Show beetle Is voracious enemy of potatoes dusting or spraying y will control menace banking ranking as the most serious threat to the grower of potatoes and othel other vegetables is the colorado beetle which Is prevalent throughout many areas of the country the beetle Is yellowish in color stout bodied about two fifths of an inch to in length and with wing coven covers bearing 10 longitudinal stripes the larva or I 1 slug is soft bodied red dish aish in color and reaches a maxi mum size ol 01 about three fifths of an inch in length late in june when the potato plants begin to a appear p p e a r above ground the beetle beetles attack the foliage and lay their orange colored eggs on the under tide side of the leaves the eggs hatch in a few days into voracious larvae which after feed ing for about 10 days leave the plants and enter the soil to complete their development they emerge as a adult beetles by the latter part ol 01 july A second brood is produced in august and adults of this genera tion winter in the soil both the larvae and adults are severe decoll acors of the plants to rid the potatoes potato es tomatoes egg plants peppers ground cherries and cabbage plants of the colorado potato beetle dust or spray with carls green calcium arsenate or hand picking of the beetles and crushing of the egg masses is effee tive tt it done often barn cleaners barn earn cleaners should have all mechanical parts of simple design yet sturdy and easy to control it Is possible to thoroughly clean the average dairy barn by use of mechanical barn cleaners A clean barn is th the e first requisite for clean and healthy cows installation stal lation of a mechanical clea cleaner such as illustrated above will do away with much of the drudgery of this farm operation insects launch early attack on vegetables with the first reasonably warm days insects will make their advent these will be the green worm and lice on cabbage and the colorado beetles and black flea beetles on potatoes the cabbage green worm come comes shortly in the wake of the familiar white and yellow butterflies that go bobbing about dropping eggs as they touch the leaves of the cabbage this chewing insect Is killed by poison not one of the arsenates bow how ever but the safe insecticide rotenone the best way Is dusting with a strength of three fourths of 1 per cent of rotenone as most prepared dusts have the first aepli cation should be made when the butterflies first come then repeated once or twice ten days apart sugar beets considered good crop a for dairymen the sugar beet Is an important cash crop according to university of wisconsin years of extensive production prave that the crop blends in well with dairy farming makes good use of farm manure and leaves the soil loose and triable friable beets seldom are damaged by either late spring or early tall fall frosts there are few crops that leave the soil in as good condition the tops are very valuable feed for or cattle and sheep they may be pastured partially cured and put into trench silos or used as silage evergreen windbreak protects farmstead when planning the layout for im proving the farmstead include a good eXer evergreen green windbreak to provide protection from prevailing winds plant the windbreak back about feet from the buildings that are to be protected As A tor for depth of the windbreak one row is good two rows better and three rows will give still more protection space the trees about IS 18 feet apart 4 |