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Show SHIELD PLANTS FROM WORMS Stems of Tomato, Cabbage and Other Plants Wrapped With Strong Paper Pa-per Will Keep Pests Away. Protect as many plants ns you can by wrapping the stems with strips of tough manlla paper about three Inches square. This will protect tomato, to-mato, cabbage and other plants. To 30 pounds of bran ndd one pound of ! pnrls green, two quarts cheap molasses, mo-lasses, nnd enough water to make n mash. Lay this down at night, put- ' ting a teaspoonful or less In a place. Strew It thinly along rows of lettuce and similar plants. Mix only enough to use at one tlnr nnd put It out twice a week as long ns the attacks continue. It will kill chickens or fowls If tiny get It, hut In a few days It dries up, nnd they will not molest It. This Is most effective If put down early In spring before there are uny plants for the cutworm to attack. |