Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 123, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 May 1920 — BEETLES ARE DESTROYING INDIANA VINEYARDS [ARTICLE]

BEETLES ARE DESTROYING INDIANA VINEYARDS

Vineyard owners are called upon to watch for flea leaf beetles by Frank N. Wallace, state etomologist. The beetles have arrived in enormous qantities, it is said. The insect is tiny, . blue-green and its principal destructive power lies m eating the early buds. This is followed by a deposit of eggq from which the larvae soon develops and attacks and devours the bloom and leaves, frequently ruining the crop, r Mr. Wallace has stated that an efficient means of education is found in a spray composed of one ounce, of arsenate of lead mixed with one gallon of water.