Show HELPFUL F FARM ARM HINTS suggestions FOR THE agriculturist AND STOCKMAN how to combat the army worm rom box fur for ill asparagus very large horsma not desirable pro te actina horly barly potatoes an old enemy thearty the army worm is making its ance in a number of oc the central alv western est states nota nola lily kansas illinois nail mid southern indiana while during burink recent years this insect lias has 10 lou lo ne little damage it Is well to t ibid it tho the worm vorm Is closely related to the hie cutworm aud and hatches from eggs lail laid liy by a handsome brow broin n moth lu in eight to ten days they tire arc nt at first green but soon acquire longitudinal stripes of sri sel low black or green the worms ieca feed on any kind ot of grasses or grains grain mid and CL ARMY WORM a moen b LARVA become full grown in about a month after hatching unless the worms bt bc come very abundant they usually le maln main unnoticed but it if conditions are favorable armies sometimes appear moving in solid masses across fields destroying all vc vegetation elation eta tion tiia tha full grown larvae enter the ground pupate in earthen cells and emerge lu in about two weeks as moths in some latitudes two and frequently three broods will develop in a single season tha worms are attacked by a great many elli such as birds parasitic insects and infectious diseases their natural enemies usually hold bold them in check so that there is little extended injury to crops if however the worms worm ire cry numerous the migration from field to another may be prevent ij I by ron strutting ting barriers as in the tha case caie of chinch bugs bug gs deep furrows with per culiar cullar sides boards set on edge with the upper tipper edge smeared with tar plowing under infested crops and rolling have ill all proved efficacious in certain instances and can all be tried with profit much inch was expected of the various fungous diseases which have not proved entirely satisfactory spraying infected crops with wath london purple or paris green has been tried with good results but other methods should probably be resorted to first |