Show Various Crops Injured by Tiny White Maggots Carrots parsnips and celery are Injured Injured injured In In- by tiny white maggots that bore boreIn In the roots and sometimes In the case of carrots completely hone honeycomb comb them with their burrows Unfortunately we wOe know very ery little about this this' pest because because because be be- cause It Is a European Insect that has lately come into this country writes Glenn W. W Herrick In the Rural nural New Yorker In England a quart of kerosene kerosene kerosene kero kero- sene thoroughly mixed with a bushel of ot wood ashes and distributed along both sides of each row of carrots has given fairly good protection It Is said After Atter the ashes have lain two days the the oil Is washed Into the soil with water from a hose It Is doubtful If this remedy is always practicable In gardens In this country and It is somewhat somewhat some some- what doubtful If it will prove success success- ful It Is however worth trying In a garden It is also reported that Dutch gardeners in Holland are able to secure secure se se- se cure protection from this maggot by planting onions among the carrots The writes would suggest the use of ot tobacco dust containing at least 1 per percent percent percent cent of of- nicotine Such tobacco dust can be obtained now from reputable manufacturers It should be distrIbuted distributed distributed dis dis- dis- dis along each side of ot the plants in a row using about one pound to 25 or 30 feet of ot plants It should be applied applied ap ap- ap plied piled as soon as the plants are ale two or or three Inches high |