. War vegetable gardening and the home storage of vegetables ... stick bet-ter. Shave the soap, add a small quantity ofwater and boil until the soap is dissolvedor put it in cold water and stir occasional-ly until dissolved. Cool and stir into thearsenate of lead solution. Paris green has long been used for pro-tection, but arsenate of lead is now usedmuch more extensively and is consideredbetter. Pyrethrum. The best spray for cabbage, cauliflowerand similar vegetables, after the heads havebegun to form, is Pyrethrum, which can bebought at a drug or seed store and which isnot poisonousto human
. War vegetable gardening and the home storage of vegetables ... stick bet-ter. Shave the soap, add a small quantity ofwater and boil until the soap is dissolvedor put it in cold water and stir occasional-ly until dissolved. Cool and stir into thearsenate of lead solution. Paris green has long been used for pro-tection, but arsenate of lead is now usedmuch more extensively and is consideredbetter. Pyrethrum. The best spray for cabbage, cauliflowerand similar vegetables, after the heads havebegun to form, is Pyrethrum, which can bebought at a drug or seed store and which isnot poisonousto human beings. It may beused as a spray in the proportion of !• ounceof Pyrethrum to 2 gallons of water. It will mix best if first made into apaste with warm water. It may also beused in, its full strength as a powder, withbellows or sifter. Poisoned Poisoned bait is useful against cutwormsand slugs. Small portions of the bait shouldbe placed around plants subject to attackby them. The pests feed at night and hideunder chips or other objects during the Fig. 20—Bean anthracnose is indicated by daric,sunken, scab-like spots on pods. There are alsospots on leaves. Bait should be placed beneath bait may be made at home thus: 1 pound Yi ounce 1 or 2 ounces One lemon or orange, chopped fine. Water to make a thick mash of the mixture. Wheat bran White arsenic, sirup- The bran and the white arsenic should bemixed. Dilute the sirup with a littk water 20 WAR VEGETABLE GARDENING ana pour this over the bran and whitearsenic; add the lemon or orange and stirwell. Add enough water to make a thickmash. Removing Insects By Hand. The larger eating insects may be removed by hand or knocked off into a pan of water on the surface of which a small quantity of kerosene is floating. Insects collected by Some Other Forms of Protection. One form of protection against cutworms is a collar 2 inches wide made ofstifif paper,, placed around the stem of theplant and
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