The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1919-12-19
Leads the World


The American farmer leads the
world In Individual production OF
crops, Secretary Houston of the de-
partment of agriculture, asserts in his
annual report. While countries. such
as Belgium. under intensive farming
get higher acreage yield, he said
taking both acreage and yield per
acre into account, the American agri-
culturist produces two and half
times as much as his Belgian and
German rivals, 30 times as much az
the British farmer. SO times as much
as the French, and more than six
times as much as the Italian
The result of this and OF the Amer
lean farmers war work is shown in
the 1919 American crop production
placed at three times greater In value
THAN the average annual output dur
ing the fve-year period preceding
the Europea nwar. The aggregate
value Of all crops this year Is placed
at s15.S73, 600. 900. as compared to $14,
222.000,000 in 1918 and an average of
assoc 900. 900 during the five-year pc
Rod.
Live stock on farms this year was
fgured at $3.50 900 600. as against
tS.3s4. 100000 in. 1918.
In this increased production the
farmers of the south have an impor-
tant part.-Columbus (Ga.) Index.
How 90 Keep the Cane Eorer Out OF
the Cane Field
The most destructive insect in Flor
ida cane fields Is the borer, according
TO j. r. Watson, entomologist at the
experiment station. This Is more or
less widely distributed throughout
the re from Gainesville and San
ford ! Oh. However, It does not oc-
eur all localities within this area
ever where cane has been raised y
lop while.
"a planting out new fields OF cane
itit Is important to see that borers
are not taken along with the seed
canes. and especially important when
one Is introducing cane into q region
where It has not been raised before.
The moths that lay the eggs for
the cane borer ar enot vigorous fiiers
and the cane borer Is chiefly distrib
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70 another in the seed cane. A little
precaution at the time OF planting win
often saw ethousands of dollars later
ON.
In planting a new region one should
be very careful to see that the cane
used for seed cane comes from sec
ton where the borer does not exist,
or cane that is to be shipped into a
territory which is not infested should
be soaked previous to shipment for
at least one hour in Bordeaux mix
ture, or 1 part of nicotine sulphate to
500 parts OF water.
In regions where the borer has al
/. ready been introduced the following
recommendations are made by the q.
s. bureau of entomology:
Scraps of cane should be burned or
otherwise destroyed at the grinding
season. Seed cane should be planted
/ nthe fall and buried as deep as prac-
ticable. The cane should be kept
covered with several inches OF soil as
even one-half inch of compact soil is
sufficient to keep the moths from
emerging. With loose sandy soil the
depth should be greater. IL the canes
are uncovered by rain they should at
once be recovered.
Trash, leaves or shucks left In the
field after cutting should not be-
burned, but should be lightly covered
with earth In the fall and plowed out
In the spring. Cutting out dead hearts
or dead canes during the growing
season and destroying them viii help
TO keep down the infestation. but Ia
Observation-Disclosures News Ser
vice.
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