. Farmers' foes and their remedies [microform]. Pests; Agricultural pests; Agricultural pests; Animaux et plantes nuisibles, Lutte contre les; Ennemis des cultures; Ennemis des cultures, Lutte contre les. 158 ns winter roturnliiK npUn tlio followliiK sprinR and . a L' (h-nl of hnrn. by vnUuti ..f Kras«.s and otlior kindH of corn and i«tat< their injuries iH-inj: must noticeable in th.^. May :. (FIr. r>T.» ( InrvH (whlto Sllghtlv enlareiHl iChiltrmlen null. 19, V. «. IHv. o/ Ktit., U. H. Dept. Ai,r.) WH-ond
. Farmers' foes and their remedies [microform]. Pests; Agricultural pests; Agricultural pests; Animaux et plantes nuisibles, Lutte contre les; Ennemis des cultures; Ennemis des cultures, Lutte contre les. 158 ns winter roturnliiK npUn tlio followliiK sprinR and . a L' (h-nl of hnrn. by vnUuti ..f Kras«.s and otlior kindH of corn and i«tat< their injuries iH-inj: must noticeable in th.^. May :. (FIr. r>T.» ( InrvH (whlto Sllghtlv enlareiHl iChiltrmlen null. 19, V. «. IHv. o/ Ktit., U. H. Dept. Ai,r.) WH-ond year after 8o«l has iM^n pIoubIhhI down. It is claimed by Dr. S V FtirlK-H tliat a s«H<.nd winter and sununer Is passtnl as a larva and that the Kmlis do not change to pupa- till June and July of the third aeasetles apfiear. /^•wi(y/.V«.—l-nfortunately. there are no nu'asures which can U' (h'lM' ».p<.n for the destruction of White (Jrubs In most crops; but as the eg-s are laid mainly in grass lands, land which Ims Imh'u in s,h1 for several vears slmuhl not iH. to or 's the «H- grass which Is plougluMl down, to a large measure. any grubs nniy Im- in the ground; and. as pigs are particularly fond of these gnibs II crop such as rape or turnips may Ik' sown with advantage and the tUHMHl into a hog pasture, when the will not onlv fee«l <m the «rop but hunt out many of the grubs in the soil. It Is clalnuM that these animals will, in tile course of a few 'ks. completely clear a badlv tinf On account of the depth to whbh the grubs burrow «l In. Is-fore autunm the renovated wifh fresh whmI. r.«'avlng land tinder grass f,.r wveral years gives for White (Jrubs to ; a short rotation In wlilch ,-l<.v,.r follows ..r N grown at shiut intervals, will prevent the Increase of tlu'se inwvjs. In this rotiition .small gntlns should fol
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