Show CONTROL CORN ENEMY extremely difficult to eradicate injurious wireworks wireworms Wire worms insect begins operations early in spring soon after planting in fasted soil should be deep ly cultivated injury to corn by occurs in n early curly spring soon after planting it if tit IK seed boad does not sprout or lite young corn plants wither sillier und and llo dle flown alom n tile cause Is generally wire worms orni 8 land that has been lit in grass often Is crowded alth with sheso larvae which collect on corn hills eating farst part of tile seeds and later inter the runts roots of tho the plants are anre extremely hard to control because they remain lit in tile the ground and are inaccessible practically till nil their heir lives T J A ITy slop in it recent bulletin of thit IT S department or of agriculture tho the following recommendations for infesting corn Mi Ni orough preparation of 0 the corn seed bod and n liberal uso use of barnyard itin nure or other oilier fertilizer will 0 often alvo v e i 11 i fair r san i i 1 l t to 0 e corn or i i 1 in n s salto p 1 atoni relt ifal 0 of f v or i A v vigorous 1 g or 0 ti s p plant 1 a ti t i amny n a ty t oro ore of the corn Wire wireworks wireworms worms melan 0 Com commonis munis a adult beetle b larva c the last seg segments ments of same d pupa all enlarged F from orn chittenden U S department of agriculture bo be able to produce roots enough to withstand the depredations of several wire wireworks wireworms worms land that Is in corn and badly in festad bested should bo be deeply cultivated even nt at the risk of root pruning tile soil land should bo be cultivated as long lone us as possible and ns ils soon jig as tile tho crop Is removed it should bo be deeply plowed and thoroughly cultivated be fore sowing now crop tile interposing or of a crop riot not severely attacked by wire wireworks wireworms worms such ns as n s field peas and buckwheat between tod tied and corn would maternal mater materially lal ly reduce the number of in the soil when corn Is planted corn wire wireworks wireworms worms generally are con filled d to poorly drained or heavy beavy and sour bour soil lit in ninny many cases of this kind after the land was tile drained tho the injury ceased no direct relationship between draining and disappearance of wireworm 1 as can bo be ascertained but they usual usually y go together |