The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-02-07
WHAT 10 DO WITH
CORN INSECT PEsT
Stalk Rorer Abounds IN Anderson
County, According 20 Expert
Who Came Here

Owing - thc Tact .aat the GSDGrt
who visited Anderson county last week
said that the corn stalk bOrPr is found
nn every hand ia this county and that
practically no field is free from the
pest, the statements coming from
tlelnGGn COLLEGE relative 10 the best
way IN Which 20 get rid of the insect
will be read With interest here.
fn Usctisaing the troubles OF the
Anderson cnifniy corn raisers. Prof
ii. r. cnnraai. G? Clemgon College
said
'Of the TWO Kind Of borers fire.
qucntly found III corn. the larger
com stalk bore Is Ihn more common
anG important. 'This is the whitlsh
grub that may he found in tho stubblc
below tho ground Isl any corn field
In south Carolina during tho winter.
"A few days age Il farmer asked
the writer whether this new insect
is Il new corporation. II Is not; il
iS one OF our oldest bugs. II does Sc
we're dafnaBc every year I'm one section
or the other. II has had the attention
of entomoIogists for years. It was
pnG believed that thc Sugarcano borcr
and this werc ,hr same: but H. apearG'
from The work Of mr. Barber of tic
nnrcan nj Entomology that they arc
different the cane hOrcf now bcihG
known as Diatraca sacchdralia, and
corn hcrcr us j.. crcQlolla.
AS carly rs lS2O thh ni.anal rcnort
OF tic DcDartmcnt OF Agriculture Tor
that year Prof.. Comatock gave q full
account of this corn pest. Speaking
Of control measure. hG says: a Inoaf
aati5t1ctcry rem ,iT for The corn hOrGg
can PROBABLY pV derived from the fact
Thai II hthettlntaD IN the stalk and
at'ihbie ~ Ire targal state he then
.cnnQnueS' te recommend methods FOR
the lisfoGf;f nj fodder aud DESTRUCTION
of StllkS tndfslnbblc.
in iugdst, faGf. Or. Howard wrote
circniar No. rs .f lle Bureau Of En-
ton6logy % tiiia saibicct. He gave n
life hi3fdry aascrihinG two generations
a&d eAtlnfatfa tlic damage during
abundant scasolt' at % 10 so per cent.
Tic called attsntion TO cultural method
md sf1p rgfatinn and saiu where
stake ate allowed t0 remain III iIle
field All WtFler Il naturally folloWa
tfat y. corn. toli0@ina win be badly dam.
lin 1sf05 IN, Geo. 4tnslle. of the
Btitca0, then wGrklhg at Clemson
Cplle$e, &6ft,ed over its history ana
hhbit$. and Wrote n lidFeaii circular
ruculhln nehdiag the desirRGtion of corn
'$tilfbiSa as thd sovereign remedy.
y Is, cleaf, then, that we Arc deal,
ing With IN Bid pest. Bht the irnpol-
tan, aHfstinn iiefore us is one OF CO.
opeTYIi icIls toIsai'ry Into. effect the re-
eonGlendatsol repeatedly made. The
subject has been discifssed at Farmers,
meetings, anu ieonalderable progress
has been made through the efforfs OF
demon Istrat ti6h ti6hh agents, VINO are con-
tihIiilg the work. %
'Co-operRtton In the community Is
most important. StubBie may nc
plowed under II carefully done. II
corn Is harvested late. IL intefcferes.
with the cover crops. so every effort
shonid befmade 60 harvest the corn
early. Our practice has been to break
eHt the stalks, root and atl. rake them
into heaps. And Aafh them when dry.
This seems very satisfactory for tho
rough destruction, aud PRODUCES good
results, especially when fartners az
tssa soiiInl..; ~ - jtpt together. The
best results lave been ohfi,inaa IL
sectinus OF the state where The hest
best results have been obtained in
praetiaed. It III III ouch secffnns Thai
the effect Qr THIS post is felt least.