. Clover farming. Clover. [from old catalog]. SATAN" 1ST THE CLOVER FIELD. 151. which stage of development occurs in central Iowa toward the latter part of May, and earlier or later south or north, according to latitude. In other words, the egg is deposited before the bloom appears, but after the head is formed. By the time the eggs are hatched into worms, the mouth of the floret is open, and the mag- gots work their way through the mouth down to the seed, feeding on it while it is yet /£jp\i\ in the dough state, after the manner of the wheat midge so common forty years ago. By the time t
. Clover farming. Clover. [from old catalog]. SATAN" 1ST THE CLOVER FIELD. 151. which stage of development occurs in central Iowa toward the latter part of May, and earlier or later south or north, according to latitude. In other words, the egg is deposited before the bloom appears, but after the head is formed. By the time the eggs are hatched into worms, the mouth of the floret is open, and the mag- gots work their way through the mouth down to the seed, feeding on it while it is yet /£jp\i\ in the dough state, after the manner of the wheat midge so common forty years ago. By the time the clover is nt to cut, these maggots wriggle out of the heads that have been accidentally fertil- ized by the bumblebees, pass into the ground, and the mature insects again ap- pear about the time the second crop of clover is ready for their mischief. It is this last crop that does the damage, mak- ing where they are at all numerous, a seed Vi FIG. VI THE LARVA. 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 Wallace, Henry, 1836-1916. [from old catalog]. Des Moines, Iowa, Wallace publishing company
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