. Annual report of the North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station. d on theroots or stems in the manner stated above. There may be two or three generations. According to Chittenden1the life cycle requires from six to nine weeks. 1 Yearbook Dept. of Agr. 1898, p. 254. SOME INSECT ENEMIES OF GARDEN CROPS. 15 REMEDIES. Spraying the plants withan arsenical poison, Parisgreen or arsenate of lead pre-ferably mixed with Bordeauxmixture (See p. 61), is un-doubtedly the best the early appearingbeetles are poisoned laterspraying should not be neces-sary. String beans shouldnot be poisone
. Annual report of the North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station. d on theroots or stems in the manner stated above. There may be two or three generations. According to Chittenden1the life cycle requires from six to nine weeks. 1 Yearbook Dept. of Agr. 1898, p. 254. SOME INSECT ENEMIES OF GARDEN CROPS. 15 REMEDIES. Spraying the plants withan arsenical poison, Parisgreen or arsenate of lead pre-ferably mixed with Bordeauxmixture (See p. 61), is un-doubtedly the best the early appearingbeetles are poisoned laterspraying should not be neces-sary. String beans shouldnot be poisoned when thepods are maturing. Furtherpreventive measures against Fig. Leaf-Beetle: a, adult beetle; 6, pupa; similar leaf-eating beetles aree, larva;/, egg—a, b, c enlarged about six times,/ more disCUSSed OU page 43 underenlarged. (Chittenden, Yearbook, 1898, U. S. Dept. of i -i ,-i Agr.) Common Bean Weevil (Bruchus obtedus, Say). The common bean weevil, Bruchus obtedus, Fig. 7, as well asother species of Bruchus, annually infest quantities of dried
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