. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 314 THE AQRICULTURAIi NEVfS. October 4. INSECT NOTES. PROTECTION AGAINST WEEVIL IN CORN. In a recent article in the Agriculfurcil News reference was made to the habit of the pea weevils of infesting the growing grain in the field, and continuing their depredations in storage after the crop is harvested. In the case of Indian corn a similar thing happens, and, the means to be used for protection against this sort of attack are discussed in Farmers' BulleUn No. gi^, of the United States Department of Agricultu
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 314 THE AQRICULTURAIi NEVfS. October 4. INSECT NOTES. PROTECTION AGAINST WEEVIL IN CORN. In a recent article in the Agriculfurcil News reference was made to the habit of the pea weevils of infesting the growing grain in the field, and continuing their depredations in storage after the crop is harvested. In the case of Indian corn a similar thing happens, and, the means to be used for protection against this sort of attack are discussed in Farmers' BulleUn No. gi^, of the United States Department of Agriculture, entitled 'How to Eeduce Weevil Waste in South- ern Corn'. There baa been some extension of corn growing in the West Indies as a war measure, and in connexion with tlie efforts to increase the supplies of locally grown food. In Antigua and St. Vincent there are government corn factories where corn may be dried and disinfected by the application of heat, and stored in insect proof bins. This provides a veiy satisfactory mrans of protecting maize from deterioration as a result of the attacks of insects, and the development of moulds and mildews. The principal method recommended for adoption by the southern farmers in the bulletin referred to is the development of a protective shuck by breeding and seed selection. In the Southern States where the production of corn has recently been considerably increased, it is the custom to sto e tlie crop in its shucks because it is more or less vaguely known tliat some of the ears are protected by their shucks. It is nlso well known that many of the ears with a poor shuck become infested and are badly damaged both in the ear, and in storage. The practice of storing these infested ears along with those possessing good protictive shucks often results in the latter becoming infested. It is recom- mended that the sound ears should be stored when harvested. Those which show signs of being infested, and all that liave a pror shuck covering, or on
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