. Cyclopedia of farm crops. Farm produce; Agriculture. MAIZE MAIZE 413 insect destroys the corn crop to the greatest extent. Cutworms.—There are many different species of cutworms, and the life-history of the different kinds differs considerably. They destroy some young corn plants in almost every corn-field and occasion- ally destroy entire crops. Such destruction is most likely to occur when old meadows or pastures are plowed in the spring and planted in corn. Early fall-plowing is very effective in preventing de- struction of corn by cutworms. They can be pois- oned by scattering about the
. Cyclopedia of farm crops. Farm produce; Agriculture. MAIZE MAIZE 413 insect destroys the corn crop to the greatest extent. Cutworms.—There are many different species of cutworms, and the life-history of the different kinds differs considerably. They destroy some young corn plants in almost every corn-field and occasion- ally destroy entire crops. Such destruction is most likely to occur when old meadows or pastures are plowed in the spring and planted in corn. Early fall-plowing is very effective in preventing de- struction of corn by cutworms. They can be pois- oned by scattering about the field bran to which has been added Paris green and molas- ses in about the proportions of thirty pounds of bran, one pound of Paris green, two quarts of molasses and enough water to moisten the bran. Succulent clover or alfalfa can be sprayed thoroughly with Paris green, then cut and scattered in small quan- tities where the worms are most destructive. Often when the entire field is severely attacked it is best to disk or till the ground, then wait a week or two and plant again. The writer has seen fields treated in this way in which the first planting was entirely destroyed and the second planting uninjured, resulting in a big yield of corn. Webworms.—If the destruc- tion is the work of sod web- worms, it is not advisable to plant the field a second time till late in May, on the 40th parallel, as the worms begin to pupate at that time. Web- worms are easily distinguished from cutworms by being much smaller, about one-half inch long. They eat the young plants but usually do not cut them entirely off as do cutworms. Like the cut- worms, they pass the days under clods near the base of the young plants. They are enclosed in a silken web, the web having small particles of earth attached. Chinch bugs and grasshoppers often enter corn- fields in great hordes from adjoining fields. When wheat is harvested, chinch bugs may enter adjoin- ing corn-fields in suflicient numbers to dest
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