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4. The " trash," leaves, or " shucks " left on the fields after cutting 

 should not be burned, but should be lightly covered with earth in the 

 fall and plowed out in the spring. This practice has never been 

 found to increase the borer infestation, and it has often diminished it. 

 The soil is fertilized by the buried trash and its mechanical condition 

 is greatly improved. 



5. Cutting out " dead hearts " or dead plants and destroying them 

 is theoretically sound, and with an abundance of cheap labor it might 

 be recommended. 



6. The introduction of parasites of the moth borer from Cuba 

 and other tropical countries is recommended. 



BIBLIOGRAPHY. 1 



(1) Ainslib, G. G. 



1910. The larger corn stalk-borer. U. S. Dept. Agr. Bur. Ent. Circ. 116, 



8 p., 4 fig. 



(2) 



1914. The larger corn stalk-borer. U. S. Dept. Agr. Farmers' Bui. 634. 



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1911. The moth borer of the sugar cane as a pest of Indian corn. In 



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(5) ■ 



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1887. Report on insects injurious to garden crops in Florida. In U. S. 

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1905. Review' of the insect pests affecting sugar-cane. In West Indian 



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1 Merely casual references have as far as possible been omitted, with the intention 

 of saving space. 



