Show TO ERADICATE GARDEN darden PEST mot most effective method of combating nematode Gall worms li Is to starve aitto it to death prepared by the united states depart in nt of Airl culture the very serious losses caused by tho the gall worm nematode tode in gardens especially ally in the south have resulted in the trial of numerous methods of control one of the most effective meth yet tested Is to starve the pet this may be accomplished by dividing the garden into inta two parts me of which Is aal callable lable for cultivation fowls being kept on the otier half and changed from one to the other about every two to four year years the kolluri gall wolli in Is absolutely dependent on the rota rots of the higher plants for its nourishment if it no such plants are allowed to grow the peat Is starved and in the course of a year or two it can bo be brought to a stage where its ravages will not be earlou ee rlou alternate gadjen and fowl rin rui the suggested alternation of fowl ran run with mith garden cany may be brought about simply by fencing in the fowl fowls if it DO possible ible 1 it would be well to arrange the division of the land to in the direction of its slope so that the drainage will not be from the garden to the lie f fowl fi I idea Is to keep run or vice versa the the fowl foist run free from vegetation for a year or two tills means that about the maximum number of fowls fouls for the area roust must be kept and that the toll soil roust must be occasionally spaded or otherwise stirred this stirring of the soil Is n rood good thing a fowl fouls and od helps also to reduce the nematode est for eiery time the earth la Is fresh freh soil Is brought broucht to the action 01 the pun un and air and becomes more or less dis ills infected through their action on the eggs and larva of the pest of gardens there arc are thousands where this procedure ill 1 practicable definite Inform information atton with regard to the eil existence stence of the gall worm woral nema tode may be obtained by abnormal roots to the department of agriculture tr vr examination |