The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1918-05-31

IN these ARE intrenchcd In
the grain fields Is an as
Hcrtion hard TO believe at
FIRST. hut Il Is nevertheless strictly
true. for the clnch bug l. pro-German
In our present war. the Hesslan fly II
still Hessian. aud the army worm Is
an ally Of the German army. Our
duty OF helping to feed our lighting
friends being paramount, that OF pro-
tectlng and defending the food sup
piles we produce Is M essential rs
their production.
As n matter OF fact, mourning the en-.
pcnse of producing crops and then let
ting them fall n prey 60 our insect en-
omies Is worse than not producing
them nc all. and the official entomolo-
gists OF the different states are being
mOblllzcd fer special service In crop
protection. These men nre but a hand
full, however-not enough for IN en-.
Client patrol-and 80 they nre calling
upon the people for such assistance
NJ they eau easily give by keeping
watch for the common enemy and re-
porting the first traces Of his appear
ance In numbers sufficient to threat
en- serious injury.
What these field insects ARE capable
OF In the way Of crop destruction IL
fairly well known. and what the farm
err may do for the protection OF his
crops can best be intrusted 90 the
hands OF various state entomologists,
whose business Il Il by bomb. gns and
other means to XII these allies Of the
foe.
Consider two fields NJ corn, both ly-
ing next 60 heavily infested fields OF
wheat. One II protected by n circle
OF oil about It's borders. The other
IL unprotected. The unprotected corn
Il entered by the insects without hind.
rance rs the rpenlng OF the wheat
dcprives them OF food. and a large part
OF the corn Is destroyed, as shown by
the part OF the field laid bare next to
the wheat. In the other field not n hill
OF corn Is hurt. The road oil poured
upon the ground In n line between
II and the infested wheat catches the
bugs which seek 20 pass.
WNNNNNWN GNAA w 9NNNlN RFNNs
by a somewhat general use OF such
methods aud similar materials In
twenty-five southwestern counties OF
a middle Western state where, during
q cinch bug uprising last summer.
more than 1900 miles Of barrier were
laid down between corn and infested
wheat. 100000 worth OF corn was
saved from destruction at n total cost
20 the owners Of less than $4,000 aud
OF some $4,000 to the state. On the
other hand. wheat. oats and corn
worth at least Si8.OOO.OOO more were
lost during the same period for lack OF
sufficiently general aud thoroughgolng
action.
Owing 20 a consequent scarcity OF
feed many farmers were unable 10
keep up their stock, and In four In,
Tested counties. selected as a sample
district for study In comparison with
another group OF counties not infested
the number OF dairy cows fell on ia
four years IA per cent; beef cattle
ais per cent hogs, 10 per cent; nnc
horses, "a per cent The total sun
Of this reduction In numbers OF the
live stock OF the four sample counties
due solely 20 the presence OF the clncl
bug, was s .05Sg3ls. Trade. banking
education. professional incomes ant
every kind OF business and civic inter
est naturally suffered from this stag
gerlng blow 10 the agriculture Of IN,
region.
Greatest Damage 70 Corn.
The cinch bug does greatest damage
10 corn. The adult or full.grown bui
Is black and about one-elghth OF al