The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-01-12
EXPECTS REPETITION or TAE
GREEN BUG PLAGUE TAIS
YEAR
RESEARCH INVESTIGATION
Shows the Destruction by crop-Dam-
aging Inoects to be very Great
State is Favorably Located as a
Harbor for Corn and Cotton Pests.

iuthuc, Okla. Jan ll.-That OK
lahoma is quite likely To be- revisited
by the green bug, which did So much
damage in 1907 and other similar
insect pests, is the declaration made
in the annual report just made by
the oklahoma experiment station att
Sullwatc" to the state board OF ag
ricultme.
AS matter of fact, says the.
report, oklahoma is ilrally situated
50 far as insects are concerned. ON
the border between the corn aud
cotton belt midway between the
plains and valley regions. she can
furnish ideal conditions for insects Of
life zones.The winters are short and
mild enough TO shield successfully
the southern pests from destruction
and the summers are long enough
to ALLOW full development and op
porunity 10 do much destruction"
Especial attention is given in the
section of tha report dealing with the
department of botany and cntomolo.
ey TO the green bug and its raw.
ages in Oklahoma and it is declared
that the year 1907 will go down in
the history of Oklahoma as the
green bug year" The insect an
pcarcd in January, 1907. and before
it was destroyed by it's natural en-
emics it had destroyed 50 per cent
of the oat crop and more than 75|
per cent Of the wheat crop Of the.
state.
Experiments of the department in
connection with the green bug Wis.
itation demonstrated that the wheat
that was sOvn early i'm good soil
and had the heaviest stand was in
the best condition to withstand the
green bug. The parasite bee was
found TO be the insect that was most
effective in suppressing the green
bug, apparently possessing unlimited
powers Of dovouring the little pests
The lady bug was also tried as a
green bug cXterminator. and i'm the
experiments at the station lady bugs
were fed upon green bugs to deter
mine how many they could devour in
one day. The greatest number was
| 1872 which proved that this insect
was not equal 20 the occasion
when it came to suppresslng a gen
eral epidemic Of green bugs. The
green bug females produced at the
rate Of 10 each per day.
The year was also notable for the
| appearance of the Mexican boil wee
vii insufficient number and over a
wide enough area to become a factor
in cotton raising. The Hessian fly
aga II appeared in the fall wheat,
a moth seriously damaged the apple
crop of the state. the curculo de-
| stroyed large part Of the stone
! fruit crop and the web worm dam.
aged at least per cent of the cot.
ton crop and 3 per cent of the corn.
1t was also especially destructive TO
alfalfa. The chinch bug levied its
10 per cent taxation and the San
Jose scale and locust borers did
! much damage in the localities where
they appeared.
Substantial progress along an lines
Of general experiment work and the
approved original research uvesti
cations provided for by the Adams
act is reported in the exporimeup
station report. While many OF the
experiments under way, and more
especially those authorized under the
! Adams act We're not concluded. there
was collected during the year su::
ctent data for the publication of six
bulletins, five circulars and twelve
press bulletins, all giving the result
OF important experiments at the sta
ton The experiment station received
during the year total Of $4,000
from the federal government, $500.
under the Hatch act and $4,000 un
der the Adams act
The department Of entomology a.
now engaged in studying the eco
= nomis value Of two fungus diseases
one Of which attacks San Jos,
scale and the other the chinch bug
The department of chemistry is en-
gagged in a complete study Of cottol
seed meal and the blood of hogs
diseasaI by feeding cotton seeC
meal When the importance Of cotton
seed meal as a feeding material Il
recognized, the report states thl
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