“Oh, dear! Billy, won’t they grow up again?”
“Not much!” exclaimed Billy. “No, indeed; we’ll have to put in new ones in their place. We’ve had so little trouble with cutworms that I forgot to take precaution.”
“What’s that?” asked Mary Frances.
“Precaution—why, means to keep him from the plants. We could have used—
Paper Collars to Protect Plants from Cutworms
Cut strong paper into rectangles about 2½ x 5 inches. Wrap a paper loosely around the stem of growing tomato plants and other tender stems before packing the earth around them. Let the paper extend about an inch above the ground, but make it narrower if it covers the roots.
“Oh, how funny,” laughed Mary Frances, “for plants to wear paper collars.”
“They would cheat Mr. Cutworm out of several good meals,” said Billy. “It’s provoking to find plants cut off that way. You see, the worms do their villainous work at night!”
“Oh, do they live under ground all the time?”