Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1919-08-08
GOVERNMENT ADVISES
WHEAT GROWERS
How to Avoid Hessian Fly.

SIT should be borne in mind that the
most practical and effective methods
OF controlling he Hessian ny are iden.
teal with The best methods Of pfolac-
Ing the maximum yields Of wheat Il
does not seem 10 occur 10 the average
farmer that il Is possible for him TO
fieht he Hessian hg By the process Of
good farming, involving thorough cur
tivation, good seed, and rotation Of
crops. Il has been said, aud with
truthfulness, that outbreaks OF this
pcsl are more often the result Of poor
farming han otherwise. The most Sc
rleus objection te the most practical
and effective method hat can be EN-
ployed 20 control this pest IN the
fald--namcly, laie sowlne-is tnAt
there Is danger Of 80 delaying the
growth of the plants that they do not
become sufficiently advanced 10 en-
able them to Withstand the winter.
The farmer Is thus placed, as 1t were.
between Scylla and Charybdls. and
must risk the ravages Of the Hessian
ay on the one hand or the freezes Of
winter on the other.
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 10
the quality of the seed. a thoroughly
vigorous wheat plant win not only
Withstand slight attack Of the Hes
sian fly but IT frequently occurs that
such light attack is rather beneficial
than otherwise. for the reason That
the killing of the first shoot that Is
thrown up from the kernel forces the
plant to filler. md In rich soil the
result Is 10 produce more grain: but
II the soil lacks fertility and has been
poorly prepared. this slight attack
that vigorous plants overcome Is fatal
70 weak plants. because Of the badly
nourlshed condition of the plants. The
best advice that can be given Is to
begin the preparation OF the field in
she fall precisely as though II was ex-
nected to SOW at a very early date.
pns instead of sowing use the disk
harrow and the roller, even after lie
appears 10 be waste Of labor 70 til
the field further.
when a finely pulverized. compact
seedbed has been secured. The seed
should be selected. and this should be
done with The point in view That un-
naturally ehriyeied ar otherwise I'm.
perfect kernels cannot produce healthy
wheat plants When the kernel sprouts
Il al once sends fbr0us roots down
into the soil from which to draw nour-
ishment for the young plant, and II
little or no nourishment Is secured
the wheat plants are put into some
what the condition OF stunfpd calves.
pirs or ether farm animals which are
underfed.
Wheat plants cannot secure prompt
and ample nonrishment II the roots
must make their way about among
ciods due 10 poor preparation u TIE
soil. or in soil that lacks In fertility
The farmer. then. should begin tbs
preparation Of his soil with the object
o. delaying the sowing Of the wheat
and afterwards Of pushing The growth
Of the plant % the utmost until the BE-
ginning Of the cold weather. There
are farmers who grow wheat contlnn-
Dusty senr after year buf who rsfeiy
lose a crop en account u les i'm fly
attacks. md even more rarely does to-
pest originate II their own felds.s--
Circular 81, L. S. Departms9- u Asri.
culture.