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in the ground. Fall plowing will not 

 only kill m:m\ of these cut worms, 

 but will also destroy any weeds upon 

 which they might feed the next spring. 

 In this way any worms not killed out- 

 right will starve the next spring or 

 have to move to other land to obtain 

 food. 



Grasshoppers la\ their eggs in the 

 fall in the uncultivated ground, such as 

 pasture land or wild scab land on the 

 hillsides and along the roadsides and 

 fenceways. Wherever the grasshoppers 

 have been at all plentiful the past 

 summer one should look for the female 

 grasshoppers, with their abdomens 

 sticking down into the ground, in the 

 act of egg-laying. Where there arc 

 man> of these females laying eggs in 

 this manner the land should be plowed 

 in the late fall to turn under the eggs 

 and thus prevent a crop of grasshop- 

 pers the coming year. 



Strawbcrr\- Crown Miner and .Straw- 

 berry Hoot Borer. These two insect 

 pests are well known to all strawberry 

 growers. The only efl'ective remedy 

 for these pests is fall plowing of the 

 infested patches. Plow up and destroy 

 the vines found infested. 



Tomato Worms. The large caterpil- 

 lars commonly found destroying the 

 tomato vines are, in most instances, 

 easily destroyed by hand picking, but 

 if it is practicable this treatment niay 

 well be supplemented by fall plowing 

 to expose the "jug handled" pupte over- 

 wintering in tlie ground. 



White Grubs. These are the larvse of 

 the ".lune bugs" or "May beetles." They 

 are most frequently found in new land. 

 The most effective remedy for this pest 

 is to break up the sod land in the late 

 fall an{| turn hogs in on it to devour 

 the exposed grubs. Late fall plowing 

 alone will destroy many of the grubs, 

 especially if the weather is very cold 

 when the plowing is done and for some 

 time afterward. 



Wiie worms are among the most diffi- 

 cult insects to combat. They are the 

 long, slender, whitish brown grubs 

 found in the soil in all parts of the 

 country. The adult insect is the click 

 or snapping beetle. The larva trans- 

 forms to pupa in the fall and remain in 

 that stage over winter. The most 

 cfTcctive remedy for this insect is fall 

 plowing. If this practice is followed 

 for a couple of years the wire worms 

 will be worked out of the land. 



More detailed information on any of 

 the above insects or any other injurious 

 insects will be given upon request by 

 M. A. Yothers, Assistant Entomologist 

 Washington Experiment Station, I'ldl- 

 nian, Washington. 



Importance of Live Stock and 

 Crop Rotation 



The importance of keeping live stock 

 and of practicing a rotation of crops in 

 maintaining the producing capacity of 

 the soil is becoming more apparent 

 each year on the State College farm. 

 Three plots show this fact very strik- 

 ingly. One plot has been growing 

 wheat continuallx ever> year since 



Virginia Apples Win Grand Sweepstakes 



AT THE Annual Meeting of the International Apjile Shippers' 

 l\. Association, held at Boston, August 5-7, 1914, an exhibit of 

 20 varieties of apples grown in the Covesville orchard district of 

 Virginia and exhibited by Dr. J. B. Emerson won the Grand 

 Sweepstakes Cup over all exhibits from North America. 



Covesville is located in Albemarle 

 county, Virginia, in the famous Pied- 

 mont section. Equal advantages for 

 fruit growing are also found in the 



Mountain and Piedmont sections of 

 Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, 

 Alabama and Tennessee. This terri- 

 tory is all tributary to the 



Southern Railway's Lines 



Prof. H. E. Van Deman, former- 

 ly XJ. S. Government Pomologist and 

 now Associate Editor, Green's Fruit 

 Grower, Rochester, N. Y., says: 



"There is not in all North America a better 

 place to plant orchards than in Virginia. 

 There are no apple lands that I have seen in 

 any state that quite come up to the rich 

 mountain coves of the Appalachian moun- 

 tains." 



What he says of Virginia applies 

 to all Southern orchard districts. 



It is possible in some sections to 

 obtain good orchards in full bearing 

 at far smaller costs than equally as 

 good orchards in other sections. It 

 does not require a fortune to start an 

 orchard in this nature endowed 

 region. You can purchase 



Good Orchard Lands from $15 an Acre Up 



The Great Markets of the East and the 



Atlantic export points, being so near to the 

 apple districts of the South, save at least 50 

 per cent, in cost of transportation over 

 Western fruit growing sections. Fast freight 

 service puts perishable Southern fruits on 

 Northern Markets in 48 hours. 



Further Information on the South as a 

 fruit growing, farming and industrial section 

 will be promptly supplied. Ask for our free 

 magazine the "Southern Field" and booklets 

 on the states of Virginia. North and South 

 Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Miss- 

 issippi, Tennessee and Kentucky. 



M. V. RICHARDS, Land and Industrial Agent, Room 13 Washington, D. C 



Wanted Position 



As foreman or superintendent, by an 

 expert fruit grower and packer. Also 

 familiar with vegetable, stock and other 

 farm crops. College and practical train- 

 ing. Distance no objection. References. 

 Address S., care "Better Ftult." 



F. A. BISHOP, Secretary 



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