Show RAVAGES OF PESTS wireworks wireworms Wire worms work underground and are arc very difficult to control V ENEMIES AND COTTON much may be done dome to lessen injury u ry by careful tillage drainage and Re rotation eggs usually usually y laid in sod lands prepared by the united states devart depart ment of agriculture although wire wireworks wireworms worms work entirely underground and ore are therefore among the most difficult to control of all the insect toes foes of corn find cotton much may bo be done to lessen their ravages by careful tilla tillage gb drainage and proper r rotation of crops these pests are the young of the common snapping beetles or click beetles they are yellowish or brownish highly polished and slippery to the touch and ana move actively and disappear rapidly when brought to the surface by the plow or spade thoi eggs are laid in the ground usually in tho the sod lands and thero there the young worms are hatched three years arb are required for most kinds of wire worms to t 0 get their full growth and become beetles where sod land la Is to be planted to corn the following year the land should be plowed ed immediately after a h I 1 J one of the corn com wireworms wireworks Wire worms a adult b larva c last segment of 4 f larva d pupa all enlarged the first cutting of hay usually early earls in july and should be cultivated deeply during dining tho the rest of the su bummer nimer when it Is practicable uble other crops not severely verely ae attacked by the wire wireworks wireworms worms such na as field peas or buckwheat should be bb grown on such stich land before coin corn this fats practice will materially reduce reace the S e number of in the no bod land already in corn cornwe which wb ach Is badly infested should bo be cultivated cultivate deeply deeply even nt at the risk of slightly rocourt ro root ing abo corn this should bo be continued ap long as the cirii corn can be cultivated ind and it if wheat Is to follow tho the field should bo be tilled thoroughly as foontas go boon ontas as th corn crop Is removed in regions where wheat land Is beede I 1 ed dd down own for hayany hay any treatment or infested fields Is where tho the a 7 L wheat wireworm a adult b larva c side view of list segment of larva all enlarged wheat is ignot not followed by seeding to other crops the fledda should bo plowed as soon as the kahe wheat ht Is ii harvested ested jP plowing lowIng kills tile the worms wonna by destroying food supply and preventing from preparing suitable quarters for the winter some kinds of wire wireworks wireworms worms live only in land that Is poorly drained and for this reason tile draining of land Is beneficial especially where the general condition of the field I 1 Is s further improved by applications of afi lime and by thorough cultivation I 1 methods of eradication 1 i in III the northwest and northern middle middie west the dryland dry land wireworm wife worm Is sometimes very injurious the following methods have been found to be valuable in tho the eradication of this pest 1 disk or drag harrow the summer fallow as soon ris possible in III the spring in order to produce a dust mulch and thereby conserve the accumulated mule ted winter moisture 2 continue the disking as often as Is necessary yIn in norderto order to maintain the mulch and keep down the weeds 8 plow the summer fallow in july or early in august and immediately drag 4 plow the stubble as soon as the crop is removed farmers bulletin contains additional information on wire wireworks wireworms worms and will ill be mailed free of charge on application to io the secretary of agriculture airi culture washington D C 1 0 L dryland dry land wireworm a adult b larva c under surface of head headon of larva iva d side of last segment of larvae Lar vaa a b enlarged or 0 d more enlarged |