■Lancaster Farming, Saturday, April 3, 1965 THESE PESTS CHEW TOBACCO WHITE GRUB— This insect chews up tender roots as fast as they detelop. Read how low-cost aldrin gives long-lasting control of soil insects that destroy seedlings, cut tobacco yields and quality. A whole aimy of insects thicatcns tobacco .cluiinc' the growing season Wnewouns O O O hunow into the stem Cutwoims chew on voting plants White gtnbs attack the roots Alehin s tops all maioi soil insects attack ing iohacco It conttoh the insects yon see ahove phis annua! gi nhs and flea beetle la\- Aldrin-freated tobacco (.rigl‘o is about 8 tett tall Unticatccl tobaoco (/eft) is about 5 foot tall. ...UNDERGROUND: vae One aldiin application cleans up uvie v’onns so thoioughly ■)Oit may not need to it eat again foi 2 to 3 yeais (If you have a ent iroim pwhlein the second 01 ihiid season, apply dieldun ) By destroying soil insects he foie they do damage, akhm allows tobacco plants to de \clop deep, sltong, healthy xoot systems.* Lea\ es matin e fasten, develop evenly. Plants aie mote vwoious and discase-iesistant. O p.rscTLi Alclnn ictiuns its cost many times o\cl in bigbei tobacco profits. How to use aldrin As little as 2 to 3 pounds of aldiin per acie applied as an oveuilJ broadcast treatment be foi c planting \\ ill give season-long control of I o o o all major tobacco pests. As little as 1 to 4 ounces of aldrin per 50 gallons of u atcr, applied in the setting water duung transplanting, will stop root maggots WIREWORM— Burrows into stem of tobacco plants. CUTWORM -Chews on young plants. and wiiewoims—insure a good stand, Where to get aldrin Aldrin is available ftom youx local insecti cide dcalci undex various well-known brand names It comes as liquid, wettable powder, granules, and in fertilizer mixes. Look for the name aldrin on the label or in the ingre dient statement. Shell Chemical Company, Agricultural Chemicals Division, 2299 Vauxhall Road, Union, New Jersey. aldrin A PRODUCT OF SHELL CHEMICAL COMPANY
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