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Show Cutnorm Cut\\orm Cut orm Cutworm \ ControlGaraens Control ControlGardens Gardens Garaens and fields of Giand Gland Grand Coun Coun- County County County - - ty suffel suffet more or less damage each eachYOUl eachyear eachyeui YOUl year from eut.orms cut eut \ worms \.orms .orms . Some of the themore themore themore more common plants plant , > injured by cut cutworms cutworms worms \ orms al aie ate e tomatoes tcmatoes beans , corn cornmelons , melons etcCut etcCut etc I ICut Cutorms Cut \ worms \\orms orms do most of theii theh their feed feed- feeding feeding feeding - ing at night . and .and on cloudy days daysDurmg daysDuring daysDuring Durmg During the da day } they burrow bun-ow bun ow - for a adlstal'ce adistance adistarce dlstal'ce dlstalce distance ' into mto ths the gloun'i glouni gioun ' . 1 EO'11e EO11e Some EO'11especIes Somespecies Somespecies ' specIes cf of cut " worms "onns onns aie ate at often oftenfound oftenfound oftenfound found in m tlie the soil soh soit near a fleshly freshly cut cutplant cutplant cutplant plant the plant being bemg eaten only at atthe atthe atthe the place \ where here it has been cut oft oftOther oftOther oftOther Other species of cut \ vvoims worms 01 ms stay be- be be10 below be below - 10tIle low 10\\ 10 \ ibe tIle the giound glound ground and live upon UlP the UlPlCOts thetoots thpicots lCOts toots of the plants These cut cut.orms cutworms cutworms \.orms .orms worms \ . aie ale ate vel very " } difficult to contiol contlol control controlFol contlolFm contiolFoi Foi Fm Fol contiol contlol control measuies meaSUles measures clean cul- cul culI cultIvatlOn cultivation cul cultivation - - tivation tIvatlOn irrigation lrngatlOn lrngatron crop rotation rotationfall rotationfall rotationfall I . fall and eaily e311y early spring sprmg plowing plowmg al are arerecommended aierecommended e reccmmcnded recommended in m order to clean up upthe upthe upthe the hybeinating hybematmg hybetnating stages and to todIScourage todiscourage todiscourage i toi dIScourage egg-laying egg laying egg-laymg laymg - Eggs are areI arepuntipallv arepuncipally arepuncipallv puntipallv puncipally laid lard duung dmmg dutmg the months monthsof monthsof I of July and August and if theseI thesepI thesepi these I ' pi acticcs actIces are followed the Pggsre pggs eggs \re re are aredestroyed ' \ aredestroyed reI redestroed I destroed destroyed } during clltrvationDnect clltivation clltlvatlOn clltrvation clltivationDnect , Dnect Duect contiol contlOl control measures mea"ures meaures " mclude include mcludeI mcludethe includethe includethe I the use of poison pOlson bait , light l1ght traps trapsfer trapsfor trapsfcr fer for capturing capturmg adults , and the prcc- prcc prccbce prcctice prcc-tice prcc tice - - bce tice of lunning lunnmg tunntng poultiy pouItly poultry . , tmkeys turkeys tuikeysand , and hogs over fields to destlOY destroy destroyworms destlOYOlmS destloywonns \\OlmS OlmS worms \ 3ndpupae andpupae ancf 3nd and pupae The most common com com- common common - mon control fci fCl fcr cut worms werms that that01J thatwork thatwoik \\01J 01J work \ \ . on plants above the sUlface surface sUlfacemay surfacemay suifacemay may easll easily } be affected bv by the use useof useof useof of tne toe the follO\\ follO following follOmg \ \ mg poison pOlson bran baItIngredients baitIngredients bait baitIngredients Ingredients in the following ratIo ratIoDI ratioDip ratioDiy DI Dip ' bran , , 25 pounds , white alsemc arsenic aisemc1 1 pound cheap molasses 2 quarts quartsatel quartswater quartswatei \\atel atel water \ , Horn flom from 2 to 4 gallons Thor Thor- Thoroughly Thoroughly Thoroughly - ! oughly mix the poison pOlson with the dry drywheat dr drywheat } I wheat \ heat bian bran bl an mix the syrup with the thewatel thewatet thewatei watel watet and while mixing add slowly - - - - - - to the bran and poison peison mIXture mixtureadding , adding just enough of the liquid to tomake tomake tomake make a .a . crumbly mixture mi"Cture miCture " that th'lt thlt ' "ill ill will "illball willball " willball ball in the handTo handTo hand handTo To a\ a ai avoid aold \ old oid handI drying out of or the mix- mix mixture mixture mix mixture - I ture before cut \ worms orms commence commencefecdmg commencefeeding commencefeeding , fecdmg feeding , broadcast the bait In the thelate ! ) late evening evenlng If It the field is 15 badl badlyinfested badly } iInfested infest infested d , , it may be necessary to toapply toapply toapply | apply the bait In 2 or 3 applicaticns applications applicaticnsat , at 2 or 3 Intervals , using usmg about 15 15pounds 15pounds 15pounds pounds of bait per pcr acreCaution acreCaution acre acreCaution Caution must be taken taJ.en taJen . ' for OI " this thisbait thisbait thisbait bait is poisonous The \ white hlte arsenic arsenicis is a ; stomach ctol1k'lch ctol1klch ' poison neither nClther this thisingredient thisingredient thisIngredient ingredient cr er the poison pOlson bran bait baitshould baitshould baitshould should be leftIthm left \ within \\Ithm Ithm reach rcach or of orpoultry ofpoultry ofpoultry poultry , livestock llvestock or children AI- AI Al- Al AIre'1dy Already Al Already - ready re'1dy re1dy ' prepared preparcd cutworm and grass grass- grasshopper grasshopper grasshopper - hopper bait can be had at the county coun coun- count county - t ty agent agents s office upon Inquiry inqmI ' } |