The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-06-02
This Is Warning OF County
Agent; Points Out How Boil
Weevil Got Start in Cot
ton States.
SAYS ARMY WORM
HERE is LESSON
Report All Strange Insects or
! Crop Conditions to Govern
ment Agents That Steps
May Be Taken at Once.

Urging that farmers and gardeners
should be on their guard to detect
probable diseases and injurious in
sects which may secure a foothold in
growing crops at any time through
out the season, J. w Owens, coun.
ty agricultural agent, issued the fol
lowing statement this afternoon:
IF it 'rarn no, fnr the reports coi
ing 4.S-- md gardeners to
the department OF agriculture and
county agents relative to the dis
eoyefy of new diseases and insect
pests TO crops and plants, this coun-
try would soon be oyerrun with
enough Of these things to totally de-
yastate it Of its crops. There is
never a season goes by without the
discovery of some disease or in
sect calculated to do great damage
unless immediate steps are taken to
control it. The pink boil worg
made its appearance in small area
Of Texas The department Of agri-
culture at Washington at once rec
ognized it as a pest calculated to
put this country out of the cotton
business. In a very short time this
pest was 2nder control and now we
do not give it a passing thought.
Many instances could be recited
like the above and it is due to the
vigilance of those who constantly
keep on guard that control meth
ods are worked out as the emer-
gency may demand
To-day in our own country and
possibly in our own state there is
lurking a fatal disease to livestock,
to many Of our crops, or has ap-
peared new insects which if left
alone will soon mean millions of dol
lars loss to farmers. 1t is there
fore necessary to report all un-
known discoveries Of this nature to
the proper person who will imne-
diately make an investigation. The
army worm ought to teach US a les
son never to be forgotten 1t has
taken its big share of our alfalfa
and wheat and will no doubt do
more or less damage to other crops.
It is not new in this country for
its appearance can be traced back
only few years. Coltrol is what
we are interested in, ana no on9
should forget 1919 army worms so
soon that they would also forget
that very simple and Inexpensive
method of control is definitely and
positively known.
"There has appeared to the north
of us a very serious disease in
wheat known as take all This
disease was imported to the United
States from Australia no doubt, but
is here nevertheless and is up to the
farmers to control it. No seed wheat
should be brought in to this coun-
try for next years seeding. There
is plenty of good pure wheat in
Grady county for our 1919 fall seed
ing, but this wheat should be To-
Gated and not put on the market.
"Take all appears in round or
irregular patches, within which all
the plants are destroyed. The plants
are first yellow. later becoming
brown and dead. Diseased plants are
always weakly rooted and the stems
soon rot
Potato growers should keep a
sharp lookout for what is known as
'wart' disease. Almost all our seed
potatoes are shipped in and there is
every danger of getting infection
! since they cover a wide area of