Show NEAT horticulture BERRY BASKET CARRIER it will help the picker in moving the smaller boxes the size of this carrier depends upon the shape and size of baskets used and the number it is desired to accommodate As many as two dozen of the oblong strawberry boxes can be tarried or any smaller number thin boards are used tor tho frame A pickers box carrier and four sections of broom handle attached as legs at the corners long enough to lift it well above the vines and tapered at the ends ex plains the prairie farmer an iron barrel hoop passed entirely around the carrier and fastened to the bottom and sides makes a strong light and easily constructed handle COMBATING INSECT PESTS grower who has found hot water to do good work there are three kinds of caterall lars which are especially injurious to cabbages the imported cabbage worm the cabbage and the zebra caterpillar this may be taken as their order of destructiveness the first easily surpassing both of the other the imported worm multiplies rapid ly there are several broods during the season so that it is present from early till late it the work of exter were to include the adult it might often save trouble and loss it is a butterfly and easily distinguished from others the front wings of the female are white with two black spots on each and a spot on the hind wings the male Is similar but with one black spot on the front wing the insects are easily caught in butterfly nets children will gather in scores of them some years when there Is a small regard offered the worm gets its growth in about two weeks when it leaves the cabbage plant and seeks a secluded place to pupate in about ten days more it comes forth a butterfly the whole cycle of life from egg to imago may thus be completed in less than tour weeks it boards are placed near the plants one end slightly elevated so that the worm can go under freely chrys allds may ie obtained they will be found with the lower end at tacked to the board and held close to it by a silken thread around the body near the head reminding one of a papoose strapped on board these chrys allda may be gathered but it Is best not to crush them tor two reasons farst because there are chrys allds of harmless butterflies which may be mistaken for them ind which there Is no need of killing second because it any ichneumon flies develop they should be allowed to live it Is better to keep the pupae in a box till the butterflies are out then kill the right ones ot the many remedies tor killing th worms I 1 find none more serviceable for the few cabbages in tha home gar den than hot water it the temperature Is a tear degrees less than the boiling point it does not harm the leaves and it it Is above degrees it Is death to the worms by going over the plants occasionally they are easily kept free from the pest kerosene emulsion or the may be used on young plants but I 1 do not find them feces sary occasionally we hear people say that the cabbage worms have eaten into the heads however this Is not the am ported worm but the which Is easily distinguished from it in color it Is light green with lighter stripes running the length of the body it crawls by looping the adult Is a dark gray moth but aa it flies at night or on cloudy days it is not often met with fellow that spray one ot the complaints that come to this office la that the orchards that are sprayed and taken care of are in tested with insects from orchards that are not sprayed and are not taken care of sometimes in a corn munley of all will spray but one and that one will permit his orchard to be a breeding place for all kinds of insects that ravage the orchards there is nothing to be done in such a case but to apply moral biasion Bi aslon the passing of laws does no good for there is no general ma chinery for enforcing laws it Is assumed that citizens will take on ahm selves the enforcing of laws which they will not do the fellow that doean doesn t spray should have the good ness to look into the matter and take effective measures to prevent hi orchard from becoming a t others |