CABBAGE FLY.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1640, 6 January 1913, Page 8

CABBAGE FLY.

HOW TO PROTECT-THE-PLANTS. rr-A - - Replying to a query as to the best means of treating cabbages, cauliflowers, etc.,' at- ■ tacked by the ily, the Orchards and Gardons Division of tho Department of Agriculture gives' tho following treatment for' tho cabbago moth:— . , "Boil.a pound of coal-tar m 1 gallon of water for twenty minutes, and'while boiling tip into 50 gallons of fresh water; stir well for some time,-allow to settle, and it is ready for uso,, Apply frequently with a spray-pump or garden-syringe, Spravmg with lirsenatn of lead, lib., to 50 gallons of water, will also control this pest. If tho I'aobageo ■ uro well • washed before boing usod theroes no risk to health from using, aprny. ■ "For aphis, the following, treatment is recommended:—Spray' -with a; tobaccowash in the following proportions: lib.. 1 6trong tobiicco or 31b. wnste tobacco, 31b. soft soap, 20 gallons water, li the cabbago3 aro young use about twice as much water as that given m above formula, if nccessary gradually increasing the .. strength'of the wash as the. season advances and the growth of the plants hardens. Another good spray for the control of aphis is 1' cake of Sunlight soap boiled in 3 gallons of water, and applied with a fine spray,"

' If a dairy farmer were as rich as Carnogio, tho chances aro ho would change his occupation. And unless he has -the wealth of the Steel King,.he can hardly afford to throw money away. Farmers who take self-cooled milk to the factory are squandering money, for milk cooled Tn Parton's Coolers gets far better tests and makes bigger profits. "Writo Albert' J. Parton, Carterton, about his tinned copper Milk Coolers—Advt.

: : : A WINNER OF COMPETITIONS.. The Egg-laying competitions Tor 1010-11 and 1911-12 wero both won by pens Teurecl on "A. and P." Chick Raiser. The fir?t eusratial for profitable poultry keeping, torn ftU fitor.«Xefiaers J -rAdit.