St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1894-12-29
'ARMER ANDPLANTER
PEAS FOR BOIL WORMS.

L AIAMEK ANDILANlEK.
PEAS FOR BOIL WORMS. :
JeR Weibern Gives the Resu,,s or His ~
perimcuts.
have just read Dick Naylor's- let
ter from Richardson. / am always
glad to see letters fromsuc men. His
letters-never fail to b on the subjects
most needing his masterly pen.
he asks for all the light possible on
the boil worm. Now, as to the cotton
next to the corn being least affected by
the boil worms, this must be acci-
dental The boil worm, doubtless, goes
from the corn ground to the cotton
Held That is when they leave roast
ing ears they drop to the ground,
where they bury themselves. When
they come out again as the butterfly,
the corn iss hard, and. they must hunt
food elsewhere. On the prairies and
rich LANDS Of the south the most invit-
ing Held is the cotton blooms When
sucking the blooms they lay the eggs
on some part Of the plant. 49,
To find out what time the boil worms
will strike the cotton fields. we only
have to watch the corn for them. II
they are found early in June in the top
OF the corn, they will strike cotton ear
" IN August; if late in June they will
be late in August. Their time of COM
ing in the cotton seldom varies more
than ten days. from August 10 to Au-
gust 90. There are some boil worms in
ths cotton all the time from June until
the cotton sheds, or is caught by frost
but the flood of them that does the
harm comes between the above dates
1t is very easy to- plant corn to silk
just at this time. In 1882, Prof. Riley,
United States entomologist at the
time. advised us to plant corn in
the cotton for the boil worms.
was glad to get the remedy, and put
it into practice that year, but was
in the corn. found
q better remedy by accident in 1880
and 1881. The worms came in
great numbers, and the common ten
ant crops were wrecked. Our success
was SO marked this very bad worm
year that we never changed our plan
of freezing them out during the, win
ter BY deep winter turning over the
land, and planting and working TO
beat them and the August drought.
until the overflow of 1890, when we
had to plant over late in May and
June. The current Of Red river ran
the cSpter Of our place, maxi
ing sand bar co deep to make cot
;on. We planteA this sand bar in
early peas; The cotton came up to it
On. all sides. When 1.-The boil worms
came these peas were fIill Of blooms on
top, while there were, q good many dry
peas at the bottom. We had some
hands gathering the bottcm peas.
About sunset l went out to the pea
field. The boil worm moths were fiy-
ing up in swarms ahead of the hands.
ran to Our, cotton expecting to see
myraads there, but to my surprise, did
not And . single moth. -
After the overflow of 1892. the bots
tom lands were nlanted over in both
CORN end cotton. When boil worm
time came we were al elated with our
cotton prospect There was Young
corn of all ages, from WAIST high to
10 catcl the boil worm.
but we were bs dly disappointed. Where
we were looki ~ for a bale of cotton
per acre, we get bah to twenty acres.
The worms in same places ruined the
corn also; in sthersf some corn was
made, but it X iesi nor. rses with
tnan / wa. worth.
i planted some uuand cotton after
i'll was washed up u. the bottom. and
planted peas to prot ect it from the tcl.
worms. Having read Prof. Mally's
bulletin on the boz. worms. in which
ae said that the worm hid in the vines
Turing the day, but laid its eggs
IN the cotton late IN the evening. II
more for shade. Ny peas were
lot in bloom when the moth came, and
allied to protect.
This year decided to plant cotton
vhen l dug my spring Irish potatoes,
md try my peas over again, planting
o as to have one patch of vineless land |
lmost shadeless compared to other !
'eas) peas planted to come into full |
loom. with young pods just forming in !
mother patch some distance away, 1 |
TAINTED in rank whey late pea Right |
trough the middle of this viney patch
planted one row of cotton. When the
ime came for the moth to make its ap-
earance called upon Mr.. Young's
riend, Mr.. Bryan, and some farmer
eighbors to help me examine. Where
he bunch peas were in full bloom the
loths were there in great numbers, as
'ere all other kinds Of insects that suck
overs. We could not find one in the
Dtton, nor did they leave the peas at
ight, or any other time, for the cotton
: anything else.
The cotton where the viney meas
ere planted, but not in bloom when
,e moth appeared was alive with the
10Th. and the row of cotton through
le vines was nearly totally destroyed,
ad tho cotton joining was cut half,
lille the small field near the blooming
rs never lost q square from boil
orms that we could find. Mr.. Bryan
.lped me gather the carly peas, and
hers were called IN to examine. We
und fully 25 per cent. of the pods ,
lnctured, and in some half dozen
aces, and fully half the blooms and /,
,ung pods fell OF before maturity, I
ID there was no other cause for their !
ling. The moths only stayed three s
four days, and left to return in Oc-
Der in the cotton.
Now you have my experience with i
Z boil. worm. do not believe that
. moths will leave the sweets of the
: blooms for anything else.
Plant bunch peas about the 10th Of
~. sixty-dsy white peas ten days
rlier, the specified peas. about the =
u of June to catch the boil worms. )
} can not plant the viney.peas with
y certainty Is to time Of ,bloomin9,
cause they will be late or early ac-
ding to season. while the eallU bunch y
y win come on tiue, season or no. Il
son: The season win afIe1t the c
I'd, but hsve very little erect on 3
,e Of blooming.-Je6 WelboEa. in ,