Show 1 FOR CUTWORMS cutworms Cut worms usually b begin n top to dage damage T crops about thet woin spring when the grain first sprouts Between this thiis tirrie time and lato june yr or early duly ly they ofton often prove disastrous to bc the farmer the worm however so closely resembles the color of L thy he soil in which it rests luring during the i day that the c cause ause of the crop injury is not always apparent in such cases a careful barril antion of tho the soil surrounding the dama damaged grad plant will probably re veal the worm curled up tip in a little ball 1 when cutworms cut out worms are abundant on corn ard the use of poisoned bait is recommended in lowers 6 bulletin a new publication on oil this subject by W 11 walton and J J davis davia of the U S de p LIP apt of agriculture the Polo poisoned 1 bait may bo prepared cl by mixing 50 pounds of wheat bran 2 pounds of paris green and 6 nely finely chopped oranges or lemons Ic mons Lov grAde molasses is added antu the whole mixture attains th the Colliste consistency poy of a stir stiff dougl dough water also also may be ad 0 dod if necessary and hags or alfalfa meil meal may he bo substituted for the bran this bait should be distributed over th tha infested field in small lumps and sprinkled sparingly around each cach hill in cases where the field is known to bo be infested this balt bait should hould be distributed as soon as the corn appears above the ground and before the cutworms cutworm cut worms 3 have had an opportunity to do much damage it is best to ap ply the bait during the late lata afternoon or early evening hours as the cutworms cut worms do most of their feeding at night A narrow band of the pois poisoned 0 ned bait placed around the edge of the f fald ld will vill also assist in prot protecting protesting eiting the field from an invasion of the worms from adjoining grass land i 1 while these measures will aid in in minimizing damage from cut worms after the fields have become infested it is always advisable to prevent the tha dinv inv invasion arioli if possible by control measures in the preceding year grassland which it is intended to plant to grain in the spring should b be 0 plowed in midsummer or early fall about the time fima the grayish grabis ll 11 or brownish moths motha which abich I 1 are arc the parents of cudwor cutworms cut worms ih q lay their eggs this removes the vegetation which the moths desire for their eggs the earli earlier cl in the year grasslands grassland s are plow ed the less will be the abili abill ty that cutworm moths wll will have laid baid their eggs on them and in ill consequences the less will be the danger of injury the following year j late fall and winter plowing also a so will destroy many of the hibernating cutworms cut worms as well as such other pests as white grubs this therefore should be practiced when earlier plowing is im in practicable farm poultry trained to follow the plow are also of great value in destroying the pest and alid hogs that are allowed to pasture upon land that harbors cutworms cut worms will root up and devour 1 gret quantities of the 1 insects 1 in most cases moths their eggs in the late summer or early fall in fields which are arc covered with grass or weeds the worms hatchling hatch lina in a few weeks feed upon this vegetation until cold weather and then hibernate as partly grown caterpillars when the infested field is broken up and planted to corn or wide row crops in the spring the worms are deprived of their natural food and ire are compelled to attack it ick the newly planted crop they continue to consume an air enormous amount of food until they have attained their full growth and change to the or resting stage in late june or early july |