Birmingham age-herald., 1895-05-13
OF INTEREST TO FARMERS.

This is the season of cut worms, the season most dreaded by farmers both large and small. This peculiar worm, known by some as the army worm, is said to make visits once every fifteen years and this is the fifteenth year since they last appeared. It bears a striking resemblance to the cut worm so danger ous to truck gardeners. to say nothing of farmers in small grain. The writer has distinct recollection of the last visit made by the pestiferous pest, perhaps the best name for them), and so deep and lasting was the impression of them that he will never forget them. They seemed to come out of the earth and went like an army (hence the name), and wherever they appeared desolation was left in their wake. Young buds on trees, to say nothing of all kinds of plants in the earth, were cut off as by frost and disappeared from view. The grass was cut away as clean as if it had been torn from the earth. Along the railroads they were so thick that engineers claimed to be delayed on account of the slipping of the engines as they ground them up on the rails.
 The worm is reported in Kentucky al- ready, and from the following extract taken from the Farmers Home Journal, 1t would seem they are general over that state:
 "The destructive army worm, com plained of last week by farmers in south ern Kentucky, has appeared pretty much all over the state. It has proven very destructive to clover. corn, tobacco plant beds and other crops The worms are more numerous in some localities but nearly eVry county is complaining of them. The regular cut worm hasazalso appeared in greater numbers than usual and gardens have suffered accordingly.
 The best and possibly the only method of fighting these marauders is by the trench system. Dig a trench in advance of them where they have appeared and when it is full drop brush and heavy timbers upon them and apply the torch. While all the guilty may not be crushed out still it is best to use the motto, Let no guilty man escape" As soon as they appear action should at once be taken. Look out for them.
 The Growth of the Dairy South.
 Speaking of the growth of the dairy south MT. F. w. Moseley of Clinton, la, writes the Farmers Home Journal as follows:
 In looking over the southern agricul- tural papers it is quite noticeable that more and more attention is being given to dairying. The possibility of success full dairying in the south is no longer question since modern appliances and better methods in the manufacturing and handling of dairy products have changed the order of many things. With the latest appliances temperature be- comes less important factor. Quite re- gently I noticed the theory put forth that the moist air of the south has some advantages over the drier air of the north, which in measure overcomes the latters advantage of a lower tempera- ture. The boundaries of the dairy dis trict seem to be widening every year, and 1t will not be long before the south will be in no mean place in the dairy progress. The low price of cotton, the failure of some of the fruit crops and a general tendency to more diversified farming are some of the factors in this movement
 I've want to have our butter or other produce ready for market when it is in the greatest demand" said speaker at an easter farmers institute. That is a terse recognition of the fact that the farmer must be a dealer not less than producer, and this Is particularly true of the dairyman. It is not simply question of how to make a good article of butter but when to put in on the maket and in what form Winter dairy ing usually offers sufficient advantage in way of higher prices to compensate for the increased labor and difficulty, and winter dairying is seldom overdone in any community.