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Show Stop the Advance of the Army Worm Plowed Furrow and Poison for New Outbreak of Pest That Threatens Fields of Wheat, Oats, Corn, Timothy, Tim-othy, and Blue Grass. Lawns In Washington, D. C, Overrun. Letters, telephone messages, and Individual callers havo been soliciting aid from tho United States Department Depart-ment of Agriculture to stop the advance ad-vance of ihe hordes of army worms thht threaten their fields of wheat, oats, corn, timothy, blue grans, and other grasses. There seems to be a general outbreak of this pest through out the North, east ot tho Rocky Mountains. These worms are emerging emerg-ing from eggs laid by moths that apparently ap-parently swarmed up from the southwest. south-west. Great numbers of these moths have been noticed In the vicinity of Washington during the past month, hundreds of their broken wings having hav-ing been seen near tho Union Station Lawns in tho capital are being over run by this pest. The army worm Is a smooth, striped strip-ed caterpillar about an Inch and u quarter long and a quarter ot an Inch in diameter. It Is rather dark in appearance. ap-pearance. While normally It feeds by night and hides by day, not being generally noticed, as soon as it has Increased to such a number that its food supply falls short it starts to travel and, becoming bolder feeds both night and day. The moth from which this worm hatches Is brown with a white spot on tho center of each fore wing. It measures about a Inch and onc-hnlf from wing to wing. How Worms May Be Destroyed If the worms havo not yet attacked attack-ed (i. fiel'l tlio most practical way to keep them out Is to plow furrows In front of them, throwing tho furrow hi the direction townrd which they aro traveling. Tho worms will fall Into tho furrow and when this Is full they may bo killed cither by dragging a log back and forth In The furrow or by destroying the worms In holes previously dug nt Intervals of 20 feet In tho bottom of tho furrow. Kerosene Kero-sene poured on them in the holes will destroy them. If tho worms aro already in the Held the following mixture wlilcji will nttrnct the worms and destroy them should be spread ubput: 1 pound of'parls green (poisonous) . fiO pounds of wheat bran. Juice of ono half dozen oranges. llrlng this inlxturo to a stiff dough by the uso of dilute molasses and scatter It amoncst Vo worms. Care should be taken to keep this dough fromfrom children or domestic animals. ani-mals. Prompt action to prevent, tho worms from infesting a "eld Is much better than later efforts to attempt to kill them In the grain. Onco tho cater pillars havo Infested n field the measures necessary to destroy them may seriously hurt or even destroy the crop. Tho worms at first aro almost always al-ways loca'Ued In some definite breeding breed-ing place In tho field, and immedlato efforts should bo taken to eradicate tho In these small areas before they have had tlmo to spread. The normal nor-mal breeding place of tho army worm Is In rank grass, such as Is usually found along tho edges of swamps or In spots' of pasture land that havo been overfortllUed. They aro practically practi-cally never found In swamps, because the worm needs a reasonably dry plnco In which to breed. Clean cultivation, rotation of crops, cleaning up of fence corners, closo pasturage, and tho burning over of waste grassland In the spring or fall are good measures to prevent a recurrence re-currence of tho army worm. What to Do For Lawns For small nrens, like lawns nnd private g -omuls, tho poison hnlt. mn-tinned mn-tinned above, may be used. Eoually elllclent Is tthe application of a spray or I pound arseuato of lend dissolved In M gallons of water. If tho now dered arsenate of lead Is mom oaelly obtainable. I pound of this may bo mixed with S pounds of Hour mid dusted on tho grass whore tho wonni are feodlnu. It must bo remomoorod that arsenate of load Is u deadly poison poi-son to men and animals as well a to army worms. '" |