Show ENEMY TO GRASS AND CORN I 1 the so called grass web worm and alex how it may be combated grass web worms it will be kemem bared were somewhat destructive last ear in portions 0 rensselaer bla and albany counties new york the country gentleman the in juries were in most cases confined to grass lands particularly he drier knolls and the damage was ampha sized by the prevailing dry weather tha large amount of rain the present season has prevented depredations of u this character from being ceable though graas well worms appear to be abundant in som fields since a re port has just come to us ol 01 rather se vere injury in columbia county to 1 corn planted on recently plowed sod land gaass web worms sometimes know f a corn web worms come from ml nute white eggs deposited by the light brown whito marked moti s frequently observed flying in large numbers in late afternoon and early in grass felds and invariably alighting with the wings wrapped closely about the body the latter par albel with the grass stem upon which the insect rests the web worms themselves are dull colored sparsely haired brown headed caterpillars blout half an inch long they live in web lined retreats at or just beneath the surface of the soli and a little in in infested grass lands or about hills of corn troubled by this insect should result in uncovering the de predators they work on corn in various ways sometimes tunneling the occasionally eating holes in the of the stems or feeding to bome extent on the leaves ture were some injuries of this kind last year and as a rule trouble of this nature may be prevented by early fall plowing since this de the web worms of their accas tomeil provender before they have an opportunity to go into hibernation and we should expect a considerable num her of them to perish before any green food such as young corn la available in the spring another pro measure would be to delay planting as late as possible in the hope that a considerable number of the web worms would succumb before the corn came up another uon which might be taken in plant ing sod lands would be to put in about twice the usual amount of seed in the hope that a fair stand would be tenured in spite of web worm anju alea this would necessitate some thinning on areas where web worms were not abundant but in any event this wound be preferable to replanting there Is no practical method of check lag outbreaks of this character in cul fields owing to the expense in evolved about the only thing that can be done following severe injury Is to replant |