Show Cattle Used to St Stop p Corn Pest Cornstalks Infested With Borer florer May Safely Be Fed to Live Stock Prepared by ba t r tho the United eDt ment of States State Depart Live stock do not mind a a few tew caterpillars cater eater pillars In tn their food es especially after It h has hs s passed through r f shredding ma mu- chine or of or a Ii silage cutter One method disposing of ot cornstalks Infested with the 1 European corn borer and th thus aiding in the control of ot this post pest Is to feed teed them Ulem direct to cattle or U Use uee e them a as ensilage Tho value of corn coin and ond other plants for fodder is not materially lessened when infested by Ui the corn borer says Bas the United States Department of Agriculture e ex under conditions of ot extreme e. in Cut Infested Plants Close Wherever Where practicable the Infested plants should be c cut t close elos to to the tIne ground while green and placed In the thc silo or fed direct from the field An Any borers which escape the silage cutter tire are destroyed cd by the uie conditions exist exist- ing lag in the u average silo The he reason for cutting as 3 early In the season us liS possible Is that there ther Is n a decided movement mo of or the borers to the tue lower part of the tIm stalk during dUlIng the tine latter end of ot the season When corn fodder Is II fed direct it should be be shredded l otherwise this practice aids very little In the tine control of the tho corn borer Also live stock relish corn fodder which has been shredded and this promotes t s con con- 1 of the fodder Mature especially corn cornstalks l too loo dry diy I to be used for silage should hould always be shredded or cut into short rt sections All AH un uneaten aten portions left after such material has a been n. n fed ed direct r c should be be co collected lect and destroyed estr J ef v w. w by burning Burp Burn ur s 16 If It any stalks stubble or other Infested Infested In In- rested material remain In the field after the crop has has cleared been b by feeding or burning clean plowing Is IB recommended In Jaw ew W r England where two twi generations of the Euro Euro- Jean corn borer occur r fUll r plOwing is pr preferable but In the Vest clean pl plowing at any s sea a Ms effective the tive v 2 |