The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1915-04-29

then add water enough to make it
wet put not sloppy 4 little cheap
mOlasses is oien added because OF
the belief that the bait is thereby
made more palatable A small guam
tity OF this bait is then placed in a
little pile at the base OF each plant
or hill If plants to be protected
This remedy often worNs very salts
fectorily but is applicable only on q
small scale. Such plants as cab
bage and tomatoes before setting
may be wrapped with piece of pa
per at the point where they are
most liable to be gnawed by the cut
worms.
Army worms in grain and field
crops. When tn caterpiilaIs are
feeding in fairly dense vegetation
they may be killed by. spraying. One
pound Of paris green to fifty gallons
of water should be used In large
fields of young grain little can be
done except to employ such meas
u,es as are intended to prevent the
migration of the caterpillars and re-
strict them to areas where they
will either die of starvation Or be
killed as described below. We
would, therefore, recommend that
the owners OF infested fields care
fully study the situation and ac-
Quaint themselves with the move
ments and habits Of the caterpillars
for it will be found that they are
| more abundant in some spots than
in others and that in many cases
they are moving in "armies" into
new feeding grounds. TO head off
such armies, a deem furrow should
| be plowed across their line of march
with the vertical side toward the
. field Or part of aa'd to be protect
| ed 1t has been found that the cat
erpilars getting into these burrows
Gro unable to climb up the vertical
side. They then begin to crawl al
ong thu bottom and may become
| abundant enough to 81 It to the top,
thereby making it O. 10 further
value. Deep pits should be dug
] with q shovel at intervals along the
bottom o. this fnrrow and as they
become filed with the caterpillars
killed in the first pits by the aprli-
cation of small quantity of ]zero-
sene oil. In some cases it will be
desirable to plow two or more par
al]el burrows across the line OF
march in order to stop all the cut
worms.
Grain growers in the Gallatin val
ley quite generally reseeded theil
fields after the devastation
wrought in the spring of 1897 and
secured good crops.
1t is very desirabl to thoroughly
harrow the fields after the cut
worms have all disappeared into
: the earth for pupation. This har
: rowing should be delayed for abou
ten days after the disappearance O
the worms as we have found thai
about a week is required to reach
the helpless pupa condition. Thi:
narrowing should be effective
through breaking up the protecting
pupal chambers previously con
structed by the caterpillars, and als'
: makes favorable conditions for thu
, conservati ion of moisture.
This treatment is designed to re
duce the probabilities OF damage
the year following.
After the soil is prepared an,
suitable crop may be planted, Thu
following are recommended for us'
under such conditions: White hui
less barley sowed at the rate Of fit,
pounds 10 the acre, or macaTon
wheat at fifty pounds to the acre
which natures nearly as early q
the barley mentioned. Scotch fif
wheat is to be recommended wher
there is prospect OF sufficient moist
ure to insure good filing. Sixty-da
and onehundred-day oats are dc
sirable also, but are sometimes DIFF
ficult to obtain.