The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-11-12

borer is in this country to stay and
| ultimately will infest the corn belt
states is conclusion drawn by
Dean w. c. Coffey of the depart
ment of agriculture, University of
Minnesota, who recently toured in
tested areas in northern Ohio and
Ontario with party of college men
and entomologists.
That this invasion of the borer will
affect corn growing but will not stop
it, is another conclusion drawn from
the study of the pest by Dean Cof-
fey and his colleagues.
Infestation in the areas men
toned is increasing year by year
and in parts of Ontario has already
reached the commercial damage
stage. Experiment station men in
Ohio and Ontario are centering their
efforts to check the increase as much
as possible
By cutting the corn close to the
ground, since the less stubble is the
fewer the borers which will emerge
as months the following spring.
By blowing under all stubble and
stalks.
By cleaning up and burning all
corn stalks and refuse.
By planting early maturing corn
varieties as late as it can be safely
done.
By testing various varieties of corn
for resistance against the borer.
BY propagating and introducing
parasites.
At their conference members of
the party adopted resolutions recon-
mending the continuance of quaran-
tine measures as a means of check
ing the spread of the pest, also care
full scouting of areas adjacent to
Lake Erie in order to determine the
full extent of the INVESTIGATION. Full
support for research and quarantine
was urged.
While the borer is partial to corn
it can pick up livelihood off of near
ly 200 kinds of plants. It Injuries
corn chiefly by feeding upon the
pith of the stalk and shank or in
the ear. If the borers are sufficient
ly numerous the pith may be almost
entirely consumed, thus leaving the
stalk practically hollow. This cuts
off the food supply of the ear which
becomes more or less chaffy.
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Swine Grower Needs Good Stay
ing Quality-Andrew Boss, vice di-
rector of the Minnesota Experiment
Station, told an audience of farmers
on Swine Feeders Day, University
Farm, that the important thing after
getting into the hog business is to
stay in and develop plan that suits
rules for successful hog raising:
Provide suitable quarters for feed
ing and sleeping.
Lay out a system of lots and fenc-
ing fields to give clean fresh forage
for brood sows and litters through
the summer.
Make use of all dairy products and
farm waste possible and provide an
of water at all times.
Arrange the farm so that shotes
can be turned into the corn fields and
fattened.
Provide for surplus of feed So
that stock hogs can be fed out at any
time that the market looks especial
ly promising.
Time to Begin Study of Alfalfa
pests of alfalfa and
means for their control are described
by Walter Carter and A. G. Ruggles
in new bulletin just issued by the
agricultural extension division,
University of Minnesota. With the
rapidly expanding acreage of alfalfa
N Minnesota, attacks by insects are
bound to occur sooner or later, and
farmers must be prepared to meet
hem, the authors say. The bulletin,
entitled Common Alfalfa Insects"
S free to those who make request to !
he Office of Publications, University |
Farm, St. Paul.
Utilities Should Build Line, Not
he Farmers-According to E. A.
Stewart, the university engineer in
.harge, study of the Red Wing line
project indicates that when cleo
richly is used to perform a number
# the power operations on farm
teead the farmer can save enough
money on operating costs to pay for
he electricity. Farm electrical equip
nent is needed to carry on these OPP
rations, and if the farmer helps to
nance the building of a farm trans