The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1888-07-19

REMEDIES.

1. Plowing.-If the infested wheat
fields are plowed as soon as the wheat
is cut, and before the bugs have left
them, great numbers, especially of the
young, will be unable to crawl to the
surface, and many more of those which
do reach the surface, and many more
of those which do reach the surface
will be unable to crawl over the plow-
ed ground to the fields adjacent, and
as the grass and weeds in the field,
upon which the bugs may subsist for
time, will have been destroyed, they
will necessarily starve. Ii the field is
too large to be wholly plowed most of
the bugs may be prevented from leav-
ing it if rod or two along the bor-
ders is plowed and then harrowd occa-
sionally to make it friable. The bugs
find it very difficult to crawl over dry
pulverized soil. The outer rows of
corn infested may be treated in the
same way.
2. Burning.-If the stubble in the
infested fields be burnt over before
the bugs leave it great numbers of
them will be destroyd. To do this it
is often necessary to give the field a
light coating of straw.
8. Coal Tar as Barrier to Migra-
tion.-Pour coal tar along the border
OF fields liable to invasion and the
bugs will not cross the line thus made
so long as it is fresh, but will wander
up and down beside it and may be
trapped in holes dug at convenient
distances. The ground should be
smooth and hard, and the tar may be
conveniently poured from the spout
of an old watering can. We find on
the station farm that when used this
way surprisingly small amount of
tar is needed. The tar must be fre-
quently reapplied. We are also try
ing the effect of a similar barrier of
gas lime.
As to the practical usefulness of
this method DIR. William LIE Baron,
formerly State E-ntomologist of Hi
nois, writes: This method has been
extensively resorted to the past season
Qo71) in the central part Of the State.
| had an opportunity of seeing it put
in practice on a large scale on the
farm of Mr.. Joshua Sells of Bloom
ington. At the time of my visit Mr..
Sells had adopted the plan of running
a stream of tar from the spout Of an
old teakettle directly upon the ground,
along the exposed side of his corn
fields. He found that gallon of tar
would extend about ten rods, so that
two-gallon kettle twice filled would
furnish strip of tarred ground the
whole length of forty-rod cornfeld.
The tar had to be renewed every other
day, and oftener in case of rain. The
insects would crowd up in the line in
such numbers that in many places
they would pile up from half to an
inch deep, and could be scraped up by
the double handful But so long as
the tar was kept fresh not a bug
would cross it. They were not pre-
vented from crossing by the adhesive
nature of the tar, but by its repulsive-
ness. The hugs would not touch it.
They were destroyed by conducting
them into perpendicular holes, or by |
shoyeling them in and burying them"
4. Kerosene Emulsion.-The bugs |
may be destroyed as they are migrat-
ing to the cornfelds, or when they are
ON they are on the outer rows of corn,
by applying kerosene emulsion. This
is made by adding two parts of kero-
sene to one part of solution made
by dissolving half pound Of hard
soap in one gallon Of boiling water,
and churning the mixture through