Insect pests of farm, garden and orchard . lightly and stackedor stored as soon as possible. Osborn and Gossard * have attestedthe value of this method, and have given these further recommenda-tions: (1) Cut volunteer clover in early June and dispose of theheads speedily; (2) do not allow clover to run for more than twoyears; (3) sow seed on land remote from old fields; (4) pastureclover in the fall of the first year; (5) plow an old clover-fieldunder in October or November or in early spring, then harrowand roll. These practices operate at the same time againstseveral other clover pests.—Fols
Insect pests of farm, garden and orchard . lightly and stackedor stored as soon as possible. Osborn and Gossard * have attestedthe value of this method, and have given these further recommenda-tions: (1) Cut volunteer clover in early June and dispose of theheads speedily; (2) do not allow clover to run for more than twoyears; (3) sow seed on land remote from old fields; (4) pastureclover in the fall of the first year; (5) plow an old clover-fieldunder in October or November or in early spring, then harrowand roll. These practices operate at the same time againstseveral other clover pests.—Folsom. * Osborn and Gassard, Insect Life, Vol. IV, p. 254; Bulletins 14 and 15,Iowa Agr. Exp. Sta.; 22d Report Entomological Society of Ontario, p. , H. A., Bulletin 19, Iowa Agr. E.\p. Sta. INSECTS INJURIOUS TO CLOVER 219 The Clover-hay Worm * The clover-hay worm attacks stacked or stored clover, par-ticularly where it is held over a year or where placed on old hay,eating much of the lower layers and rendering it unfit for Fig. 15(3.—-Clover-hay worm, greatly enlarged. (After Folsom.) It has been known to be injurious from Kansas eastward, butoccurs throughout most of North America, as well as parts ofEurope, Asia, and Africa.
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