Agriculture . ng pod. The larva hatches and eats its way through the pod and into one of the peas, where it lives upon the substance of the pea. The change to the pupa takes place in the pea. Sometimes these beetles come out in the fall, but in most cases they stay inside the peas until spring. They do great damage to the peas by destroying the germ. All grain weevils may be killed by placing in the bins some poisonous substance that will readily evaporate, such as carbon bisulphide. The bins are shut tight and the beetles are killed by the fumes. If the peas are kept over until two years old
Agriculture . ng pod. The larva hatches and eats its way through the pod and into one of the peas, where it lives upon the substance of the pea. The change to the pupa takes place in the pea. Sometimes these beetles come out in the fall, but in most cases they stay inside the peas until spring. They do great damage to the peas by destroying the germ. All grain weevils may be killed by placing in the bins some poisonous substance that will readily evaporate, such as carbon bisulphide. The bins are shut tight and the beetles are killed by the fumes. If the peas are kept over until two years old the beetles will mature and die in the bins the first year, and the seed then sown the second year will be entirely free from the pest. These beetles do not lay their eggs, or oviposit, on dry peas. Any seeds of which the germs have been eaten by the grubs will, of course, not sprout. If the seed peas are placed in water the infested ones will float. \Miy ? These may then be taken out and only sound peas 35. — Pea-weevil ur pea bug. a,the mature beetle ; b, the larva or grub. 82 AGRICULTURE.
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