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Parrish , County Aeent Agentl AgentlPocket A ent ) ) Pocket Gopher Poi90nHere PoisonHero Poison Poi90n PoisonHere Here Hero is a satisfactory \ way \ ay of nddmg ridding nddmgyour riddingyour riddingyour your alfalfa , corn grain or truck lands landsfrom landsfrom landsfrom from pocket gophers By calling calhng or orwriting orwriting orwriting writing the office and for 10 cents , the theprice theprice theprice price of a small package psckag , of prepared preparedpoison preparedpoison preparedpoison poison , one can systematically pOISon pOISonfrom poisonfrom poisonfrom from 90 00 to 100 per cent of the p'ket pket pocket- pocket pocketgophers pocket-gophers pocket gophers ( ) ' - . gophers on his farmThe farmThe farm farmThe The contents of a , ' small mall carton are aresifted aresifted aresifted sifted over about one quart of freshlycut freshly freshlycut freshlycut cut carrots or sweet potatoes The Thevegetables Thevegetables Thevegetables vegetables used should be washed and andthe andthe andthe the water drained and cut in bait baitabout baitabout ballabout about 1-2 1 2 - inch long by 38 3 8 inch square squareThe squareThe squareThe The poisoned poisonej bait is inserted : into thf th thunderground thPunderground ' underground surface runways of the thePOCket thepocket thepocket POCket gopher , after the ; same camc are located lo- lo located lo located - cated with a metal probe At no bme time bmeshould timeshould timeshould should the bait be inserted at the open open- opening opening - ing mg mound mC'und mCund ' of a pocket gopher runGarden run * . * . . . 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The small green grecn worm that is attack attacking attacking attackIng ing our lettuce , peas , potat potatoes Jes < , tomatoes tomatoesand tomatoesand tomatoesand and other garden plants Is known as asthe asthe asthe the cabbage looper or commonly known knownin knownin knownin in this-locality this locality thiff this - locality as the measuring worm wormThe wormThe wormThe The Injury by the greenish larvae of ofe ofeating ofeating eating e and destroying tr y g pl plant life is very similar _ to that of i the me caooage cabbage worm wormThe wormThe wormThe The control measures of this wornl womi womias wormas , RS as well as the cabbage worm . , are very veryeasy veryeasy veryeasy easy If l1 ' arsenlcals arsenicals are used The great great- greatest greatest - . est difficulty is in getting the spray sprayto sprayto sprayto to adhere to the very waxy leaves leavesArsenate leavesArsenate leavesArsenate Arsenate of lead or calcium arsenate arsenateone , , one part to three threfi ' parts of lime , sul- sul sulphur sulphur sul sulphur - - phur , or any other earner carner , applied as asa a aa asa a dust so as to reach both surfaces of ol olehe ofehe : ehe leaves , is found very effectiveI effectiveS effective I S * . . . methods of Destroying Destroymg CockroachesIn Cockroacht'SIn Cockroaches Cockroacht'S CockroachtS ' In some seine homes housewives find fmd flat fIat flatthin , , thin brownish-bodied brownish bodied - insects wIth wIthstrong withstrong withstrong strong biting bitmg jaws These insects in m in- infest infest - . fest dark , damp places and scamper scamperrapdlY scamperrapdly scamperrapdiy rapdlY from view Vlev . when a room is made madelight madelight madelight light The young from these Insects Insectsdevelop insectsdevelop insectsdevelop develop slo\\ slo slowly sloly ' \ ly and the eggs do not nothatch nothatch nothatch hatch for a long period penOd after being laidFor laid laidFor For their control , , there are b\\omethods b omethods t\\ t t0 tao tmethods taoniethods \ \ \ \ 0 methods niethods ' . 1 Sprinkle Sprmkle sodium flonde floride PO\\ PO po powder POder \ \ der or orpowdered orpowdered orpowdered powdered boric acid freely m In the dark darkrooms darkrooms rooms and damp places frequented by bythe bythe bythe the roachesI roaches 2 Large numbers can be trapPed trapped by bygrasing bygrasing bygrasing I grasing aii at ait . ordinary dishpan dlShpm : with a aI asmall asmall asmall small quantity of rancid butter The Thebutter Thebutter Thebutter I butter acts as bait and the roaches fallin fall fallin m in the pan and can not escape . 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Control of Corn Earworm EarwormHousewives EarwormHousewives HousewIves and gardeners are re reI requestmg requesting requesting I questmg questing examination eMmInatlon examinatson of < rf their early earlycorn earlycorn . com corn plants Upon investigation it Isfound is isfound found that worms are working and anddestroymg anddestroying anddestroying destroymg destroying the newly formed leaves andI and andsilk andsilk andsilk I silk of each corn com stalk It is to be beI beunderstood beunderstood beunderstood I understood that a great deal of dam dam- damis damage damage - ' age is done each year by the larvae ofthe of ofthe the corn earworm The moths lay laythen layLhen laythen then Lhen eggs usually In the tassel end of ofthe ofthe 1 1the the cornstalk , where the young larvae larvaehatch larvaehatch hatch and feed When they trey are about about3 : I 3 weeks old or fully ful1y gro\\ gro grown gron ' \ n , the worm wormtravels wormtravels 13 tra travels vels . down .down 1own the stalk to the ground groundwhere groundwhere groundwhere where It goes into the cocoon stageauth stageI stageuntn stage stage'until 'until until ' untn auth baching haching hachlng out into the moth to tocomplete toomplete tocomplete I complete omplete a cycle ccle } lor tor for second sicond s cond generation . , No effective control measures for forcorn fororn forcorn corn orn earworm can be given , although althoughsweet althoughweet althoughsweet sweet ; weet corn may be protected by dust dust- dustIng dusting . - ing the silk sllk and growing gro\\Ing gro Ing groalng ' \ folded leaveswIth leaveswith leaves ! with cilcium c\lcium c lcium c'lcIum clcIum ' \ ' arsenate or a measure of ofcalcium ofalcium ofcalcium calcium alcium arsenate al-senate al senate - 50 per cent , and sui sulpht'r sul- sul sulIjihrr - - . Ijihrr 'pht'r phtr ' pht'r phtr ' 50 per cent The dust should be beapplied beipplied beapplied applied ipplied as soon as the silk appears and andhould andshould should hould ; be repeated from 3 to 4 Urnes tImes tImesit timesat at it from 3 to 5 day Intervals By this thisnethod thismethod method nethod the worm wonn wotm dama damage e may be re- re reduced reluced re reduced - duced luced from 30 to 50 per centThe cent centThe The time of planting the corn com willhave will williave h3ve iave some effect on the Injury by this thismeet thisInsect insect meet , but It . varies with differentrears dIfferent differentyears } rears 'ears ears ' In some sears > ) cars ears the early plant plant- planted plantd planted - ed d corn will w111 be injured , but most years yearsthe yearshe yearsthe the he corn com planted late suffers the great great- greatest greatist greatest - est ist damage The corn earworm moths mothsprcfer mothsreter mothsprefer prcfer ) reter to lay their eggs on fresh corn cornsilk cornIlk cornsilk silk Ilk , so that corn . which v.hlch vhlch ahich silks before or orafter orifter orafter after ifter the greatest abundance of moths mothsrill mothswill will ; rill largely escape infestation infestaUon 1 I : |