Milford chronicle., 1936-06-26
FARM NEWS

Prospects for the 1886 Delaware
wheat crop indicate total prOduc-
ton OF l,530,O00 bushels as compared
70 l'6hS,OO0 bushels last year and the
l92S-1932 average of 1900, 900 bush
els according to word received from
the Crop Reporting Board of the u.
5. Department Of Agriculture. This
is decline of five per cent from the
percentage condition on June /, 1895.
Other crops also show a decline
from last years yields, the report
states. Oats are rated at 64 per cent
as compared to the 1885 rating of 90
per cent while Delaware rye is given
condition rating of 81 per cent as
compared to SO per cent at the same
time last year.
Hay and pastures in Delaware |
have also declined from last year. |
The condition of tame hay is placed |
at 20 per cent as compared to 81 per /
cent last year while pastures show /
percentage of 81 as compared to
81 on June 1, 1885. Wild hay. timO-
thy hay, and alfalfa hay are from Is
points to three points below their
1885 June LIST conditions.
Apples have fallen 6 points from
the 1898 rating of 81 per cent while
peaches show an increase from 81
per cent on June 1. 1885, to 6S per
cent this year, which is above the
l92S-l9S2 average of 65 per cent. I
For the United States as a whole, ;
most crops show a lower condition :
percentage than they did on June 1.
1886. Drought conditions in lower 9
Delaware are probably responsible i
or the falling off of the crops
the state. No figures are o
lvailable on the conditions of Della a
ware truck and vegetable crOps. =
"
Recent studies of disease organ u
SIMS that attacked the Japanese bee I;
lie show that several groups cause -
lsease in the larvae in the soil. n
of the United States u,
department. of Agriculture. encour-
ged by these findings. hope further -,
IoTk will develop new methods for A,
sing these organisms in control of -'
he beetle.
Disease, as well as parasites and a. a.
edators, may have been one of the Vi
atural means of keeping the beetle
rom becoming a major pest in the ~ y
rient. When few beetles reached 81
ne United States, in 1916, they
iought along no disease or natural d
nemies and apparently found none
stop their rapid increase in sew VI "
raj Eastern States. III
The entOmologists have found that
rvae of the beetle are susceptible Le
nf ]
rganisms-(D the white" grOuD. las
hich give larvae a milky color and
Irn the dead ones brown (2D the ur
black group, which color sick lar no
'e brown or black; (3) the fungous 20
CUP: (4) the nematOde group. ca
In the white group there are at sa.
asst three similar yet different or RAJ
nisms possibly bacteria or pro- NIL
za-each imparting the character .
ic milky appearance to the grub ed
enters. These organisms present on
roughout the year, reach their Dri
ak in June, just before the larvae ag'
ange into pupae. from which the ch'
ult beetles later emerge. IRE
These milky diseases are infec- ere
us. Organisms left in the soil bv ant
I'd larvae attack healthy larvae. n
ese die, leaving more disease dat
ms to infect still other larvae. visi
ese organisms have been found in oFe
-rly all the places longest infested N
the beetle in this country but not dau
those recently infested. NJ
tudies are now under way to find HoI
is practical to spread the milky wer
Eases among beetles. It is prob Mr..
9 that the soil in which diseased ate
ties have died. when treated and Bea
I'd. but still containing live or N
isms. may be used to distribute VIII
disease. whi
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