Show breakup break up ant nests before the spring now Is the time to make war on pests where tile the small ground tints 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 alie tints ants nests un der ground the ant uses these lice as dairy cows or rather su sugar ar cows and they collect and take care of their eggs so that next nest spring they may have a young herd 0 of f lice to place on the roots of corn certain grasses and weeds this trouble Is worse in sandy soil to prevent damage in the corn ing year such corn fields should plowed this winter when the grouns Is dry and not frozen this breaks up tile 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 col colonies onles and their supply of prospective I 1 sugar cows they may be called sugar cows since they discharge a sweet sugar solution in pl place ace of milk like cows and the ant depends 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 tiny any ants or lice eggs which may escape the winter will have largely bare ground for some weeks in the when the lice bat hatch ch they must have plant slip 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 injury next nest year missouri farmer |