The Harrison times., 1915-09-04
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Those OF us who have had trouble
in I2l2 with, the, ,grsssuy9FR vii iakIs
f'wathihs 'fii the 'fatr' mat this insecr
is busy this year-ia Texas and is very
likieelSyd kieelSyd0te yegk its,egaSoe n0EteEIa'Eds
The yaSageS5 otothIS iHseet aFsplaTssiS
TO be ayerted thI0ngho iR,ensiye e. enlti-
walton and the usecO6 HEsetlate OF lead
and poisoned bait..-.---..-
The full grown grass worm or fall
aruy"w6sm, az II rs 16}'rrten called, is
abputesNksssd half inchesA Hons III
ia of d tsa}s gellowish brown f black
colorsl being notified and estIeaRsd
with yellow On each. side efAhe alb
domea thefs IS a htosd wa fihg band
of yellow RfSit.eda aDpreees teks with
reddish $0a. SIS liipsd tberes ia a yel
low Invested .il e:S$
Feeas da csfa add snrphons
ThfgfassF werfl Isl esseffmlig a
grass pest fsaaSn s apan ON apious-
wild srassas and 2llpea oaif tame
grassas tf,siaaisa 2afF So, "a ssstllnrn.
Johnson grass sfdanf grass, InihetsS
. eleS Il 1 Is also very ffena 81 alfalfa,
ana @ill feed sayppn cotton whsns {
grasses ssef;nof srsa dilg agsilable.
PaIsGlHaF care must 2ba staken tol
keep Ise late. ( ost an dseans well cul:s
tivaeAdl Il mig II be said ia this ICONS
nectipn that mar fields 4ps corn wers
lostiiA 1872 Oh account Of poor rattLfs
vatfon The worms will feed Siposl5
crab grass which is allowed to- gr 1x I
up An n field, and viii later turn Ateiri
attention to the main crop, Aside.
from this the Importance OF cultiEa i
tiortS.@iA become apparent when IL lis
known that the worms enter the
groufd for the purpose of transform
ing to the pup@ stage. By cultivat-
ing, q fifty to- ninety per cent Of the
worms in the ground can be killed.
thus preventing a heavy emergence' of
moths which would otherwise deposit
eggs for a larger generation. 10 1i''- -''''
7 Use Arsenate of Lead. '''''''
Where the WORMS hayeo made their
appearance a corn field il is ad'
''visable to- dust with arsenate of lead
at the rate of three to five pounds per
acre, the latter being mixed first with
two lor itfiree tfmes its weight or Cheap
-four The material is applied in the,
sarhe way that cotton IS busted for"
The ARMY worm. uo ' + I'9N 'Lo',S5I' ,>. =.
|, Where corn Is, Is to bs, used as iSddrrr
dusting with farsepata Of lead would
,be attended with dangeE In such an
event .sYnoisop bait can be scattered
broadcast on ,Fhen n>sroppd SwhaEe the
worms are iattworkteThis might be
applied at lthsiEats 'ofese2ens fpouadsf
..nar ooro 8qCii
81 y .'Poisoned Bait. FaST " :, ',@ s9qs q.
= Poisoned bait can be, made .as eel
lows Mix one hundred. Podhds 'of
wheat bran with two to three p0uuas
of Pafis"greeh, and after, the potsplff
has been spniformly.. worked into the,
Rbranae work ttteu matter into a thick,
dough with three to four gallons of
molasses, 10 which has previously been
added the. Juice of six lemons or or.
anges. ioFhis material will lllthen be
ready 70 apply ac ns'serr assc ri+
@ Alfalfa fields Which are infested
should be Immediately cut whore this
practice can bBGresorted TO without.
, injury. to the plaRtS. aS,Atter,tbe hay
-ihas slbeen removed, 'one may, apply
poisoned bait, az else the worms may
be lvillsd by taking a numberfof folds
Of chicken wire, weighting this down
with section harrow and dragging
1t Oyer the .tnfesteaSRsld >3... j.sss '' rjy,:
Where fields are threatened by mil
!, grating, 'yorms they SHOULD be. sur
rounded by a. deep ftUrow:V Worms
which faIi INTO this Gfuft6E can be
killed by Sdragglng d log back AND
forth, as Iopg as the migrating is TAX
ing plscs George 2 Baker, Professor.
of EptomolQgy, Arkansas, College of
Agriculture! @I@u@ saE o"e9" &f'N& ,@
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