Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1927-04-17 | Page 19 | Two Counties Join in Fight Against Pest

TWO COUNTIES i JOIN IN FIGHT FICHT I AGAINST PEST Farm Experts Urge irge Con Con- Continued Cut Worm orm Poi Poi- soil Campaign Farmer of oC Weber and counties aro uniting uniting- in a a. con con- concentrated concentrated campaign camp against the tile worm cut menace menace tho battle battlo be be- being being LeROY Lenoy ing lOb directed largely by Marsh district dist net agricultural In Inspector In- In and A. A I I. I cn Bounty agent The various arlous local farm bureaus In affected districts have taken talen part In tho organized campaign against the tho cut worms several e of ot Ogden's larger corpor corpor- corporations also giving Rid aid In the drive e Poison rolson halt bait Is being mixed even e evenin evenIn in ton lots antI and distributed among the Iho farmers This poison bait is being being- scattered over o the tho affected alfalfa fields where the tho worm cut-worm menace enace Is s now no at its height ht Fear that hat the tho worms are of or tho ho two two- brood variety which would mean hat that 1 they the would later be a monaco menaces also to growing tomato and pea props crop has been expressed by the farm arm experts FEDERAl ADVISE lSE Gl The United States St St. tes department of ot agriculture has joined In the campaign by hy furnishing special folders detailing detailing- the life lite record of cut worms and showing how they devour crops as well welt as showing how to battle against a a them th These are through the Weber County Farm Bureau to farmers in affected areas arcas In this pamphlet pam the govern govern- government government ment expert say Tomatoes cabbages sweet po po- potatoes lettuce and other truck truC plants especially those which are started under inder glass and trans tranS- transplanted tranSplanted planted are subject to more snore or orless orless orless less serious injury by cutworms These The pests appear sometimes in great numbers in tho the spring and an early summer and frequently do severe injury before they are arc noticed TheIr method of ot attack is b to cut off oft the young oung plants at about i ithe the surface of ot the ground and nn 1 as I these those caterpillars arc are of or large size and voracious feeders they U arc are capable of oC destroying many plants In a single night frequently more morO than Ihan they can devour Every ery year hose hese hes Insects working generally throughout the United States de destroy de- de destroy stroy worth of or crops Uy Dy tho the timely time application of ot rem rein remedies remedies edies however ho they can be be con con- controlled controlled controlled trolled readily even enn over conald- conald crable areas arcas POISON l BAIT lT USED County Agent has made public the formula ormula for fOI pre pre- preparing preparing preparing paring the Iso poison bait for the cutworms cutworm the following following- formula being found most satisfactory Secure pounds of oC bran that thatis is free freo front from shorts two quarts Of t sodium two gallons of or sugar factory molasses two ounces of amyl acetate and seven gallons o of oC water Mix all the fluids together thoroughly then put over the bran and stir Add extra water if necessary to hate o 0 ran damp Broadcast as in sow- sow sowIng sowIng sowing Ing wheat by hand scattering lightly over o field This ThIl poison bait must be bo placed between sun sun- sundown sundown down and dusk to be effective e as M a. a It must be moist when the worms devour it