Show CURLEW BUG IS A widespread PEST 0 A 7 C curlew lew duo dug A corn plant attacked by adult insect B egg as aa placed in stem of young corn plant enlarging at left C chupa pupa and adult in root of corn in chamber eaten out by the larva prepared by tho united states impart ment of agriculture rotation or alternation of 0 crops Is a simple and method of getting ride of tho the curlew bug a widespread post pest in corn and rice fields lle lils dont plant corn after corn or rice or rice after corn la is a useful maxim to remember in localities infested by the bug the curlew bug which is one ot of the so bo called snout beetles or about halt half an inch long Is particularly fond of swamps and marshes where it feeds on large stemmed grasses and sedges of cultivated crops corn and alco ice most closely resemble its natural food and in consequence the bug Is a monaco menace to these crops in almost every state in the south and in large sec 1 eions of the middle west and southwest as well it cannot live on tho the small grains or on such plants as cotton or cowpeas cow peas in consequence it if infested fields aro are planted to oats rye barley cotton or cowpeas cow peas the curlew bug disappears at once in practice cotton campeas cowpeas cow com peas or winter oats oata will probably bo be the best beat crops to use for this purpose in the south in ohio indiana illinois mis mib bourl southern wisconsin and arkan ras BBS oats rye barley or cowpeas cow peas after a year of one of these crops the field can be planted again to corn if the pest returns a similar alternation should be resorted to once more the curlew bug will remain in an infested cornfield throughout the winter and if the field is planted to corn again come out in the spring to teed upon the young corn plants by means meang of its long about at the end and of which are situated the mouth and jews jaws the beetle punctures the stem of the p plant lant and thus either secures its ita food or Oo deposits posits its eggs usually the puncture Is made a little below the surface of the ground and extends into the crown of the plant if the puncture is made just above the roots root the plant will throw up a number of til tore and suckers while tho the main stem itself will be without ears cars and in appearance in this respect the work vork 0 of f th the curlew bug produces somewhat the same effect as that of the hessian fly on a young wheat plant in the fall it the puncture la Is made higher up on the stem food is obtained from the folded leaves above the crown when these leavea finally ally push forth the offe effect ct of the puncture ture made by the beetles snout la revealed r by rows of holes across s the iho Iea frequently there will also ba a distorted growth on the stem white while the damage dorie done by the be beetles in feeding br or laying their eggs is in many cases doubtless doub doubt lesa bovire severe it if tho the c orn corn plenta are very young ai at the time of attack they are probably destroyed in this way w ay generally speaking the greatest damage is caus caused edby by th the larvae hatching from the aggs es rectally pec lally tally in the east the gruba of this insect apparently can live ina without difficulty for a considerable le length ath of time in the stems of plants that are completely covered by water with these insects in full possession of a held field there does not appear to io be any thoroughly practical and effective measure tor for preventing or overcoming their ravages which frequently result in a total loss of the crop while throwing up the soil or hilling billing up the young plants with the cultivator might prevent the beetles themselves from puncturing the stems low enough down to cause causa the plants to sucker or become distorted this Is by no means assured we only know that the higher up the ins ink t punctures tho the stem item the more likely Is the attack to result only in the rows rons of holes across the leaven in any case this flit g ridging or hilling billing up would only form a slight protection against the injurious effects of the feeding of the beetles once the larvae have started to burrow their way downward in the stem there la Is no way whereby they cau caa be reached by any measure vely 1 to seriously affect them helps heipt for peach growths to control insect pests after a grower has pruned intelligently tilled and fertilized his orchard well and irrigated it it if that has been required the orchard may be short lived and the crops financial failures it if tier be neglects to give proper attention to the control of the insects and dis dia ewes which habitually occur in his region while it la tot true gue that there are some ome r rather at tier aerion B peach parasites which are regional in their occurrence and somo of those which are widely disseminated remain unknown thus far in certain districts it is likewise truo true that a considerable number of both insect pests and fungous diseases are to bo be found pretty nearly everywhere in tho the country in which poaches peaches are aro grown every fruit grower should be la in close celoso touch with tho the agricultural experiment peri ment station in his bla state so that lie he can refer emergency matters there without delay not infrequently the securing of information regarding tho the control of some insect pest that has haa become suddenly threatening or con corning the most moat effective means of 0 checking the spread ofa of a disease hitherto unknown results in saving what would otherwise be a serious loss inquiries relating to an any y phase of fruit growing may also be referred at any time to the united states department apartment part ment meni of agriculture where without cost through tho the departments pathological entomological and other experts as full information relative to tho problems as can bo be given may bo be secured the departments farmers bulletin no entitled spraying peaches for the control of brown rot scab and Cur cullo will be sent to anyone requesting it so also will farmers bulletin no entitled growing peaches which treats in detail of pruning renewal ot of tops thinning Inter planted crops and epe caal practices |