East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1915-07-22
NEWS FROM THE
FARM AND RANGE

To Get Perfect COIn--A. a. Lovett,
assistant entomologist at the ag'icul-
tural college gives the following d.
rections regarding the treatmcat for
ear worm in corn:
From valuable plots Of sweet corn
popcorn or Of field corn desired for
seed, where only perfect ears are
readily salable. one may set fror
10 to 80 per cent of clean ears, free
from worms. by the use Of powder
ell arsenate of lead. Many growers.
in recent years. have found the
clear ear of corn the exception ard
the wormy ear the rule. Where the
infestation is severe, many ears are
ruined and even where the tip only is
attacked. the disgusting appearance
and the subsequent waste is consider
able
In the experiments carried on with
the powdered arsenate Of lead as
high as. 100 per cent Of the ears IN
the check plots were wormy, many
Of them being unfit for table use In
the treated plots 10 per cent or more
of the ears were free from worms and
where the ears were attacked, the
injury was limited to few kernels
at the very tip of the ear
obtain the powdered acid arsenate
of lead. Use 60 parts of the arsen-
ate and 80 parts Of sulfur, mix 'hor-
oughly. As soon as the silks shoot
well, dust the silk and the tip ot the
ear lightly with the mixture. Repeat
the treatment weekly until the silk
dries down. A convenient way To-
apply the dust is through a CHEESE
cloth bag or a can with a perforated
cover such as a gold dust washing
powder can.
Where the item of labor is con-
sideration it seems practical at pres
ent to treat only sweet corn, seed
corn, etc. where the Individual ear
is Of value.
The adult of the corn ear worm isl
a moth. The female moth deposits
her eggs on the silks Of the ear of
corn The young worm on Matching
works directly into the tip o. the ear
for its first meal If there is little
poison lodged there, the worms firs:
meal is usually its last
Fine sample Of wheat - Bearing
out the statements that the Juniper
country escaped the recent winds
with the least damage, ". ,. Smith,
well known farmer Of that communi- ,
ty. this morning brought in a sample I
of his 1915 crop. The kernels were
fun OF good wheat.
Getting As Bushels - Report
comes in from the reservation that
win Wyrick is getting an average OF
i5 bushels to the acre Off his land.
Wcnaha Forest Fires -Four small
forest fires have been discovered in
he Wenaha reserve already this ca
son, but have been controlled with
)ut much damage. Tho hot weather
S contributing to the danger from
Tres as the underbrush and grass dry
lut
Hog Cholera Stin Ragcs--Althuegh .
he stockmen and veterinarians of
he valley have been giving most of
heir time to the prevention OF the
lisease hog cholera is still claiming
icores of hogs and there seems no
etup to the epidemic which broke
,ut here last fall Right now is the
'ery time when the disease is at its :
worst, although the heaviest losses
Usually occur in late August or early
september.
L. j. Bierwagon has just completed
,iling practically his entire herd, :
,igs, sows and all only a few in his
attening pens being saved for vacci-
lation Lester Robinson has also
ost a good many more hogs this sum-
ner while other farmers have suffer
"a. :
Thousands of hogs have been vac /:
mated, but more y5urg pigs Rave :
leen coming on this spring and sum
ner and they are getting the disease
n many localities. .-walla walla :
lnion.
Prunes Falling Off-The prune or
'hards of the east end os the county
IRE prematurely shedding part Of
heir crop. according to S. u. Peter
ion who is down today. orehardists