. Cyclopedia of farm crops. Farm produce; Agriculture. SUGAR-CANE SUNFLOWER 611 attack the cuttings after planting. Here fungicides come into play as explained on page 606. The remainder of the pests are fought by modifications of agricultural practices. Where the pests are abundant it is generally advisable to burn over the fields after each crop is removed. This results in the destruction of a vast amount of diseased material that would otherwise remain to infest the succeeding crop. Where the pests are not preva- lent, the plowing in of such refuse is permissible. The destruction of infeste
. Cyclopedia of farm crops. Farm produce; Agriculture. SUGAR-CANE SUNFLOWER 611 attack the cuttings after planting. Here fungicides come into play as explained on page 606. The remainder of the pests are fought by modifications of agricultural practices. Where the pests are abundant it is generally advisable to burn over the fields after each crop is removed. This results in the destruction of a vast amount of diseased material that would otherwise remain to infest the succeeding crop. Where the pests are not preva- lent, the plowing in of such refuse is permissible. The destruction of infested cane of all kinds is sometimes accomplished by passing it through the mill at convenient times, as at the end of the week where the run is a weekly one. The crushing and heat kill everything thus treated and it seems prob- able that this method will come into wider use. It is possible that in a large mill, it would pay to maintain a small set of rollers for this purpose. Careful attention to the seed, its selection in the field and its careful preparation and planting, constitutes a strong defense against these pests. Special plows and other tools have been devised for use in fighting these enemies. Quicklime is used as a soil fungicide. Literature. Culture: Leon Colson, Culture et Industrie de la Canne a Sucre (Hawaii and Reunion), Second Edition, xxii, 431, illustrated, Paris, Challareul (1905); Noel Deerr, Sugar and Sugar-cane, viii, 395, illustrated, Manchester, N. Rodger (1905); Wilhelm Kriiger, Das Zucker-rohr und seine Kultur, 580, illustrated, Magdeburg (1899); W. C. Stubbs, Sugar-Cane, Baton Rouge (1897); Bulletins of the Experiment Stations of Java, East and West, Mededeelingen and Kagok te Pekalongon, Hawaiian Sugar Planters' Ex- periment Station, Louisiana, Cuba and Porto Rico Experiment Stations, British Imperial Department of Agriculture, Barbadoes. Fungouspests: Bulletins of Barber, Cobb, Howard, Janse, Lewton-Brain, Tryon, Wakker, Went. Insect pests and nemato
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