The log cabin Democrat., 1911-04-03

worms feed by preference on corn,
 and are the same as the corn-ear
 worm Advantage is taken of this
 taste of the worm to trap and destroy them by means of early June corn.
 It has been observed that the moths
 will lay their eggs on the silk of green
 corn, if this is obtainable, when they
 are flying, in marked preference to
 cotton or other cultivated plants. The
 moths of the third generation, which 1 fly in August, do not like the hard
 ears of the corn for laying their eggs,
 and so they seek the succulent bollS of
 cotton for this purpose. If therefore
 some green corn is standing nearby in i silk, the cotton will be saved. When
 the cotton seed is planted, leave va
 cant strips every 25 or 30 rows across the fields. In these SOW corn about
 June l, followed in ten days by cow
 peas in alternating rows. This will
 put the corn in silk and the cowpeas | in bloom about August l. The blos-
 soms of the cowpeas will attract the
 moths which will seek the nectar for
 their own food. They will then lay
 the bulk of their eggs on the silk of the corn which they can find so handy
 right by the peas. About three weeks
 later the ends of the ears can be cut , off to destroy the worms. The fodder
 and the grain will entirely pay for planting the corn, and the cowpeas will enrich the soil which will produce
 more cotton the next year, and thus
 they will pay for themselves in a years time. All the steps above ad vised for securing and early crop of cotton to escape the boil weevil should also be taken wherever the bollworm
 is the worst pest. The first two gen. erations of worms do very little harm,
 and those that hatch from the eggs laid by the third generation of moths | in August attack first of all the young tender bolls. There is plenty of evi
 dence to prove that they do not at tack the bolls that are about three fourths grown at this time; that is to say, the young worms that hatch in August do not eat into the large bolls. Naturally big bolIs will be found later in the season damaged by the large or | fuII-grown worms. Most of the bolls that are three-fourths grown by the time the third or destructive genera tion of worms are on hand will escape injury.
 The writer would call attention to the importance of not omiting any of the above mentioned steps in the con- , troI of the boil weevil and the boil worm. If anything is left undone, the pests will be more or less trouble some in spite of the attempts that have been made to control the pests. Success in the control of both insects depends on the principle of finish in the work Half-hearted, slovenly methods will not succeed. If a man half-does his work, he can not eX- pect over half a crop. There is a great deal of truth in the proverb, Whatever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
 In case leaf-eating worms are espe- cially severe feeding on the leaves in certain fields, even with proper farm management, it is possible to poison them by means of powdered arsenate of lead dusted on the plants late in July or early in August, wherever the small worms are appearing on the leaves. A Champion dust gun should be used, as this is much more thor i ough than using a sack Addresses of dealers in these supplies can be had by writing to the author.) The application of the dust can be repeat ; ed in 10 days or two weeks, if the at tacks are very severe. Paris green l would burn the leaves of the cotton and is not recommended.