Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 309, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 December 1915 — DESTROY INSECTS BY BURNING ALL TRASK [ARTICLE]

DESTROY INSECTS BY BURNING ALL TRASK

Much May Be Done to Eradicate Flea-Beetle and Leaf-Hop-per by Fall Cleaning. Several grape insects winter among the fallen grape leaves in trash in vineyards, and much may be done to destroy them if the trash be raked together and burned. Such work will be of value against the grape-berry moth and the grape leaf folder, which hibernate in the pupal condition in the fallen grape leaves. The grapevine flea-beetle and the grape leaf hopper spend the winter as adults under trash of all kinds in and about vineyards, and the destruction of trash as indicated win expose them to adverse climatic conditions