Fall Army Worm
Is of Interest
Often Dispersed and Breeds
Through Greater Part of
. United States.
the United States
of Agriculture.)
One of the few inseets that [re
quently disperse nd breed through
the greater part of the United States,
only to perish at the end of the sume
mer season, the fall army worm, ig of
great interest Lo students of economic
entomolosy and of pure biology, When
the fall «¢
field to hi
the
it
(Preppred by Department
worm is spreading from
from
great
state to state,
interest and a
farmers. Philip
bureau of entonol-
ogy, in Technical Bulletin No. 84-T,
“Phe Fall Army Worm,” just published
United States Departnient of
Agriculture, gives a history of recent
depredations by the estimates
the damage done,
the life
history of the insect and sug;
fg and
insect is of
matter of
Luginbiil of
dread to
the
hy the
insect,
explores
ests re-
pression by mechanical, chemical, and
natural means,
Endure Cold Weather,
my wor
weather, In the
Cannot
live
United
cannot
ters only in
Florida,
QCCASIOons it
the southern
time or another bas
Atlantic coast
How-
has
nd southern
pUMerous
wad over many of
states and at one
nvaded all the stiles
south of New Hampshire, all the Ohio
v., the Mississippi valley north to
cirhborhood of Minneapolis, and
us extended range westward ap-
the Rocky mountains.
large number of valu-
serious dnmage to
northward In
the
its
ywoximately to
feeds on a
does
nd migrates
in seasons when
serious. The larval forms do the
damage The advance is
nude by the
Preventing injury.
ol Ops.
winged adult
in-
prevent
The
Jury in northern
multiplication of
best method of preventing
stites is Lo
stages of
When
the early
the insect in the southern tields.
fields are infested farmers
may
their own crops by control measures,
and at the same time
northward spread of the
prevent
pest.
the worms have stripped one field they
way kh to another. Thousands
may be killed by plowing a deep fur-
row across their path and dragging a
log through furrow, Similarly =a
roller may be used on lawns or ob a
bard road. Several sprays. dusts, and
have
re
the
prov ed effective,
fall
ulso,
poisons
are active enemies of the
wortn, and several Insects, prey
on it. Skunks, and
nany,
Technical
in full
iif
Hie
frogs,
Bulletin No. 541
experimental
and the bionomics of the
insect, It will be of princi-
biologists,
while the limited
the
of Agricul
gives
history
interest
pally te entomologists and
It may be
supply Insts,
obtained
gpon application to
United Stutes Department
ture,
Are Required Per Acre?
The i ften ked
many required to
question how
eabba gs
set gere where they are
feel
very
un placed
three
It is
any planting
between the rows is multip
distance the
ense of cabbaze w sre it
each
simple to figure this for
The
lied by the
in the
is set 3 hy 3
multiply 3, the number
the rows by 3. the
between the plants in
feet.
43.54%)
square
3 feet
4.5 plants per
the full
square acre con-
200 feet on all
way.
distance. distance
between plants
feet, we would
af feet
number
the
The hgure 18
{the
feet in an acre),
would give us
that
The
than
between
of feet
ns 9 square
divided
number of
row, giving
inte
square feet
Cabbage st
hy 3
ReTE, A8SUT pore ls
to the margin.
tains little less
sides,
Square of Sod Pleases
Chicks and Broody Hens
A square of dirt up, in the
broeder awill give chicks a good time
picking at the bits of soil and gravel
bering to the roots, and scratching
tike old hens to get it. A square of
«0d makes the have for a
aest for broody hens, Take a box not
less than 12 by 16 Inches, Fit some
newspapers in the bottom. and on top
of that place a piece of sod dirt up,
md mold the nest to fit the body of
the hen and prevent the eggs rolling
into corners. If the box is #¢t on a
cement floor, put slats under to allow
the free passage of air. Three days
before setting the hens, treat them
with sodium fluoride for lice,
sod,
also hest
: Agricultural, Squibs
A muddy barnyard is a fine breeds
ing place for files, Good drainage Is
the sointion,
CI
Cutworms can be controlled with
poisoned bran mash, scattered in the
inte nfternoon or early evening at
the rate of 15 pounds to the acre.
- * se
On rainy days repair that piece of
machinery you need later on. It will
gave time when the machine ix in the
field. A stitch In time may save the
wheat.
eo
Cutworms ent off many plants in
the spring garden, They may be
poisoned with bait placed near the
plants,
“Tomato Yellows” Is
Name Now Favored
Word “Blight” Is Not Truly
Descriptive of Ill.
(Prepared by the United States Department
of Agriculture.)
Tomato growing, formerly in the
West, and more recently as far east
as lown, has been made difficult and
sometimes Impossible by a
known sometimes ns “western touiito
blight” and “western yel-
low tomato blight” and agnin by some
other combination of the names,
Michael Shapovaloy of the United
Stutes Department of Agriculture
urges that this should be
known generally
a descriptive that has already
been used in some scientific reports on
the The word “blight” is not
truly because tomatoes
are subject to other blights, and there
have been where western
ordered “blight re-
only to find them re
another blight, but not to
the disease caused by the transfer of
the yellow virus from a sick plant
to a healthy plant by means of the
beet teaf hopper, the same insect that
sometimes
disease
name
disease.
deseriptive,
instances
have
plants”
sistant to
growers
sistant
carries a soaewhat similar disease,
the curly top of heets,
the change In
those that are inexact
In favor of
from
names
and cum-
und sim
pathologist
bersome to one that Is exact
descriptive, this
the need for
work which can be applied by grow
ers.
elt
phasizes control
active
Some experimenters trying
to repel the insects, others are
trying to perfect methods of growing
that will protect the plants or enable
them to withstand attacks, The bu-
rean of plant Industry had con
success in protecting toman-
cloth tents or
In this leaflet,
Pablication No. 13M,
Serious Disease of Toma
are
spray
has
siderable
toes with shade from
from sunflower plants,
Miscellaneous
Yellows a
toes,” which mo be obtainable on
Department of
Washington, D. CC. the
the details
but urges
the name,
as a substitute for
less descriptive names,
ure,
does not go into
protective methods,
the
“tomato yellows”
primarily adoption of
other
Seed Always Profitable
caused by planting dis
which results in lower
can be prevented if certain
practices are followed. During the
past several years farmers have been
urged to test every seed corn
with modified rag doll in order to
and discard
’
hie loss
eased seed
ear of
the
those ears which
wethod has proved its worth because
it nas insured the use of nearly diseas:
free seed dorm which in the average
will vield five bushels per acre more
than planter that has oot
so carefully tested, It has long
recopnized that this method, even
hox corn
been
er will he used by more
of farmers,
grower,
a small
For the com
handling hun
than
pers ehntale
mercial seed
sible
This
wethod does not elim.
The individual
test has demonstrated the importance
The
problem now is to utilize other meth
to test each ear senarately,
inate its value, ear
of using nearly disease free seed
ods in securing such seed.
Life of the Harness Is
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Olling harness twice a year will
it can be used,
of interlocking
brittle when dry
of great tensile strength
taining sufficient oil, #ay
the farm staff of Minnesota university.
The harness should be taken apart, thor
fihers
but
which
are elastic
when con-
placed in a wire basket and lowered
into a ten-gallon can into which five
gallons of lukewarm harness oil has
been poured. Leave for ten or fifteen
WORMS SAP A
CHILD'S VERY LIFE
Does your child grit his
teeth? Pick his nostrils? Have
a disordered stomach? These
are symptoms of worms—
those deadly parasites which
will so quickly ruin a child's
health.
At the first sign of worms, give
your child Fey's Vermifuge. For 75
ears Frey's Vermifuge has been
I erica's safe, vegetable warm med-
icine. Buy it today at your druggist’s.
Frey’s Vermifuge
Expels Worms
to the surface. Lift out and leave in
wire hasket above the can until drain-
ing ceases, Then wipe all parts with
rags and reassemble them. It is «did
that harness so treated will seldom
need repairs and will last twenty years
or more. Washing the harness and al-
lowing it to dry before dipping is even
better, but the essential thing is to get
the harnese olled,
—— ——
Manure Spreader Useful
Implement on Any Farm
The farmer who tries to run a farm
economically without the use of a
manure spreader is making a mistake.
‘I'his is one implement that every farm-
er ought to possess, even though his
farm may be only a small one,
Manure that is allowed to pile up
under the eaves of the barn, with the
most valuable fertilizing elements
leaching away, Is worth only a frac
tion of that that i» hauled out prompt-
iy and distributed evenly over the land.
If any leaching is done, let it be done
in the field.
With spreading of manure by the
pee of forks it is’impossibie to get
uniform distribution. The manure
spreader tears up the manure and
spreads it In an even, uniform strip
down the field, The maximum value
of the manure is thus derived.
The laborsaving feature of the
manure spreader is another tremen-
dous advantage. With it the actual
labor of handling the manure is re
duced by at least 50 per cent and be
glides, time is saved.
of Games or Sports
By holding a stopwatch on ten busy
three-year-old boys amd girls, a psy-
chologist at MeGill wr Mone
treal, has found that a child of this
age is usnally interested in one thing
for just about After
that, some new ment or eccupa-
tion must be produced, Even when
three-year-olds at home or at nursery
schools are most they can
not be expected to spend more than
half an hour at kind upa-
tion, according to K. M. Banham
Bridges, who describes the experiment
in a report to the Pedagogical semi-
nary. toys in the experiment liked
best building with large blocks, and
other occupations in which they could
use the entire body freely, The girls
preferred sitting at a table matching
colors or fitting cylinders Into differ
ent kinds of holes. The giris showed
an interest in a wider variety of ac
tivities than the boys and their inter
est In a task lasted a little longer, the
peychologist reports,
House Quickly Built
To demonstrate standardized steel
houses, one of them was erected In
three hours In Europe recently.
Standard-size bolts were used to “but
ton” together steel mille, studs, plates
and rafters, The house was a simple
type that may be erected within the
means of the average man’s Income,
First Call
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” matter that one has
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