Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Farm News Digest: July 5, 1926
Poisoned - bran bait, consisting of 1 pound of Paris green to 25 pounds of bran. When applied to tobacco plant beds will effectively control the grubs of green June beetles. This has been demonstrated in experiments conducted by the U. S. Department of Agriculture. The practice of preparing the beds in new places every year is giving way to that of having permanent beds, according to Farmers' Bulletin ihs9 f, The Green June Beetle Larva in Tobacco Plant Beds. A covering of manure, .tobacco stalks, straw, and similar material is placed over the beds as soon as the plants are removed to the field, in order to main tain their fertility. The grubs develop rapi dly in this layer of decaying vegetable matter, some of them.becoming full grown by late fall and burrowing deeply into the soil for the winter. The new publication contains consider able information relative to the causes of beetle infestation, the character of injury to the tobacco plants, how to determine the presence of the grubs in the beds. And various control measures. A copy of the bulletin may be obtained free, as long as the supply lasts, by writing to the U. S. Department of Agriculture, washington, D. C.
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