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while taking off the shoot. The ears grown on 

 stalks treated thus are much superior to those where 

 the side shoots are allowed to grow. 



Corn Enemies 



Smut. — Corn has no disease that causes much 

 trouble In the garden patch, except smut. This 

 appears in large bunches about the stalk, with silvery 

 skin and black contents. It Is common In most 

 places, but seldom Is so prevalent as to do great 

 harm. As the smut appears. It should be cut off 

 and burned, as It will be Hkely to spread if left 

 about. 



Cutworms. — The cutworm may, if the season is 

 hot and dry, do a great deal of damage to the young 

 corn, one worm cutting down several stalks In the 

 same night. Cutworms are about an Inch long and 

 have a brownish gray color. They are seldom seen 

 above ground in the daytime, as they bury themselves 

 half an inch under the soil when morning comes. 

 When a young plant is found cut off just above the 

 ground, by digging up an Inch of the soil you will be 

 likely to find the worm within a few inches of the 

 injured plant. 



If a piece of ground is infested with cutworms, the 

 safest method is to mix a half cup of arsenate of lead, 

 In powder form, with two quarts of bran. Then 

 wet the whole with water sweetened with molasses, 

 and drop in spoonfuls about the rows of young 



