140 PESTS OF GARDEN AND FIELD CROPS 
In the spring wheat e life history is similar, except that 
a flaxseed in thes stubble, and there are two genera- 
winter is pas 
tions in quick succession in summer. 
No direct remec are known. Crop rotation is of some value, 
but the adults can fly and thus infest new fields. The most effective 
plan is to delay planting of wheat in the fall for 10 days to two weeks 
beyond the usual time. The young wheat plants will then not be 
aon ground or of suitable size when the adults emerge, and usually 
injury is largely averted. 
Cutworms ( Noctuidae) 
About the time that young plants in gardens are pushing through 
the soil they are found cut off even with the surface of the ground, 
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