. Annual report of the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University and the Agricultural Experiment Station. New York State College of Agriculture; Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). ii 84 l\i K \i Sl'HOOl I i \ i-'l I I' a Largo and beautiful Lawn entire!} eaten ofl bj these ravenous white- grubs Where the grubs were in the soil the grass on tlu* Lawn could be rolled up Like an immense fleece ol wool. We had Letters from coi respondents during the summer of toia who said that their pastures and meadows had been injured in exact
. Annual report of the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University and the Agricultural Experiment Station. New York State College of Agriculture; Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). ii 84 l\i K \i Sl'HOOl I i \ i-'l I I' a Largo and beautiful Lawn entire!} eaten ofl bj these ravenous white- grubs Where the grubs were in the soil the grass on tlu* Lawn could be rolled up Like an immense fleece ol wool. We had Letters from coi respondents during the summer of toia who said that their pastures and meadows had been injured in exactly the same waj rhe roots oi the grass had been eaten off and the sod could be rolled up Like a greal rug or car- pet. »> \>rn is .i favor- ite food crop oi white grubs. This e specially true in i Lie great Corn of 11) e Mississippi Val- ley, lu [Uinois and Indiana often large fields of corn are practi- cally desiro \ ed i>\ white-grubs. crops arc often badly injured by these insects. During the summer of 191a we had many complaints of injuries to potatoes, We saw one small field of potatoes in which there was hardly one perfect tuber. The grubs gnaw into the sides of the tubers and eat out Large cavities, la the illustration on this page are shown some o( the potatoes taken from the field to whichwerefer. The ground in this field was practically fullofgrubs. Strawberries seem to be greatly liked by white-grubs. The grubs eat off the roots of the plants, which wilt and break off at the crown. The insects seldom seem to be distributed evenly throughout the field, but appear to be present in certain spots in which all the plants may be killed. Metiiock There is nothing that can be put on the fields to kill the white-grubs, la the case of a Lawn or similar small area the soil \ be soaked with a ten-pei>cent solution of kerosene emulsion, which should then be washed in 1»\ soaking the ground with water. Pigs are excellent agents for ridding infested
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