Show ONION MAGGOT IT IS DESTRUCTIVE PEST No Entirely Satisfactory Means leans Yet Found to I Combat Insect Tobacco dust lust Is a simple and effective effect effect- lye ive remedy for controlling tho the onion ma maggot Sot This pest is 15 perhaps the most destructive o Insect to onions In Inthis Inthis Inthis this section It often destroys the en entire en- en tire lcd bed ed or field and Is becoming a serious drawback to the raising I en-I of ot 0 onions C o ns The onion maggot lives on tho the bulbs bulb and causes subsequent decay deca- It does Its destructive work beneath the surface surface surface sur sur- face beginning on the young oung seedlings seed seed- lings soon after the they start growing There Thero is no entirely satisfactory means of combating it A preventive measure is the tho rotating of oC vegetable crops so 50 the land will not bo be planted to onions more than once in three years Trouble ma may be expected from Crom tho the onion maggot during the next few weeks or longer for two or three generations generations gen Ion may 1 be e expected during the growing season The onion maggot like hiko those of the cabbage c ag corn radIsh radish radish rad rad- ish and turnip hatches from eggs de deposited deposited deposited de- de posited by flies flics resembling tho the house fly 1 but smaller Tho The steins stems and leaves of oC tobacco pulverized pulverized pul put into dust and scattered close to the onion plants form a a. cheap common common cornmon com corn mon remedy This has not always given satisfactory results It has been found bound the flies files like sweets about as s well as tho the ordinary house fl fly and poison polson baits have havo been heen prepared to kill the flies when tho they como come to la lay their eggs on the tho young oun plants Tho The arsenate bait Is considered the most moat effective It is made b by dissolving ing one fifth of oC an ounce of oC sodium In a gallon of or boiling water and adding a pint o of cheap molasses This amount will be sufficient for forthe forthe forthe the average onion 1 bed ed in a small garden If IC there is no danger of poisoning poultry the 1 bait may be applied In large scattering drops However I the best plan is to put the tho bait in four or five lve small pans or can lids and scatter them over O the tue onion bed Keep leep the pans with bait until the danger is past To fo make It safe are for poultry the pans should be covered with screen of a mesh too small for bees to enter but coarse enough so 10 the tiles flies can get set in |