The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1917-10-19
EXPERT ADVICE ON DESTROYING
PESTS GIVEN ~ STATE.
AUTHORITY.
GOSSIP OF THE STATE HOUSE
Government at the Capitol and
At the Various state
institutions.

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tains eggs should be plowed. disced,
narrowed or cultivated in order to ex.
post eggs to wind and sun, or to get
them SO far beneath the surface that
the young. when Matched next year,
will be unable to reach freedom. These
suggestions are offered in the grass.
hopper bulletin recently published by
the South Dakota State college ento-
biologists, and distributed free to
farmers upon request by the expert.
ment station.
Look for hopper eggs usually in
small clumps OF grass or alfalfa sur.
rounded by large or small spots Of
bare ground. The egg masses are in
pods up to an inch and a half long
containing so to 1875 or more eggs, and
are laid by the female hopper about
IN inch and a half below the surface OF
the soil. Prof. H. c. SEVERN, State col
lege entomologist, mentions finding
more than 5000 eggs in an area a foot
square, and finding more than q thou
sands eggs in a small clump OF grass
two inches in diameter. Farmers
should also examine borders OF fields.
ditch banks, and roadside for. hopper
eggs.
Whether the farmer shall pillow, disc
or cultivate to destroy the eggs de.
ponds upon the area infected. the tools
on hand and what crop is to follow.
Flowing, which buries the eggs so that
the young never see the light, should
be at least six inches deep and done
some time between October Is and
April 80. The plowed soil should be
pulverized and packed as much as
possible.
Where blowing is not advisable, the
soil should be disced, narrowed or cul
tivated this fall, stirring, the soil about
two inches deep to expose the eggs
to the weather. The discing should be
done iengthwise, crosswise and even
cOrnerwise whenever possible. Leave
the land rough, and next spring har.
row thoroughly. This work may be
done in alfalfa fields this fall with
the alfalfa renovator, or spike-tooth
disc followed by a straight-tooth har.
row next spring.
The grasshopper bulletin, which
gives this Information in detail. to
gether with many illustrations, should
be In the hands of every farmer who
anticipates trouble.
Farmer Increases Income.
One South Dakota farmer increased
his labor income in one year from
$1.256 to 2 1868 by increasing his cattle
from four to forty head. The In.
creased number Of cows consumed the
roughage that had gone to waste prior
TO 1916, and the farmer cashed In OF
this leak. The foregoing instance is
reported by Ward A. Ostrander Of
State college, xtension division. How
vel. in modification, he says that il
does net pay a farmer to feed more
cattle than he Is able to handle at 9
profit. He should look ahead and plai.
for the future by getting in alfalfs
and other things to warrant more cat
tie. It 10 better to grow into more
stock than to jump into the game un
less one knows the distance he car
cover. Furthermore. suggests Mr.. Os
trander: Don't buy scrubs-better
wait.
students In Harvest Fields.
On account Of the increased amount
Of harvest work In South Dakota
many students are unable to begin
their studies at State college at the
authorized opening date. To such
students President Perisho has ad.
dressed q letter stating that their la,
bors In food conservation are impor.
tant and therefore the college has ar.
ranged to accommodate all students
who are obliged to enter college late
in the semester. Every effort possible
viii be made to help students who
could not come at the opening of the
year to make up their studies SO that
they will lose no time In their work.
Quarantine all new stock purchases
that originate from stock yards. warns
DR.. J. T. Dinwoodie. specialist with
the state college extension division.
Stock yard pneumonia-hemorrhagic
Is prevalent Ia ev.
cry stock yard. Is often contracted
by cattle which pass through. This
disease does not confine its ravages to
the new stock but may spread to the
cattle 1t homo, but It may be pre-.
vented from thus spreading by keen.
Ing the stock cattle In . separate field
or running them ~ ! separate bunch.
The second bulletin OF the State col
.ege animal health laboratory dis
cusses hem0rrhagic septicemia and
cornstalk disease. The cause, spread.
and treatment for these dis.
eases are briefly outlined. Any farm.
or may obtain this bulletin free upon
request to DR.. c. C. Lipp. State College
Veterinarian. Brookings.
OF al the numerous pests that have
been allowed to gain 3 foothold IN thu
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