. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. New Insect Pests Wanted While They Are New If this coming season you find a new or unusual insect, entomol- ogists want to knotw about it, ac- cording to AGRICULTURAL RE- SEARCH, publication of the USDA. Dead insects should be sent to county agents, agricultural experiment stations or entomolog- ical field workers. Within past months, USDA in- vestigators confirmed the discov- ery of a new pest in Florida. It is the Pumpkin caterpillar, in- troduced probably from Africa or Asia. It attacks plants of the gourd family, but also has c
. Cranberries; : the national cranberry magazine. Cranberries. New Insect Pests Wanted While They Are New If this coming season you find a new or unusual insect, entomol- ogists want to knotw about it, ac- cording to AGRICULTURAL RE- SEARCH, publication of the USDA. Dead insects should be sent to county agents, agricultural experiment stations or entomolog- ical field workers. Within past months, USDA in- vestigators confirmed the discov- ery of a new pest in Florida. It is the Pumpkin caterpillar, in- troduced probably from Africa or Asia. It attacks plants of the gourd family, but also has caused damage to cotton plants. Many of our destructive crop and forest pests came from o!her countries. The European corn bor- er, first found here in 1917, last year destroyed over million bushels of corn. Formerly, others, such as the Mediterranean fruit fly, were eradicated because an effective campaign was under- taken immediately upon discovery. Annual Jersey Meeting Feb, 26 Orrin G. Colley of Cran- berry Institute to be Prin- cipal Speaker. The annual meeting of the American Cranberry Growers' As- sociation will be held on February 26th at the County Agent's meet- ing room of the new Burlington County buiflding. Mount Holly, N. J. (Orrin Colley of the Cranberry Institute, tlhe main speaker, will present the activities and plans for the future of his organiza- tion. Almost every New Jersey grower is a member of this Insti- tute. Fred Mahn of the Soil Conser- vation Service -will discuss pay- ments to cranberry growers foi soil and water consei-vation prac- tices. Chester Tyson, New Jersey Ten. 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 Portland, CT [etc. ] : Taylor Pub. Co. [etc. ]
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