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The RURAL. NEW-YORKER 
May 15, 10*20 
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wheat and malted harley, 
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Sold by Grocers 
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modern H-room house; barn and chicken coops; all 
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Practical Hints About Corn-borers 
The recently proclaimed Federal and 
State quarantines against, the European 
corn-borer are bound to produce much 
greater interest in corn insects, and lead 
to many inquiries as to their identity. 
There will be many false alarms, and, 
lacking information, it is very easy to 
make costly mistakes. It might be added 
that supposed European corn-borers from 
territory not known to be infested should 
by all means be submitted to some spe¬ 
cialist for identification. 
The European corn-borer is the only 
insect which habitually tunnels the tassel, 
the stalk and all parts of the ear. work¬ 
ing from June until Fall. It is never 
more than three-fourths of an inch long, 
and may be recognized by its yellowish 
white color and minute brown spots. 
There is but. one generation in the in¬ 
fested areas in New York State, and two 
in the eastern portion of Massachusetts 
and adjacent New Hampshire. Particu¬ 
lar care should ho exercised in regard to 
plants or parts of plants, living or dry, 
coming from suspicious areas. In the 
case of infested territory such precau¬ 
tions are made mandatory by law. The 
following suggestions will help materially 
in solving difficulties within the infested 
areas. 
Plow thoroughly, preferably in the 
Fall, and endeavor to cover the stubble 
deeply, since such measures undoubtedly 
destroy many borers. 
Plant small areas of very early sweet 
corn for the purpose of attracting the 
moths, and in ease a serious infestation 
results, destroy the insects by feeding the 
corn, or in some other manner. The 
main crop should he planted a little later, 
so as to escape the borers in large meas¬ 
ure. 
Handle corn fodder and other infested 
plants in such a way as to reduce to a 
minimum the possibility of borers surviv¬ 
ing. Torn should be out early and as 
close to the ground as possible. Putting 
it in a silo is best, though cutting and 
shredding the stalks and even salting 
them promotes their consumption. Where 
other treatment is impossible, the stalks 
should he composted or burned, provided 
the expense is not out of proportion to 
the benefits secured. If possible, do not 
allow pieces of cornstalks to become 
mixed with manure, unless the latter is 
composted or handled so it will heat. 
Cornfields and adjacent areas should he 
kept free from weeds, and if there be near¬ 
by weedy patches, they should be burned 
over, if possible, during the Fall or early 
Spring in order to destroy borers which 
may possibly occur in the stems. 
Crops particularly likely to carry the 
pest and commonly shipped to market, 
such as celery, beets, etc., should not be 
grown within 50 feet of corn, because con¬ 
siderable infestation is due to the borers 
deserting the corn and crawling to other 
plants. 
Young corn is very liable to injury by 
the common stalk-borer, and the less- 
known lined corn-borer, both of which 
may tunnel the small plants before the 
tassels appear, something rarely done by 
the European corn-borer. The stalk- 
borer is purplish brown, white striped, 
with a purplish brown blotch dear the 
middle of the body. It is very active, 
over an inch long when full grown, and 
occurs mostly on or near weedy areas 
from June until midsummer. The lined 
corn-borer is slender, yellowish, reddish- 
brown striped, and never more than 
seven-eighths of an inch long. It is lim¬ 
ited mostly to recently turned sod, and is 
not found in cornstalks over four to six 
inches high. The blotchy coloring of the 
stalk-borer is a ready means of distin¬ 
guishing between the two. 
Occasionally young corn is backward, 
with more or less shrivelling of individual 
plants, and an examination may disclose 
small grayish caterpillars about half an 
inch long around the roots. These are 
webworms. They occur in June, and are 
practically restricted to recently-turned 
sod. Both the lined corn-borer and the 
grass webworms are at times quite in¬ 
jurious to young corn, and may be avoid¬ 
ed by not planting upon recently-turned 
sod. or if this latter is necessary the 
chances of injury will be materially les¬ 
sened b v late planting. Early Fall plow¬ 
ing is also likely greatly to reduce the 
numbers of these two pests. 
Stalk-borer injury is most easily avoid¬ 
ed by clean culture, since this pest breeds 
in a considerable variety of thick-stemmed 
plants, and is very rarely injurious at 
any distance from weedy margins or out¬ 
side weedy fields. The cutting and crush¬ 
ing of wilting shoots are of service, 
though not practical on a large scale. 
The corn ear-worm is another impor¬ 
tant pest. It injures the tips of ears in 
late Summer and Fall, and when full 
gown may he au inch and a half long. 
It was a serious pest in Western New 
York last Summer, The caterpillars vary 
greatly in color, ranging from green to 
brown or nearly black, and may he either 
striped, spotted or perfectly plain. They 
are easily distinguished from the Euro¬ 
pean corn-borer caterpillars by the mi¬ 
nute black, not brown, spots or warts on 
the body aud the limiting of feeding to the 
surface of the ear. It is not a borer. 
The corn ear-worm is a Southern species, 
and does not appear in New York State 
until midsummer or latei*. Dusting the 
developing silk with powdered arsenate 
of lead has given excellent results, though 
the deadly nature of the poison should be 
recognized and due precaution taken. Or¬ 
dinarily such measures are not necessary 
in the North, though frequently advisable 
in the latitude of Kansas. E. P. felt. 
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