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Newspaper
Odon Journal
Location
Odon, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1919
Page
5
A United States Department of Agriculture pamphlet outlines common garden rodents and methods to deter them. It identifies brown rats, house mice, woodchucks, groundhogs, prairie dogs, rabbits, moles, pocket gophers, and raccoons as pests, with targeted control tips and trap or poison recommendations.
The common white cabbage butterfly lays eggs that hatch green cabbage worms about an inch long. For small plantings hand pick the worms, dust with pyrethrum or hellebore, or hydrated lime. A spray of arsenate of lead at four pounds per fifty gallons is effective when heads form.
Farmers and gardeners face the cucumber beetle, the most destructive cucurbit pest. Prevention outperforms cure as larvae tunnel underground and beetles strip leaves and fruit. Large infestations resist spraying. focus on preventive measures and garden sanitation to protect crops east of the Rocky Mountains.
If hens have shady yards or roam for shade and mellow earth they need no extra green feed. In confined yards provide greens with small scratch and a large greens portion for morning meals. Dry mash should include meat and bone, and before roost time give a larger grain feeding.
Instructions advise carrying fowls under the arm with the head toward the back and legs grasped. This method keeps the hen upright, prevents wing flapping, and secures the bird snugly to the body for any distance.
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