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Show VICTORY IS XEAR'IX BATTLE OX ! CORX BORER 1 One of the greatest baU'-rs in modern mod-ern history a peace-time battle, hut a hi-t'rr on- nevertlr'ess ;s r.-'r being r.o-n'pst r ouemv th.at lias t";rc:;.'oTed f lO.OC0 OOO.o worth of Aiy.ran crops. The federal govern- ;rnnt 1-as aitorojn'iated th.e sum of 'ijnee"eo to carry on the fight and several state legislatures have been enlisted in tire cause. For th.e enemv i-s the European corn borer, the most deadly menace that has evr made its j anpearance in the corn fields of the country. Although victory in this war is now 'n ri-ht according to the United Srales department of Agriculture, it can only be won by k-'ep'nar up the .,i-t until the "assassin of the corn f:el'i'' is thoroughly whipped. And fh"t is a matter which i everybody's :-i!rrrn not only the farmer who -n'-s corn but everyone who is in any v connected with tire agricultural -drst"V. There is en irl evos'.tn.g fea- ... qv-,-rie about the corn borer men-'"e men-'"e ir, t' :s issue of the TS-wt County r'r.-.i-s. i'o sure to red "Control of f t"-. Borer:" by Elmo Scott V.'at-son V.'at-son in this paper. |