Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 175, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 July 1920 — JASPER COUNTY AGRICULTURAL NEWS [ARTICLE]

JASPER COUNTY AGRICULTURAL NEWS

Army .Worm Situation. The low ground between Aix, Gifford and Kniman was found last week to be more or less infested with army worms. The farms in that section of the country that were infested with the worms the worst were: F. H. Gifford’s, southeast of Kniman; Chas. Britt’s, northeast of Aix, Streetmater’s, south east of Aix, W. S. Day’s, southeast of Aix, and Dr. Turfler’s, near Gifford. F. H. Gifford received a total loss on his twelve acres of timothy hay, which he estimated would have made about two tons of hay to the acre. This goes to show that they are a very serious pest, and it is important that they be killed and not allowed to spread. Some times these worms appear at three different seasons. However, the second crop never does much harm, and the third crop may never appear if the insect that works on them makes a succests at keeping them down*to small numbers. But don’t depend too much on the parasite that kills them, for the out-break is liable to appear next year and cause more crop losses.