Farm crops, their cultivation and management, a non-technical manual for the cultivation, management and improvement of farm crops . A B Cotton Boll Weevil{Anthonomus grandis).^ A—Beetle, from above. B—Same fromside. About five times natural size. Tobacco Flea Beetle(Epitrix parvula).^ A—Adult beetle. B—Larva, sideview. C—Head of larva. D—Hind legof same. E—Anal segment of —Pupa. A, B, F—Enlarged about fif-teen times. C, D, E—More enlarged. Bur. Ent. Bull. 4:j. Farm. Bull. 344. » Bur. Ent. Cir. 123. 260 SUCCESSFUL FARMING Mexican Cotton Boll Weevil {Anthonomus grandis, Boh.).—No pest ofc
Farm crops, their cultivation and management, a non-technical manual for the cultivation, management and improvement of farm crops . A B Cotton Boll Weevil{Anthonomus grandis).^ A—Beetle, from above. B—Same fromside. About five times natural size. Tobacco Flea Beetle(Epitrix parvula).^ A—Adult beetle. B—Larva, sideview. C—Head of larva. D—Hind legof same. E—Anal segment of —Pupa. A, B, F—Enlarged about fif-teen times. C, D, E—More enlarged. Bur. Ent. Bull. 4:j. Farm. Bull. 344. » Bur. Ent. Cir. 123. 260 SUCCESSFUL FARMING Mexican Cotton Boll Weevil {Anthonomus grandis, Boh.).—No pest ofcotton has caused so much injury as this small brown beetle. Both theadult insects and the larvae feed upon the squares and the bolls, injuringthe fiber. Treatment.—Clean up and destroy all stalks, dead bolls and crop rem-nants as soon as cotton is picked, either by burning or burjang. Plow-under or burn in the fall and winter all trash in neighboring fields and. Southern Tobacco Horn Worm (Phlegcthontius sexto).^A—Adult. B—Larva. C—Pupa. hedgerows where the insect might hibernate. Prepare the land early*plant early and fertiUze heavily to secure an early Bull. 344, Senate Document No. 305, 62d Congress. Spring Grain Aphis (Toxoptera graminum, Rond.).—See Green Bug. Southern Com Root Worm, or Bud Worm {Diabrotica duodecimpunc-iata, Oliv.).—Greenish-yellow beetle marked on the back with twelveblack spots. Feeds on a variety of plants. Larva or grub feeds on rootsof corn after boring into roots and stem. Treatment.—No satisfactory insecticidal treatment is known. Theworst of the injury may be prevented in Southern states by planting about »Bur. EDt. Cir.
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