The Little River news., 1915-09-25
ARMY WORM NAY
 VISIT THIS STATE:
Farmers Should Be Prepared to Meet Invasion by This Pest With PoIs- oned Bait Of Aracnate of Lead.

Those of US vho have had troHaie in 1912 with the grass worm will salye warning in rhe fact that this insect jG busy this Tta" n Texas and is Va- likeiy to wori: is way norttWary Tie rayagcs O. this inaect are .ei} to be averted thro-.sa inJensiy i ii vation ard the use Of srst nate oi lead and poisoned bait
 The full grown sG.aaa worm or fali army worm, as ii ,s Often called. ia about one and < 8aH tnahes la42 zt is ot pale yell5Hisn brown or btastz colCr, being mostled and streabee: with yellow On each side of the ab- domen there is broad waving band reddish. On it's head there is vel low inverted ~"
 Feeds on Corn and Sorghum.
 The grass worm is essentially c grass pest, feeding upon our various wild grasses and upon our tame grasses, including corn, sorghum, Johnson grass. Sudan grass, mil1ets, etc. 1t is also very fond of alfalfa and will feed upon cotton when grasses are not readily available.
 Particular care must be taken to keep the late corn and cane well cul- tivated It might be said in this con nection that many fields of corn were lost in 1912 on account of poor culti- vation. The worms will feed upon crab grass which is allowed to grow up in field and will later turn their attention to the main crop. Aside from this, the importance Of cultiya tiCn will become apparent when it E known that the worms enter the ground for the purpose of transform ing to the pupn stage. By cultiyat ing, 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. Use Arsenate of Lead. Where the worms have made their i appearance in a corn field it is ad- 1 visable to dust With arsenate of lead at the rate of three to five pounds per acre, the latter being mixed first with two or three times it's weight of cheap flour. The material is applied in the same way that cotton is dusted for the army worm.
 Where corn i3 to be used as fodder 1 dusting with arsenate of lead would 1 be attended with danger In such an event a poison bait can be scattered broadcast on the ground where the worms are at work. This might be applied at the rate of seven pounds per acre.
 Poisoned Bait.
 Poisoned bait can be made as fol lows Mix one hundred pounds of wheat bran with two to three pounds of Paris green, and after the poison | has been uniformly worked into the bran, work the matter into a thick dough with three to four gallons of molasses, to which has prevously been added the juice of six lemons or or anges. This material will then be ready to apply.
 Alfalfa fields which are infested should be immediately cut where this practice can be resorted to without injury to the plants. After the hay has been removed, one may apply poisoned bait, Or else the worms may be killed by taking a number of folds of chicken wire, weighting this down with a section harrow and dragging it over the infested field.
 Where felds are threatened by mi grating rms they should be sur rounded a deep furrow. Worms which ia into this furrow can be killed by dragging a log back and forth as lene as the migrating is talk ing place.-George J. Baker, Professor of Entomology. Arkansas College of Agriculture.