Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 157, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 July 1915 — POISON CUTWORMS IN GARDEN PATCH [ARTICLE]

POISON CUTWORMS IN GARDEN PATCH

Kansas Mixture Scattered Around Infested Areas Will . Prove Quite Effective. (By A. G. RUGGLES, Minnesota Experiment Statton.) The cutworm will get your garden track if you don’t watch out If you haven’t fall-plowed, you may successfully fight the pests by the use of pciA slightly different formula from the old-fashioned poisoned bran mash was found very effective against grasshoppers in Kansas in 1912. In 1914, this mixture was very successfully used against crickets, army worms and cutworms. The formula for the Kansas mixture is as follows: Bran, 1 pound; parts green, 1 ounce; sirup, % pint; orange or lemon, % ounce; water, pints. Mix the bran and parts green separately while dry. Squeeze the juice of the orange or lemon into the water, grating the peeling and pulp, and adding this also to the water. Dissolve 'the sirup in this mixture and wet the poisoned bran, stirring thoroughlyThis mash is scattered around the intested areas.