EDITORIAL. 
season, approximately 850,000 bushels of corn were raised in his county. 
The agent held a series of meetings, and gave illustrated lectures about 
the evils and control of the corn weevil, with the result that a great 
many farmers have built air-tight cribs for the proper housing and 
fumigation of their corn, and, as a direct consequence, many thousands 
of bushels of corn have been salvaged. The Weekly News Letter states 
that an air-tight crib large enough to store a reasonable amount of 
corn is the first essential in combating the weevil. It is also necessary 
that the corn be thoroughly dry, to prevent heating, before it is placed 
in the eribs for fumigation. The best results usually follow where the 
husks are removed from the corn, so that the grain can be placed in an 
open crib for a period of ten to fifteen days, where it will have access 
to plenty of light and air. This also operates to free the grain from 
the weevil, which cannot withstand light, especially sunshine. After 
the corn is thoroughly dry, it should be placed in an air-tight crib, and 
4 lbs. of carbon disulphide should be applied for each 1,000 cubic feet 
of space in the crib. If the shucks are not removed, the quantity should 
be doubled. The application should not be made on damp and rainy 
days, as too much moisture prevents speedy evaporation. A second 
fumigation should be performed within 25 to 30 days after the first. 
Ordinarily, two fumigations are sufficient to save the corn crop, ° 
although it is essential to watch the grain closely thereafter, and, if 
necessary, to make use of the carbon disulphide treatment a third 
time. : 
HIGHWAY WORK IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 
Delayed in its programme of good roads construction by the war, 
and confronted at the end of that period by a condition of badly run- 
down highways, the Federal. Government of the United States of 
America, co-operating with the highway departments of the several 
States, has resumed the vigorous prosecution of the work, and, states 
Mr. David F. Houston, Secretary of Agriculture, there is now no 
special obstacle to the construction, in the different States of the Union, 
of those roads which serve the greatest economic needs. In his annual 
report, Mr. Houston writes:—‘‘ Good roads are essential to the pros- 
perity and well-being of urban and rural communities alike. They 
are prerequisite for the orderly and systematic marketing of farm 
products, for the establishment of satisfactory rural schools, and for the 
development of a richer and more attractive rural life.” Recognising 
these facts, the Federal Government, through the passage of the 
Federal Aid Road Act in 1916, inaugurated a policy of direct financial 
participation in read-building operations in the various States. This 
Act appropriated $75,000,000, to be matched by an equal amount from 
the States, for the construction of rural post roads over a period of 
five years, and $10,000,000—$1,000,000 a year for ten years—for roads 
within or partly within the national forests. It required each State 
to have a responsible central highway commission with the requisite 
powers and funds. All the States have complied with the terms of the | 
Act, although it was necessary for them to enact additional legislation 
or to amend their constitutions, to provide sufficient funds to match 
the Federal apportionment, and to strengthen existing central highway 
bodies or to create new agencies. 
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