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How To Destroy Noxious Insects

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Day
28
Month
June
Year
1872
Copyright
Public Domain
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A smiill blaok ílea, ili grcat swnrins, ents the leuves oi oabbagd planta níu r thoy coiiio Up in the opon Kreilud and ul so early cubbiigc phii't:-, alter ticiug set out in tho open grotiüd iïom hotöeds. A 8light dustiug oí ire6h 6lacked lime over tho plaats in the morning, while wet with dew, will drive thoni oii' or kill thcni. Dust tho plant one inoraing, and again the secoiid inoruing aftei' that, thén tlio job is flnishedí The flea is üíbfo fond ot' pepper cress taan cabbages, sö that it tho cross is bowu thiuly aloug witb the cabbuge seed, it will savo the oabbages. A grcenish, nioaly louae, in TBet nuinbers, attacks cabbageB when nourly füll giown. Xwo dustings oí frosh limo will kill thenii A blucl: grüb, w-hich lodges in tho ground, eate thruiigh the stouis of j'onng cabbages, aLto beiug transplahtcd, cnusing the heads to drop off. Whéi that is observad, siuich arimd tho plants cut off, and liiul the grub and kill it. It is is only a qüartur oí au inch under the Barfaoe. Altor it eats off onö tiÜiftt it gets to anotber, so that you must setirch among the. neighboring plants iï uot found wburo it has buen dovastuting. Tho wiie-worm lodges in the ground and is destructivo to tlio seods of Lima and polo teans and Indian corn. Plant twioe as muny sccds as you want plants. When they bugin to push through tku grouud, draw the soil gently, and soe if there be no worms tü theni. If wotuis aro licre, piek tlicm out witb il j)iu or uïbdiü ana debtroy thein. Many oí' tho inseots that lodgo in tho ground may be destroyod in tiin way : Úig or plow up the ground in faü, or earLy spring; Bowoverit Póruviau guano, salt, or liine, Thej ure all poison lo inst'cts. Salt sliouul uot ln used cuiib:iges are ta be süt, as it maken ti.;u When bcrry busfaes, Bhiubbery, or young troos mv attacked by otkterpillara two ilustings of irusli lime over tliuin in the morn&g, while the leaves are wei with dew, mti l:ill thein all. It will do the siiimj witB rarge tretis that are int'ested, but it it ie diííi'Jult to dust theia all over.

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Old News
Michigan Argus