The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1915-10-06
PROTECT GREAT
WINTER WHEAT
Belt From Invasion of the
Hessian Fly.
LATE SOWING MOST EFFECTIVE
So Office Information. U. 5.
Dept. Of Agriculture
Here Says.
HOW TO PREPARE THE sOH

Washington, Sept. S0.-Sow win
Ter wheat after the Hessian fly has
disappeared and save the next years
crop from the ravages of the pest,
say the Department of Agricultural
experts. This advice may still be APP
piled during the present month in
the great wheat belt lying between
the thirty-fifth and forty-first par
allels of latitude. If the fly has
been starved out by burning or disk
ing all stubble and ruined wheat
fields, and all volunteer wheat has
been plowed under or otherwise de-
.,,royed, an infestatiOn the following
wear may be prevented by sowing al
ter the Approximate fiy-free date.
The Hessian fly of the second or
fall generation is likely to infest all
volunteer wheat and all wheat sown
before the fly-free date. "FlaXseeds'
of the second generation remain on
the fall-sown. wheat plants till the
following April, when adults issue
and produce young which begin an
other session of infestation. The
admit flies of the second generation
emerge from the "haXseed'' stage
from the middle of August to late
October, according to the latitude.
The female fly does not live beyond
= or 6 days, and thus it is that late
sowing, after the flies have largely
disappeared, is the most practical
and effective method employed to
,Sontrol this pest.
According to experimental SOW
ings carried on for a series of years,
the approximate dates to SOW winter
wheat to avoid the Hessian fly dur
ing years of normal rainfall have
been determined. There are some
points with regard to these dates
which all farmers within ey-infested
districts must take into account.
They should be familiar with the
conditions of their own localities, as
TO weather, soil, and latitude. They
should also be familiar with their
own fields. Dry weather retards the
development of the fly and also that
OF the most important OF its natural
enemies. precisely as it retards the
coming up of the wheat if it be sown
in very dry soil and without sufii-
cient rainfall. There is also an APP
pruMimate difference of about one
day to each 100 feet of elevation.
To Evade the Hessian Fly Sow
Wheat
after Oct. /, between parallels 40
and Al degrees.
After Oct. ). between parallels 80
and 40 degrees.
After Oct. 10, between parallels
IS and 80 degrees.
After Oct Is, between parallels
81 and 80 degrees.
After Oct. 20, between parallels
sc and 81 degrees.
After Oct. %, between parallels
, and SO degrees.
There is, of course, a serious OBJ
lection to the late sowing method to
control the Hessian fly, and that is
the danger that Vie plants will not
make sufficient growth to withstand
abe winter. This objection. how
ever, may be largely overcome by
proper cultural methods. Much OF
the delay in the growth of late-sown
plants in the fall can be eliminated
by paying close attention to the
preparation of the soil and to the
soil and 20 the quality of the seed
The best advice that can be given is
10 begin the preparation of the field
in the fall precisely as though it was
expected to SOW at a very early date
nut instead of sowing use the dish
harrow and the roller. even after L
appears to be a waste of labor to til
the field further,
When a finely pulverized, compac
seed bed has been secured, the seeC
should be selected. and this SHOULD
be done with the point in view tina
unnaturally shriveled or otherwis
imperfect kernels can not produce
healthy wheat plants. When tn
Kernel sprouts ii at once sends Fl
brous roots down into the soil from
which to draw nourishment for thu
young plant, and If little or m
a Curishintnt is secured The whea
plants are put into somewhat the
condition of stunted calves, pigs, o
other farm animals which are un
derfed.
Wheat plants can not secur'
prompt and ample nourishment !
the roots must make their wa!
about among clods due to poor prep
aration OF the soil. or in soil tina
lacks in fertility. The farmer. then
should begh the preparation Of hi