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Show New Corn Spray Until recently, the corn earworm has prevented profitable sweet corn growing, especially in the South. Sometimes every ear in a crop is infested. Such corn cannot be sold. Now the department of agriculture agricul-ture has developed a spray containing con-taining DDT, mineral oil, and i ' I ! .i ! Vfv', j . i: rm .... ..XVta 1 J The new spray, when applied at the right times, will eliminate elimi-nate earworm and pay in growth of healthy corn on the American farm. water that may be applied to silks and husks of developing ears. When applied at right times it kills worms before they attack and ruin the corn. R. A. Blan'chard, bureau entomologist, entomol-ogist, developed the method. He tested it in the field during three growing seasons in Texas, Mississippi, Missis-sippi, Missouri, and Illinois. Ear-worms Ear-worms were controlled in ever instance, in-stance, he reports. |