average lawn 
will check the spread of the disease. 
LEAF SPOT OF BLUE GRASS occurs as early as 
April. The leaves of infected plants are spotted with 
irregular blotches dark in color. The disease may cause 
the turf to lose its color and check its growth. There is 
no chemical control but the disease can be checked by 
fertilizing to encourage vigorous growth and by keeping 
the grass cut above two inches. 

