Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 157, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 June 1920 — RED WEEVIL APPEARS IN INDIANA WHEAT FIELDS [ARTICLE]

RED WEEVIL APPEARS IN INDIANA WHEAT FIELDS

Wheat midge or “red weevil,” as it is more commonly known, is at present working in large numbers in many Wheat fields of the state, according to reports reaching Frank N. Wallace, etomologist, under the department of conservation. The pest is widely distributed and in some localities heads of infected wheat and rye have turned a pinkish tinge as a result of its presence. Mr. Wallace recommends this insect be controlled by fall plowing, or if preferred, the stubble may be burned over. If clover is growing in the stubble bum in the winter when the ground is frozen, so that the roots of the clover may not be burned.