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Show Early Effort Can Ileduce Iiisects Bulletins Are Available At County Agent's Office For Treatment of Pests Pests which will lose no time in overrunning a garden once the plants begin to show above the ground are the home front enemies a gardener must attack if the garden gar-den is to survive. Early effort can reduce these pests and keep them under control. Cutworms Dr. H. C. Manis, extension entomologist en-tomologist for the University ot Idaho, states that cutworms will probably be; the first insects to combat in your food for freedom garden this spring All are probably prob-ably familiar with these smooth, shiney, gray to black worms wmcn rest in a curled position in the daytime day-time just below the surface of the soil and come out at night to cut the plant off at the surface of the ground. Some of them climb the larger plants and feed on the foliage. fo-liage. The adults are dusky brown or gray moths that fly at night and from your local insecticide dealer. Bulletins are available at the county agent's office on the treatment treat-ment for this and other aphids affecting af-fecting vegetables. ... ... ... .. .. ............... are the ones most commonly observed ob-served around lights in Uie summertime. sum-mertime. These insects winter over as partially grown larvae in the soil and emerge to feed early m the spring. Most of the damage will occur while the plants are still young, so it is important to contro cutworms in order to obtain a good stand of vegetables. Dr. Manis points out that control is easy if the proper precedure is followed. Scatter poisoned bran bait around plants to be protected or sow it broadcast over the garden in the evening. A good time to make the first bait application is just after planting time and before the young plants appear above the surface of the ground. Mr. Craner, county extension agent can furnish the details necessary nec-essary for mixing the poison bait. Pea Aphids During seasons when there is unusual un-usual amounts of cool vet weather, there is often trouble with small, greenish long-legged winged or wingless plant lice which cluster along the stems and leaves of pea vines causing the plants to wilt and die These aphids are commonly com-monly known as peja aphids since their preferred host is the pea, Dr. H. C. Manis says that this insect is most easily controlled on garden peas by the application of a dust or spray containing pyre-thrum pyre-thrum or nicotine. Nicotine dusts and sprays are most effective during dur-ing hot weather. Commercial sprays and dusts 'Containing these two compound can be obtained |