INJURING THE STEM. 239 



as a mulch and fertilizer. A new crop of blossoms 

 is then produced, which comes between the regular 

 crops, and also between the two broods of the Midge. 

 This method has been tried for several years by some 

 of the best farmers of Ohio, with excellent results. 

 The other remedies ordinarily recommended are 

 early cutting of the first crop — about ten days earlier 

 than usual — and pasturing the fields in spring. 

 But there are serious objections to both these methods. 



INJURING THE STEM. 



The Clover Stem-borer. 



Lai ig i uria mozardi . 

 This insect has been frequently discussed in ento- 

 mological literature as an enemy to clover, but no 



record has yet been made 

 showing that it ever seri- 

 ously injures this crop. 

 Until lately it was supposed 

 to develop exclusively in 

 0* \ iw^^i^f clover, but recent observa- 



<i$pfe \mJK$R.+s- tions indicate that it breeds 



<?V"l!Ps\ especially certain weeds of 

 the Composite family, than 

 ™ b ^ c ' in clover. 



Fig. 129. Clover Stem-borer: a, lar- rrn +l lvP p lq+pv «tncrp«! nf 

 va; 6,pupa; c, beetle. Magnified. lne iniee idiei Stages 01 



this Clover Stem-borer are represented, magnified, at 

 Fig. 129. The adult insect, shown at c, is a small, 



