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Show COMBATING INSECT PESTS. Grower Who Has Found Hot Water to Do Good Work. Thero nre three kinds of cnterpll-lara cnterpll-lara which nre especially injurious to cabbages, tho Imported cabbago worm, the cabbago plusla and tho zehrn caterpillar. This may be taken as their order of destructlveness, tho first easily surpassing both of tho other. Tho Imported worm multiplies rapidly. rapid-ly. There are sovoral broods during tho season, so that It Is present from onrly till Into. If thn work of extermination exter-mination were to include the adult It might ofton savo trouhlo and loss. It Is a butterfly and easily distinguished from others. Tho front wings of tho femalo nro whlto with two black spots on each nnd a spot on tho hind wings. Tho malo ts similar, but with one black spot on tho front wing. Tho Insocts nro easily caught In butterfly nets. Children will gather In scores of thorn somo years, whon thoro Is a small reward re-ward offered. Tho worm gets Its growth In about two weeks, when It lcavos tho cabbago plant and aoeka a secluded place to pupate. In about ton days more it comes forth a butterfly. Tho wholo cycle of llfo from ogg to Imago may thus bo completed In losa than four weoka. If boards are placed near tho plants, ono end slightly elovatcd bo that tho worm can go undor freely, chrysallds may be obtalnod. They will bo found with tho lowor end attached at-tached to tho board and held close to It by a allkon thread nround tho body near the head, reminding one of a papooso strapped on a board. Theae chrysalld" may bo gnthorcd, but It is best not to crush them tor two reasons: First, because thore are chrysallds of harmless butterflies which may bo mistaken for them nnd which there la no need of killing; second, sec-ond, bccntiBo If any Ichnoumon flloa dovelop thoy should bo allowod to llvo. It la hotter tokoep the pupae In n box till the butterflloa are out, then kill the right ones. Of tho many romedles for killing the worms, I find nono moro serviceable for tho few cabbages In tho homo gar don thnn hot water. If tho tomporaturo Is a few degrees less than tho boiling point It does not harm tho leaves and It It Is above 130 dogrees it ts death to tho worms. Ily going ovor tho plants occasionally thoy nro easily kopt froo from tho pest. Kerosene emulsion or the nrBonltes may bo usod on young plants, but I do not find thorn necessary. neces-sary. Occasionally wo hoar pooplo say that tho cabbage. worms havo eaton Into tho heads. Ilowovor, this Is not the' Imported Im-ported worm, but tho plusla, which Ib easily distinguished from It. In color It Is light green, with llghtor stripes running tho length of tho body, It crawls by looping. Tho adult Is a dark gray moth, but as It flies at night or on cloudy days it is not often mot with. |