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Show ' Fall Army Worm Reports fronn Oklahoma and Kansas Kan-sas Judicata the injurious abundance of tho fall army worm. This insect Is a hairless, striped caterpillar, about mio and n half Inches In length. It attacks a fireat variety of cultivated I crops, but Is especially Injurious to grass, corn, sorghum, kallr. millet nnd nlfalfa. Tho worms can bo con- I trolled when found nttacktng theHO 'crops by ndoptlng tho following measures mea-sures Control Measuies 1. Proldo jourself with n spraying apparatus and keep on 1 ind several puunds of some standard insecticide, such as arsenate of lead, arsenate ot zinc or Paris Kreon. j I 2. Watch carefully tho grass grow- I Ing among the cultUnted Held crops In tho bottom Innds or In the low places of tho fields, und upon tho first Indication of tho presence of these ratcrplllars npply poison spray I us recommended bolow . I 3 In caso uf a gencrnl Invasion, after tho cntorplllais Imm) gono down Into tho ground in order to change to I tho nuxt stni;o, which Is the pupa, j many of them ran bo killed by cultl I vatlug tho ground whoroer this Is possible 1 When tho caterpillars nro on j the march or i3 starting In on ono j corner of a field f Kraln thoy ran I bo headed off by plowing a deep fur- row directly In front of them. Tho larvao falling Into this furrow ca'i very readily bo killed by drijlng a log through It. Where the whole Mold Is Infested, plow a furrow around It so as to kcop them out of tho surrounding sur-rounding fields. Furrows should bo kept free from rubbish so that tho laryao will have no means ot crossing to tho farther side. G. Grass and other vegetation that has no 'aluo may bo sprayed with n mixture of Paris green nnd water, 2 pounds to CO gallons of water. How-over, How-over, this grass should not after-wards after-wards be used for forago. Growing grasses and other forago crops Intended for use nt a considerable consider-able later dato should bo sprayed with either ono of the following mixtures: mix-tures: (a) Arsenate of lead, powder form, 1 pound; wator 50 gallons. (b) Arsenato of lead, paslo form, 2 pounds; water, 50 gallons. When corn Is Infested cither one of the following poisonous mixtures may bo applied, (n) Arsenato of lead powder form 2 pounds, or pnsto form i pounds; 'water 50 gallons. (b) Paris Rreen, 1 pound; lime, freshly slaked, 2 pounds; water 50 gallons. i (c) Arsenate of zinc 1 pound; llmo freshly slaked 1 pound; waler 50 gallons, Noor uso whlto arsenato on tho p'lants; It will burn them. C. An linmcnso nmount of good also can be accomplished in tho way of destroying theso worma by tho uso of n poisoned bait which Is scattered broadcast oer tho Infested Held. This mixture Is mado by taking 50 rounds of bran and mixing with It either 1 pound of Pnrls green or 2 pounds of powdorcd lead nrtfenato to whUh Is added 2 gallons ot low grail a molasses and C llnely chopped lem ons. This Is especially recommended recommend-ed for fields containing mixtures of grass and cowpeas, cowpeas and sorghum, sorg-hum, or fields In which grass has boen consumed by tho caterpillars. Caution Do not pasture stock In fields where tho grass or other crops hac been sprayed with a poison mixture until after heavy rains bae fallen and not before three weeks after af-ter the application of tho Insecticides. I |