. Agriculture for the Kansas common schools. Agriculture. INSECTS ON THE FARM J55 the latter part of August, at which time they emerge as adults. The principal means of controlling the fly are thor- ough preparation of the seed bed, destruction of vol- unteer wheat, which serves to carry the fly over to the main crop, and late plant- ing. Where wheat is to be planted on land which was infested with fly the pre- vious year, the ground should be disked imme- diately after harvest in order to throw out and expose the flaxseeds to natural enemies, and should be plowed about six inches deep three o
. Agriculture for the Kansas common schools. Agriculture. INSECTS ON THE FARM J55 the latter part of August, at which time they emerge as adults. The principal means of controlling the fly are thor- ough preparation of the seed bed, destruction of vol- unteer wheat, which serves to carry the fly over to the main crop, and late plant- ing. Where wheat is to be planted on land which was infested with fly the pre- vious year, the ground should be disked imme- diately after harvest in order to throw out and expose the flaxseeds to natural enemies, and should be plowed about six inches deep three or four weeks later. The field should then be harrowed and packed, and a dust mulch maintained until the time of planting. The sowing should be delayed two or three weeks after the usual date of planting. Grasshoppers. Grass- hoppers are among the most destructive of pests on the farms in the western half of the state, and almost every season they seriously injure crops. The young hoppers appear early in the summer. At this time they are small and have no wings, but otherwise resemble the adults. By about midsummer their wings are fully developed, and. Hessian fly puparia, or flaxseeds, in posi- tion between leaf sheath and stalk. Twice natural Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Call, Leland Everett, 1881- [from old catalog] comp; Kent, Harry Llewellyn, [from old catalog] joint comp. Topeka, The State of Kansas state printing plant
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