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Show ENEMY TO GRASS AND CORN. the So-Called Grass Web Worm, anu How It May Be Combated. Grass web worms, It will bo remembered, remem-bered, wero somewhat destructive last year in portions of Rensselaor, Columbia Colum-bia and Albany counties, Now York, says the Country'Ocntleman. Tho Injuries In-juries wero In most cases confined to grass lands, particularly tho drlor knolls, nnd the dnmago was emphasized empha-sized by the prevailing dry weather.. Tho largo nmount of rain tho present season has proventod depredations of I this character from being noticeable, though graBs web worms appear to bo abundant In some fields, slnco a ro-1 port has Just conio to us of rather so- vero Injury In Columbia county to, corn planted on recently plowod sod I land. Grass web worms, Romotlmes known I ii8 corn web worms, como from ml-1 nuto white eggs deposited by the light-brown, whlte-mnrkcd moths so frequently observed Hying In largol numtiers In luto afternoon and early) evening In grass fields nnd Invariably; alighting -with thu wlng-t wrapped) closely nbout thu body, the latter parallel par-allel with the graBS stem upon which tho Insect rests. The web worms themselves nro dull-colored, sparsely-haired, sparsely-haired, brown-headed caterpllla" about half an Inch long, They live In web-llned retrents at or Just beneath the surface of tho soil, and a llttlo investigation in-vestigation In Infested grass lands or nbout hills of corn troubled by this Insect should result In uncovering tho depredators. They work on corn In various ways, sometimes tunnollng thd stnlks, occasionally eating holes Ir tho sides of the stems or feeding t Bomo extent on tho leaves. Thoro were Bomo Injuries of thfir kind Inst year, and as a rulo trouble of this nature may bo provonted by enrly fall plowing, slnco this deprives de-prives tho wob worms of their accustomed accus-tomed provendor beforo they havoiar opportunity to go Into hibernation, anC wo should expect n considerable number num-ber of them to perish beforo any green food such ns young corn Is avnllnhlo In tho spring. Anothor pro-ventlvo pro-ventlvo mensuro would bo to delay planting ns Into as possible In tho liopo that n considerable number of tho wob worms would succumb beforo tho corn enmo up. Anothor precaution precau-tion which might ho tnken In planting plant-ing sod lands would bo to put In nbout twlco thu usual amount of seed, In tho bopo thnt n fair stand would bo secured, In splto of web-worm Injuries. Inju-ries. This would necossltato some thinning on nrens where wob worms wero not nbundnnt, but In any ovent tills would be prcfcrablo to replanting. Thcro Is no practical method of cbsAK Ing outbreaks of this chnractor tlvatcd fluids, owing to the oxpeBVH volved. About tho only thlnjftVH can bo dotio followlug Bovcro IujBHH to replant. HP |