The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1945-08-02

No definite set Of recommended
tons are as yet made, but q couple
of observations may be in order.
It was thought that the low quality
lay in management and cultural
factors rather than in climatic OF
soil factors. Analysis and summary
of the Questionnaires should result
in some planned research program.
Meanwhile, samples Of mint hay
are being shipped to the State Col
lege at weekly intervals to deter
mine best cutting time and how
rapidly the menthol develops in
the plant. More will be stated in
this column from time to time.
EAR WORM
Nobody wants wormy sweet
corn!
You'll be mad enough to fight II
the pesky ear worm eats the top
out of your priced roasting ears.
This insect is causing damage to
several areas Of the state and its
numbers are increasing as the
season advances, according to Day.
id Brannon, extension entomolo-
gist.
Here's how to safeguard your
corn from its worst insect enemy.
With an ordinary glass medicine
dropper, put few drops of min
eral oil plus OF of pyrethrum
into the silk bundle of each ear
of corn, Brannon advises.
Do this just after the silks are
wilted and have begun to turn
brown, which occurs about four to
seven days from the time the silks
first appear. Use from IS to 20
drops of the insecticide per or
binary sized ear; the larger ears
should have approximately 80
drops.
One treatment for each ear Is
sufficient. You may wish to make
two trips through the field, how
ever, in order to treat the ears
which were not sufficiently de-
veloped at the time you made the
first trip.
If treated too early the corn will
not pollinate or set properly; and
if you wait until after the silks
turn brown, the chances are the
worms already will have damaged
the ear. When the treatment is ap-
piled at the right time, the larva.
Matching from eggs laid on the
silks, is destroyed before It can
N,.o0s,l Ss,<a <I,n oo~ o,.<2 <3o~,o,,. %D>r
kernels.
The oil pyrethrum combination
usually can be purchased already
mixed from insecticide dealers.
One pint will treat about 600 ears.
This insecticide is tasteless and
non-poisonous; but do not use py-
rethrum extracts in which refined
kerosene has been added as SOL
vent. If the pyrethrum is not
available, use the mineral oil alone
and the results will be nearly as
successful, Brannon says.
Instead of the oil pyrethrum
combination, you may use calcium
arsenate or crolite dusts, which,
however, are not recommended
highly by Brannon. Dusts should
be applied in the fresh silks at
weekly intervals through the silk
ing period, which lasts for about
three weeks. Cryolite should be
mixed with an equal amount of
tale or diatomaceous silica. Cal
cium arsenate may be used at full
strength, according to Washington
Extensions entomologist.
Occasionally, the ear worms en-
ter the ear through the side of the
husk and feed on kernels near the
base Of the cob. Fortunately for
control purposes, this does not
happen very often.
SECOND CROPS
Early August is not too late to
plant your second crop of such
vegetables as lettuce, beets, car
rots, snap beans, turnips and spin
ach.
This year keep the garden work
ing right up to freezing weather.
Youth be glad that you did, for the
food supply is badly needed ac-
cording to President Truman, Ser
rotary of Agriculture Anderson
and nearly every other authority.
, The produce won't be wasted.
You can dig simple pits in the
ground for storing large amounts
of some kinds of vegetables; other
kinds may be kept in q bin in
your attic, basement or closet.
These stores will supplement your
frozen and canned supplies.
Look over the garden and try
to find spaces to plant fall crops.
AS fast as the early vegetables
are harvested, replant the rows
YOU CAN HAVE
Real Juicy