The Union County journal. [volume] (Marysville, Ohio) 1875-1951, 1950-07-13


ing the week of June 10Th in CEN
trail Ohio. Egg-laying has now
slowed down and the situation
does NOT look too serious. The
second brood of moths is due in
August and the larvae of that
brood cause stalk breakage and
e a r-dropping. Weather during
August will determine the extent
of larval survival. The infesta-
ton must be higher than last
season to justify insecticidal
treatment, except for Gamers,
and seed growers.
LEGUME SEED yields, diSap-
pointing in recent years, can be
improved through: (a) control of
adult spittlebugs, leafhoppers and
plant bugs, and, (b) aiding pol
lination through the introduction
of bees. Bees must be introduced
following the spraying or busting.
A SH PPE RS are now
Matching, but we do not expect
a general outbreak. Look out for
local outbreaks in favored areas.
Legume seeds, soybeans, corn
fields joining alfalfa, hay or pas
ture-land and tomato and tobacco
are the crops they strike. Toxa-
phene is the favored insecticide.
Apply as a spray, or as a dust. It
is cheaper than chlordane and
less toxic to bees. ToXaphene can
also be used in bran mash bait in
pastures and places where sprays
are unsafe.
SPITTLEBUGS are perched on
ripening wheat heads where hay
has been recently cut. They
cause some dropping of kernels
from the head. They will return
to the second growth of hay by
the middle of July and by au-
tumn will be in grain stubble
fields laying eggs in the new
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CHINCH BUGS have not yet
been reported, but may move out
of wheat fields in July and dam
age late corn. Chlordane spray,
or dust will kill them. We have
not tried toxaphene for chinch
bugs. DOT does not kill them.
Try chlordane at the rate of 2 lbs.
of actual chlordane per acre by
weed sprayer. Drive the spray
against them masSed on the
stalks, or in a furrow plowed to
trap them.
ARMY WORMS have now dis
appeared. Toxaphene proved to
be the best insecticide and was
used in weed sprayers, and by
airplanes. Poisoned bran mash
bait is a sure method to use, but
is not mechanical enough for
present day farmers. The worm
will not return again this sum-
mer. Eighteen counties (princi-
pally in northeastern Ohio re-
ported damage. We can never
forecast this pest.
GRAIN WEEVIL damage
should be foreStailed by treating
cleaned-out, empty grain bins
with $50 DOT emulsion. Store
only dry grain, unless equipped
to turn it, or to fumigate it in
August. The millers are COM
planning of weevily wheat coming
from farm storages.
HESSIAN FLY: There will be
no heSsian fly survey this sum-
mer. We are too rushed to de-
vote the time to it. Observing
fly-free-soWing dates has about
| eliminated serious hessian fly
! damage in Ohio wheat. These
dates are permanent and you
should be familiar with the date
of this county, which is Septem-
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FLY SPRAYS are still the first
line of defense In dairy barns.
They go hand in hand with sani-
tation. Most situations require
monthly treatments to wall sur-
faces. If DOT, or methoxychlor
has lost its "wallop", the more ex-
penSive but more effective lin
dane, or chlordane is suggested
for the difficult situations. Either
methoxychlor, or pyrenone sprays
is safe for use on cows IN milk
production. DOT can be used on
other cattle.
POLIO; The State Health De-
partment reports So cases of polio