. Agriculture for the Kansas common schools. Agriculture. Pupa of the corn-ear worm in its pupal cell, or burrow, in the soil. About natural size. (After Quaintance and Brues.) one of the most difficult of insect pests to control. It has been found that the fall plowing of the corn- fields destroys practically all the pupae of this insect. It is possible to reduce the injury from twenty-five to forty per cent by early planting, so that the plants will have passed the silking stage before the insects emerge. One may protect sweet corn by keeping the silks dusted with powdered arsenate of lead f
. Agriculture for the Kansas common schools. Agriculture. Pupa of the corn-ear worm in its pupal cell, or burrow, in the soil. About natural size. (After Quaintance and Brues.) one of the most difficult of insect pests to control. It has been found that the fall plowing of the corn- fields destroys practically all the pupae of this insect. It is possible to reduce the injury from twenty-five to forty per cent by early planting, so that the plants will have passed the silking stage before the insects emerge. One may protect sweet corn by keeping the silks dusted with powdered arsenate of lead from the time. Corn-ear worm moth with wings expanded. Natural 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 Call, Leland Everett, 1881- [from old catalog] comp; Kent, Harry Llewellyn, [from old catalog] joint comp. Topeka, The State of Kansas state printing plant
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