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Domestic News
July 10, 1917
The Mount Holly News
Mount Holly, Burlington County, New Jersey
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Small green plant lice are attacking vegetable crops such as potatoes, tomatoes, and cabbage by sucking sap from leaves and stems, potentially causing significant harm. They can be destroyed by thoroughly spraying with a mixture of nicotine, soap, and water.
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Vegetables are Being Injured by Plant Lice.
Small green plant lice are now attacking vegetable crops and may do a large amount of harm in a short time unless destroyed. Potatoes, tomatoes and cabbage are the main vegetables being attacked.
These small green plant lice are usually found on the under-sides of the leaves and on the more tender portions of the stem. They injure the plant by inserting their beaks through the rind and sucking out the sap. They do not consume the foliage.
Spraying these lice so thoroughly with a mixture of nicotine, soap and water, that every louse will be well wetted, will destroy them.
Mix 2 teaspoonfuls of 40 per cent. nicotine with 1 gallon of water in which 1/2 ounce of whale-oil or laundry soap has been dissolved. Apply the mixture as a misty spray so thoroughly that all the lice will be well wetted.
Small green plant lice are now attacking vegetable crops and may do a large amount of harm in a short time unless destroyed. Potatoes, tomatoes and cabbage are the main vegetables being attacked.
These small green plant lice are usually found on the under-sides of the leaves and on the more tender portions of the stem. They injure the plant by inserting their beaks through the rind and sucking out the sap. They do not consume the foliage.
Spraying these lice so thoroughly with a mixture of nicotine, soap and water, that every louse will be well wetted, will destroy them.
Mix 2 teaspoonfuls of 40 per cent. nicotine with 1 gallon of water in which 1/2 ounce of whale-oil or laundry soap has been dissolved. Apply the mixture as a misty spray so thoroughly that all the lice will be well wetted.
What sub-type of article is it?
Agriculture
What keywords are associated?
Plant Lice
Vegetable Crops
Potatoes
Tomatoes
Cabbage
Nicotine Spray
Pest Control
Domestic News Details
Outcome
vegetable crops may suffer large harm unless lice are destroyed by thorough spraying with nicotine, soap, and water mixture.
Event Details
Small green plant lice are attacking vegetable crops including potatoes, tomatoes, and cabbage by inserting beaks through the rind and sucking out sap from under-sides of leaves and tender stem portions. They do not consume foliage.