The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1929-05-16
COUNTY AGENTS COLUMN
J. H. CARTER,
Resident County Agent,
Oakland, Md.

The Mexican Bean Beetle will soon
be making its appearance. Proven
ton is the best method of control,
therefore, it would be good practice
to spray or dust before the beetle
makes its appearance.
AS both the adults and the larvae
feed from the underside of the leaves
spraying or busting must be done
from that side as we'll as on top to be
effective.
If done thoroughly the following
have been found effective:
dust 2Ofs copper sulfate Zine
ly ground), 2O1t calcium arsenate,
6OIc hydrated lime.
Zone pound magnesium arsen-
ate, 3 to 5 pounds hydrated lime.
Spray-Three gallons Bordeaux
mixture 4-4-5O, 1 tablespoon of flour,
or other spreader; 4 tablespoonful of
calcium arsenate.
Sweet Clover
Altho sweet clover is better for
pasture and soil improvement than
for hay, the crop does make nutri-
tious hay when cut and cured at the
proper time. The crop should be cut
for hay as soon as the first bloom
buds appear. If left until the crop is
| in full bloom the stem becomes woody
and most of the leaves are lost. The
crop should be cut high leaving some
green stem buds on the stubble.
Sweet clover does not send up sec
ond crop from the roots as alfalfa
does. Therefore if the green stem
buds are not left the crop will be
killed the first cutting. If you are
going to make hay from sweet clover
plan your work so as to cut the clover
at the proper time.
The County Agent will be glad to
furnish further information about
sweet clover.
Since the passing of new law by
the U. S. D. A. it is possible to tell
when you are buying imported red
clover OF. alfalfa seed.
All imported seed are stamped, and
it will be very helpful if you remem-
Der the markings which are as fol
lows:
a. If grown in regions that produce
seed not adapted anywhere in the
United States about 1fo of it must be
stained red.
b. If from regions that produce
seed that may be adapted to some re-
gions in the United States, some OF
the seed is dyed green.
c. If from regions that produce
seed that may be adapted to some re-
gion in the United States, but the
facts are not yet fully determined,
some of the seed are stained orange
red.
d. If Canada, some of the seed are
dyed violet.
Acclimated Seed Corn Project To Be
Started
In an effort to establish a local
source of acclimated seed corn, the
University of Maryland Extension
Service in cooperation with the Tri-
State Packers Association, will con-
duct a corn seed saving project IN
1929 to be very similar to the tomato
seed saving campaign carried on by
the Tri-State Packers Association for
the past four or five years.
AS a result of many requests, four
different strains of corn are to be
planted in Western Maryland in the
following amounts: Five acres each
of Stowell's Evergreen, Narrow Grain
Evergreen and Shoepeg and ten acres
of Hopeland, a hybrid selection de-
veloped by DR.. W. B. Kemp at the
University of Maryland Experiment
Station.
The planting are to be made in
Western Maryland so as to avoid ear
worm injury, it is declared, and ap-
proximately one acre breeding plots
will be kept in addition to produce
stock for the following year. These
plots will be carefully rogued to elm
mate extremely late and early matur-
ing plants and those showing evidence
of disease and other undesirable char
acteristics. Selections will be made
in the field as we'll as in the drying
shed. The ACCESSIBILITY of testing for
starch content will be taken into con-