Show break up ant nests before the spring ng now Is the time to make war on hefts where the small ground ants were abundant in corn and the roots of weak plants were full of small root lice this important pest will pass the winter in the egg stage stored away in the ants nests under unde ground the ant uses these lice ice as dairy cows or rather sugar cows and they collect and take care of their eggs so that next nest spring they may have a young herd of lice to place on the roots of corn certain grasses and weeds this trouble Is worse in sandy soll to prevent damage in the coming year such corn fields should be plowed this winter when the ground Is dry and not frozen this breaks up the ant nests and scatters the ants and their supply of louse eggs so that they cannot reestablish establish re their nests and save the louse eggs it destroys the ant colonies and their supply of prospective sugar cows they may be called sugar cows since they discharge a sweet sugar solution in place of al milk ilk like cows and the ants depend upon this for food next nest spring if corn Is to be planted on this ground again keep it fallow until corn Is planted so that any ants or lice eggs which may escape the winter will have largely bare around for some weeks in the spring when the lice hatch they must have plant sap to eat or they die this pest did considerable damage in missouri this year and where it was serious farmers should take precautions to prevent like injury next year Misso missouri url farmer |