The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1902-05-17
FARMERAND PLANTER.
An Outline of the warfare On the
Two Cotton Enemies BY .
Competent Authority.

Competent Authority.
In submitting the following outline
of warfare against the boll worm of
cotton. IT should be explained that
corn is the first choice as food
plant for this pest, with cow-peas Sec
ond, and cotton only third. II is evil
dent. therefore, that TO protect cot
ton from boil worm attack, one of
both of these should be kept in prime
condition as food for the pest. The
important point TO be attained is to
have the trap rows of corn and peas
furnish corn in silks and roasting
ears. or peas in bloom throughout
the season. There must never be. Q
time when a brood of boil worm
moths are issuing. that they will be
forced to go to cotton, because there
Is no corn or cow peas in suitable
conditions. Hundreds of tests have
resulted in proving that the follow
ing outline of successive steps in the
boil worm fight will Railways bring sat
isfactory results. If the filed is about
square. select four rows through ev-
eyr ten acres of the land for trap
rows. If the field is long and narrow
and the rows run the narrow way
leave four rows as a, trap about ev.
cry three hundred feet. Then,
First-Bed up one of the rows ready
for corn planting by the middle OF
March. March Is, plant this row with
an extra early maturing variety OF
corn. Adams Extra Early has usu
ally proven to be the most service
able for this purpose.
"a Second--Drin corn into. the second
rowsabout April IS, using any ordi
nary Kind OF field corn. --'-a.s's
Third-Drill Adams Extra, Early
corn into the third trap row about
May Is.
Fourth-Drill Mexican gJine corr
into the fourth trap row June / X
10.
In all cases il must be urged tx
thin to q close stand at the proper
time. and above all to give. frequent
shallow CIVILIZATIONS so as to force
roasting ears as soon as possible.
Each farmer should take pains Il
inspect these trap rows CAREFUL,
from time to time. The full grown
boil worm measurers from an incl
and quarter to an inch and hal
in length, and when full fed leave.
the ear of corn for the ground, wheel
il enters and there changes into an
other boil worm moth. This moth
or miller or "fiy," whichever thu
farmer may call it, comes out, ant
soon begins laying the eggs for an
other brood of the boil worms. Thes'
eggs are about the size of a small pir
head, and when freshly laid are pur,
white. When corn is in roasting ear'
they lay most of their eggs upon thu
silks of these ears, and can easily b'
detected there in the trap ows,wher'
great numbers will be found. BY thu
second day after being layed, the egl
shows brown band around the cen
ter, and copule of days later ,
worm will be Matched from it. Aftel
midseason boil worm eggs are Otter
attacked by parasites. In that cas-
the eggs are dark, or even black al
over. From such eggs parasites will
be Matched, which will in due cours'
destroy more boil worm. eggs. Para
sites, it should be understood, are thu
cotton planters friends.
Fifth-Keepk careful watch of tn
silks and roasting ears of trap roy
: No. I. As soon as boil worms ar
, about grown, and no more fresh
white eggs are found on the silks
this row should be cut out and fe'
TO stock, especially cattle, maxim,
sure the feeding is done in. name
tofdestroy the worms in the roastin!
ears, or the eggs ON the silks.
Sixth--Drill speckIed peas into roy
No. as soon as the corn is cut out
Cultivate well, so as to force earl.
blooming and rank growth.
Seventh-Watch the silks and roast
ing cars of row No. 2 carefully. !
the ears are well stocked with Dol
worms, note carefully when there ar
no more white eggs to be found Of
the silks. II at that time the worm
in the ears are about full grown, Gu
this row out, and feed as suggeste
for row No. 1.
Eighth--Drill cow peas into 70,
No. 2 as soon as the corn has bee
cut out. Cultivate well 70 make Wig
orous growth. E '-sr.--'