. The Bulletin of the North Carolina Department of Agriculture. Agriculture -- North Carolina. 64 The Bulletin. Control. Preventives.—It is quite evident frorri the statements made above that the tobacco farmer should avoid planting tobacco and cabbage close together. Or if it is necessary to plant the two close together, great care should be taken to see that the Cabbage Looper is kept under control on the cabbage by the use of arsenates. Remedies.—Either Paris green or arsenate of lead, as recom- mended for Horn Worms (page 30), may be used successfully against this pest. Tree (Or
. The Bulletin of the North Carolina Department of Agriculture. Agriculture -- North Carolina. 64 The Bulletin. Control. Preventives.—It is quite evident frorri the statements made above that the tobacco farmer should avoid planting tobacco and cabbage close together. Or if it is necessary to plant the two close together, great care should be taken to see that the Cabbage Looper is kept under control on the cabbage by the use of arsenates. Remedies.—Either Paris green or arsenate of lead, as recom- mended for Horn Worms (page 30), may be used successfully against this pest. Tree (Order OrtJioptera.) Also Known as "White ; A light greenish grasshopper-like insect which eats round holes through the tobacco leaves between the main Fig. 52.—Adult Tree Ciicket/about natural size. (Photograph by the author.) The adult Tree Crickets resemble in a general way a small grass- hopper. (Fig. 52.) They are light-green in color and the adults and nymphs frequently do considerable damage to tobacco, especially when it is growing near a thicket of brambles. The adult females lay their eggs in the stems of blackberries and raspberries and undoubtedly also in the stems of other plants growing in thickets. The adults themselves normally feed on soft-bodied insects which they find in Wecanthus Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original North Carolina. Dept. of Agriculture. Raleigh : State Board of Agriculture
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