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Prevention. — Thorougli cleaning out of old bins, sweeping out stray 

 shattered grains, chaff, litter, etc., will get rid of many of the Weevils 



that are breeding in the bins so as to give the 

 new crop a start with fewer Weevils to contend 

 with in the beginning (save those in the corn 

 when brought from the field). 



The letter already quoted showed special 

 damage to the early corn. Professor Hinds in 

 Alabama in the bulletin already referred to, 

 stated that up to midwinter his records showed 

 "about fifty times as many Weevils on early 

 corn as on late corn." 



It is commonly believed in this State (and 

 Professor Hinds mentions the same for Ala- 

 bama) that corn stored in the husk is not so 

 liable to Weevil attack. Prof. K. I. Smith, in 

 the North Carolina Bulletin already referred 

 to, calls attention to the fact that tight-fitting 

 husks do appear to protect the corn to some 

 extent. But the ear-worm has already often 

 eaten holes through the husks so that Weevils 

 gain entrance, and once the Weevils are in, the 

 writer maintains, as in his previous Bulletin, 

 that the husk merely hides the injury and 

 causes the farmer to think that there is less 

 Weevil. Professor Hinds says that the value 

 of the husk as a protection depends on the 

 length and tightness of the husk. On this 

 point of storing in husk, we think we are safe 

 in saying that it is not to be relied upon, ex- 

 cept for those ears which have long tight husks. 

 To depend on preventing Weevil merely by 

 storing the whole crop in husk will result in 

 many disappointments, for many of the ears 

 will have torn or damaged husks, or ears pro- 

 truding beyond the husk, etc., which will 

 merely invite Weevil to enter. 



Farmers in this State have also told us that 

 if the corn be slightly dampened when stored 

 (in husks) that it undergoes slight heating 



Fig 19 Ear of corn riddled w^hich seems to protect it from Weevil. Use 



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»In this account I have drawn upon Bui. 203, N. C. Exp. Sta., by R. I. Smith, already 

 referred to, and on Bui. 176, Ala. Exp. Sta., "Reducing Insect Injury to Stored Corn," by 

 W. E. Hinds, Feb., 1914. 



