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Show IB THE ASPARAGUS BEETLE. S Suggestion as to Effective Method of f. Preventing Injury to fc Plants. Tho only effective way to prevent B Injuries to nsparagus by asparagus BBS hcutlo larvau Is to destroy tho eggs BK beforo they hatch, says tho Orango (Ind.) Farmer. Tho first eggs aro BBS laid on tho young shoots; Inter on tho grown plant. They nro black, BBS about 1-1C. inch long nnd set nearly nt right angles to tho stem; so, though small, they arc fairly consplc-nous. consplc-nous. In n few days they hatch Into slimy, greenish slug with black beads, legs and dots on tho body. BBC Tho simplest wny to manago Is to BBS Icavo a fow Inferior shoots for tho BBv females to lay eggs on. When four BBV or flvo days old theso shoots must BBS bo cut nnd burned nnd others allowed BBC to replace them. To simplify this BBE suiting and to reduce to a minimum, jBBf tho cbanco of missing any plants, jBSJ those allowed to remain should be jftBJ til In certain parts of tho field on ftSt certain days. The field should bo dl- BBE elded Into four or threo equal parts, B9K depending on tho frequency of cut BjflE ting. At tho first cutting tho trap BKf plants should bo left in tho first sec- HHl r tlon and so on. In each other section HS j every punky stalk should ho cut with HSJ tho markctablo ones and burned, lit; Every trap plant In any section must I bo cut on tho tourth or fifth day and tho plan continued through tho cutting cut-ting season. This will complotoly protect tho Held from lato attack and reduce possible Infestation tho next season, provided no asparagus is allowed al-lowed to grow In fonco rows and vnsto places and provided nolghbors nro as careful. |