Show Plant Pest i Big Worry In I n Carded Ga rde By MAUD l CHEGWIDDEN 3 i Telegram Garden Editor You ou can never have a u Ht garden unless you are con comUn s tan fighting the varlo various 8 insect Inset p p- p p which attack tho the plants usually most moat choice ones and which i ii 1 multiply amazingly If they are lowed loved to go unmolested for a lini ln season Each insect has its iLs own m of ot attack and often each net needa neej i different means of oC it But we roughly divide whole lot of at them into two c those which chew and eat of ot the plant either stem leaf lear 0 flower lower and those which suck th plant juices by means of an o 0 or which they thrust Into leaf stem 1 Poison Polson for Eaters Enters It is comparatively easy to pella the eaters for if it the leaf on w they are going to feed is Ip ep with a a. tempting potion of pois food or liquid they cant can't help it ty I ting a fatal dose The sucking sects however require more moro Unease fine and because they dont don't feed I fr Ir the surface parts of the plant bu from tho the inner tissues where i cant can't put poison polson we have havo to dea their bodies I think that of all pestiferous critters crit crit- the cutworm is the most hat hatt ful getting tho the young seedlings I at it does hundreds of them in a single night Beginners at gardening ie are almost always at a loss to account for tor the destruction of small plan which were flourishing and healthy one day but which were flat oa the ground withering severed a at tho base tho the next The answer it In practically every case The cutworm Is a brown or gre grey creature just about the color d the soil soU perhaps an inch or m mIn mo mow In length when he is working bi bul bu spending his time during the day light hours rolled into a ball bail be beneath beneath tes neath the surface of oC the soil BoH It ii iino no use looking around for him bins I cause he only comes out at nl nigh I sly thing But if you suspect hi Ii presence and turn over the soil soli j ja jui juia a a. few tew inches deep you will quit likely find him enjoying his r n nap about an inch below the surface He is especially partial to met swee pea seedlings Various Remedies A poison bait is the thing wi with which to catch the cutworm There Thera are various ready made on tho the market but hut here is a g good recipe for making your own Ta Tail two pounds of bran moisten n wi with enough water to make it bait batt barely hold together in a crumbly m man mase never in a wet mixture Then Thea add adda a cupful of at molasses or any Ui thi thick sweet syrup and an ounce and suds andi a halt half of either Paris Green or p powdered pw pow w- w dered arsenate of ot lead Each o 0 these latter is a poison so be careful cartful care cart ful in mixing that the baby isn isn't near J Work the mixture thoroughly together to toe gether until it is at a stage where you can make male balls of ot it that donot donot do donot not fall apart small bal balls of ot about a teaspoonful each In the e ening evening evening eve eve- ning place these around the poUt where the cutworms work near nell the base of oC each plant you OU want to protect Be sure that no chickens or pets can get to the poison baland bolt bal and in the morning remove the remainder re n. remainder putting it out again at night v QUERIES Mrs F. F A. A Salt Lake writes 1 Is there a way to make last las longer when they are cut ti Ans It If If the lilacs are cut eith either In the very early morning or just before dark they last longer Never cut them with the sun blazing on them Again if it you bruise the thi woody stems with a hammer tot lot several inches from tho the end or slit them up with a knife thy can absorb more water and s so Jut lut longer j |