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for fear of the worms either in 1897, 1898, or for the next decade, 

 for that matter. 



Uses that may be made of Infested Fields. 



Last year many farmers were at a loss to know what use to 

 make of a crop that had been invaded by an army of the worms 

 whose ravages it was then impossible to check. Those who cut 

 their oats and " shocked " them in the usual manner, lioping that 

 this would check the work of the pest, were doomed to disap- 

 pointment for the worms continued to work in the shocks, doing 

 much damage. Infested crops of oats and other grains may be 

 cut, and made into hay, or put into silos. This procedure will 

 not facilitate the further multiplication of the insect any more than 

 if the crops were not harvested. What few worms are made into 

 hay or go into the silo will not deleteriously affect the nay or 

 silage. 



In many localities in New York state, the great destruction 

 wrought by the worms resulted in a decided shortage of fodder for 

 stock for the fall and winter. Hence, many inquired in July last 

 year what crops, if any, could be grown on the same fields that 

 year. In many cases a shortage of this kind may be partially 

 overcome by putting in at once crops of millet, Hungarian grass, 

 or turnips. Sow from 3 pecks to a bushel of the first two, and 

 about 5 pounds of the latter per acre. If the infested field is 

 plowed, well fitted, lightly harrowed and rolled, and treated to a 

 dressing of fertilizer containing a relatively high per cent, of pot- 

 ash and nitrogen, good crops of these stock foods may be obtained 

 before the winter. Should the turnips be too thick, cultivate by 

 harrowing one or more times soon after they come up. Oats and 

 peas mixed and treated in like manner may also succeed. As the 

 September brood of the worms is rarely numerous enough to be 

 destructive in our state, crops sown in the latter part of July or in 

 August will rarely suffer from the army- worm. 



Natural Enemies- 



What a feast many of the birds, including chickens and turkeys, 

 had last 3'ear in those localities where the army-worm was numer- 

 ous. On July 23d, Mr. L,. T.Yeomans, of Walworth, N. Y., wrote 



