Farm crops, their cultivation and management, a non-technical manual for the cultivation, management and improvement of farm crops . Chinch Bug(Blissiis leucoplerus) .^ Adult of long-winged form,much Chinch Bug (Blissus leucopterus).-Adults of short-winged form, much enlarged. fectly dry, thus destroying many of the insects and leaving others unpro-tected against the storms of winter. When bugs are migrating from smallgrains to corn or other crops in summer, they may be stopped by dustyditches with post holes in bottom, by dust ridges or coal tar Bull. 657. 1 Bur. Ent
Farm crops, their cultivation and management, a non-technical manual for the cultivation, management and improvement of farm crops . Chinch Bug(Blissiis leucoplerus) .^ Adult of long-winged form,much Chinch Bug (Blissus leucopterus).-Adults of short-winged form, much enlarged. fectly dry, thus destroying many of the insects and leaving others unpro-tected against the storms of winter. When bugs are migrating from smallgrains to corn or other crops in summer, they may be stopped by dustyditches with post holes in bottom, by dust ridges or coal tar Bull. 657. 1 Bur. Ent. Cir. 113, 254 SUCCESSFUL FARMING Clover Mite {Bryobia prcetensis, Garm.).—A common red mite onmany plants, including clover, alfalfa and a nmnber of varieties of fruit. Treatment.—Dust the plants with sulphur and lime at rate of 1-4, orspray with either 10 per cent kerosene emulsion or sulphur in water, 1pound to 4 gallons. Destroy eggs on fruit trees in winter with 20 per centkerosene emulsion or with Ent. Cii-. 158. Clover Root Borer (Hylastinus ohscuriis, Marsham).—The beetle win-ters over in clover roots; emergesin the spring and lays eggs inthe larger roots. The grubs, onh
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