Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1914-05-16
HOW ARMY WORM
. MAY BE FOUGHT
AGRICULTURAL AGENT SAYS THE
WORM HAS OFTEN VISITED THE
SBfHTH N GREAT NUMBERS DE
VISITATION GREAT.
WAY OF PREVENTION
WOs,k SHOULD BEGIN IN FIELDS
THAT HAVE NOT BEN ATTACK
FL BY THE WORM-OTlIER METH
Gas ARE OUTLINED.

Res Is. Willard. agent OF The FARM
man cement division OF the United
Star> Department Of Agriculture.
With headquarters in Brownsville. TO-DAY
gave ou, the following III reference ~
the nrmy worm. which j. reported 90
have made its appearance in this see
tios
TIE ARMY WORM.
The Southern states have been visit
ell - the army worm in great numbers
from sing Ia time. The devastation nas
bee exceedingly great and n recent lhl.'
Ilirs,son from the office OF the Secretary
of agriculture. gives e,~tain methods 81
figs me- the army worm which are re-
omr n,cd 10 rlc consideration of farm
crs. ho are troubled by this pest.
NJ 4 in the way of prevention; il there
mr., fiollS that have not been attacked
by Is'r army worm. and il can convent
cnt' he done. a deep furrow may he
plopsd about the field in such = va,
that he walls OF The furrow are TOO
ste.p and ~ the caterpillar. crawl from
the adjoining fields and fall into The
fun ? ~. Il log may he dragged along che
fur ,sfw IN crush the WORMS. TT the field
: issl ami il j. possible To- turn wafer
int" che furrow this may he done and
la .esall amount Of Kerosene placed ON
the surface of the water will kill the
We ans.
91tain methods Of cultivation are ad-
vocased where the fields are already in
fcrfs-l Ii has been iesnststraicd thai
frota fifty 10 ninctv-Eve per cent Of he
pu n' can be- DESTROYED by shallow rui-
tivr.tnn. When the warns are fall
gre \ they burrow into the ground for
an iien or two aud there 20 into The
par II state. But shallow cultivation with
cita' disc or sp~ringtodh harrow a
laisr number of these pupac may he dcs-
ire s, r. poison. are recommended to
be- SiSrl mnd~' diffcrcgt conditions.
Ma = these are a~rscnatc If Head. Paris
GRID and London purple. Meme Of these
poA-~ls. hcweyer. should be- used on
cro'st that are later ls he used as for
age
.As-b il il rccomInclylcl that these poi
son pc applied IN dry forms which can
he 'rrompl iShyd ~ Sitting the poi<ons
thr ia cloth sacks or busting machines.
II Y suid applications are made they
Sh,Ril bc made wit% n spray. OF these
po. ~. a%rScuatc Ut lead. is the hest.
To slucc cost. flour may lie added To the
am, nt of about two or lhrcc tilHcS the
wei-it of the a%rScnate OF lead. This
81, I'D not bc used with either of the
oti'~i l,oisons. If Paris Srccn i used ina
thr quid state about tcs ounces should
be- a-el in fifty gallons OF water with
twr iGnnds of freshly >larkcd lime adal
eel
u be ease of cotton: powdered arScn
al. = lead should be applied at the rate
of aiout five pounds per acre. Clsth
si.%- carried through the field on horse
ba', through which the powder may ho
iSii i adapted 10 spreading the poi
50 this crop.
sfthc ease Of forage cro1lS. the most
eff 'ic measure for destroying the
% ,niNone hundresl pounds Of wheat bran
wish a conplc If pounds of Paris green
OF nssrnate of lcnd. The mass will IT,
br~aeht Ia a stiff dough bv uSe of one
ms ne half To two GALLONS ~ mola>.cS.
TbiF lou.hr mass spread about the field
of rage crops viii attract the worms
aI4 ihry will feed upon il before they
wYi upon the plants. This material II
saa 'fio attract the worms foe nearly a