Show INJURY BY EAR CORN-EAR WORMS Kansas Agricultural College Finds It Possible to Control Little Pest by Spraying roasting ng ears on on the market market mar mar- ket In recent years jears have haye been Injured lle b by the ear corn ear worm and those known to be free tree from the Injury can cnn be bp- soldat sold soldat soldat at from flom 5 to 10 cents more p pv r dozen For six years the department of entomology entomology en en- of the Kansas State Agricultural Agricultural tural college and experiment station n tins has been studying studying- the worm an and has o i found that a lal large e proportion of the eggs d deposited In the summer are placed on the lie fresh corn silks From these eggs eggs- the worms that Injure the ears oll originate The young larvae lar begin begin begin be be- gin feeding on the silks and eat their vay rny down Into the lie ear It Is there- there rare possible to control much of the injury by keeping the silks spra sprayed etl during the period perio Powdered arsenate of ot lead lend has been found to be he the most efficient poison polson A 75 5 per per cent cent mixture of arsenate of lead lend with slaked air ell lime or land plaster pins plas ter Is practically as good as s the poison alone The fhe dust is shaken ell upon the silks from an on ordinary cheesecloth bag bagor or Hour flour sack suck Under average weather conditions four fOUl or five tl applications at I Intervals of three or four fOUl days das are arc sufficient suf suf- |