Florida Agricultural Experiment Station


green with 25 or 30 pounds of cottonseed meal, and then
moisten the whole with cheap syrup.
 Like other insects which live in the ground, mole-crickets
may be poisoned by carbon bisulphide. Sink into the infested
garden several holes to the square yard. These can be made
with a cane, if the soil is a bit moist, and should go down to a
depth of one foot. Pour into each hole an ounce of the liquid,
and quickly cover the hole. Care must be taken to keep the
liquid away from the plants or they also will be killed; also
keep the liquid away from fire or lights as it is very inflam-
mable.
 To reduce the number of mole-crickets in badly infested
ground, plow deeply several times in the spring, from March to
June, when they are breeding most actively. Allow chickens,
and especially turkeys, to follow the plow for they are very
fond of these insects. Pasture hogs on the field when possible.
When mole-crickets are flying during March or April (they do
not fly much at other seasons) great numbers can be caught
in light traps. Suspend a lantern in the field and place under
it a pan of water on the surface of which there is a thin layer
of kerosene.
 The best bait for mole-crickets is that developed by the
Porto Rico Station. It consists of:
 Low grade flour............... .............-- 50 pounds
 Paris green............... ......... .. 1 to 11/2 pounds
 Mix thoroly and scatter broadcast at the rate of 250 to 300
pounds to the acre. In a cabbage or lettuce patch it may be
placed in a shallow trench around the base of the plant to be
protected. Use a heaping teaspoonful to each plant. This bait
is very effective as a means of control.
 MOLES
 Moles are a nuisance in lawns and gardens because of the
extensive tunnels they make beneath the surface of the soil.
In making these tunnels they break off the roots of the plants
and cause the soil over the tunnels to dry out. Contrary to
common opinion, they do not eat vegetation but are purely
insectivorous in their diet. They are fond of "white grubs"
which are the larvae of May-beetles or June-bugs. These white
grubs are most abundant on land that has been allowed to grow
up in grass during the summer. The first step in fighting
moles is to get rid of the white grubs. This can be done by
raising some cover crop such as cowpeas, velvet beans or pea-