. The book of corn; a complete treatise upon the culture, marketing and uses of maize in America and elsewhere, for farmers, dealers, manufacturers and others--a comprehensive manual upon the production, sale, use and commerce of the world's greatest crop . r weather, and comingup again within reach of food commonly sometimein March or early April. Full-grown white grubswill live an active life in the earth, feeding freelyfrom March to June or July, during which monthsthey change to the pupa a few inches under groundin oval cells. At least some species of the whitegrub may be freely and abunda
. The book of corn; a complete treatise upon the culture, marketing and uses of maize in America and elsewhere, for farmers, dealers, manufacturers and others--a comprehensive manual upon the production, sale, use and commerce of the world's greatest crop . r weather, and comingup again within reach of food commonly sometimein March or early April. Full-grown white grubswill live an active life in the earth, feeding freelyfrom March to June or July, during which monthsthey change to the pupa a few inches under groundin oval cells. At least some species of the whitegrub may be freely and abundantly bred in fields CORN PESTS AND DISEASES 257 of corn; but it still remains true that by far thegreater number of those in the country at any timehave arisen from eggs laid by beetles in ground bear-ing a crop of grass; and that corn is consequentlymuch more likely to be damaged if planted on sodthan if it follows clover, small grain, or corn itself. The first effort of the corn farmer should bedirected to clearing the grubs out of the grass landwhich he wishes to plant to corn. For this purposeProfessor Forbes thinks that hogs should be pasturedfor a considerable time on the meadows or pasturesbefore plowing for corn, and that they should also be. Fig 63—White Grub Young- of the June beetle; enlarged (after Forbes) given the run of the field while it is being measure will be practically useless under ordinarycircumstances, if resorted to later than October orearlier than April. In the interval between thesemonths the grubs will be beyond the reach of pigs,buried in their winter quarters. After plowing, thecollection by hand of white prubs may be resorted towhere they are particularly abundant, especially whereany kind of cheap labor may be had. Owing to therelatively small damage done to clover bv the grubs,it is a good practice to insert clover between grass andcorn in the rotation; and this is especially advisablein light soils not perfectly adapted to corn.
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