Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 July 1915 — MORE TROUBLE IN STORE. [ARTICLE]

MORE TROUBLE IN STORE.

“Army Worm’’ Destroying Wheat and Oats Fields Southweset of Monon. The “army worm ’ is reported to be doihg considerable damage over in the west edge of Milroy tp., and vicinity. The Monon News says that the fine oats field of George Kime, 5% miles west and miles south of Monon, has been completely ruined by the ravages of the worm, which next attacked the oats field of James Blankenship, northeast of the Kime field, and were destroying it. Blankenship called up Purdue university and it was suggested that deep furrows be plowed to stay the progress of the worm. The fields destroyed had all the heads eaten off the stalks, and the heads covered the ground. The army worm does not eat the grain, it is said, merely eating off the stalk below the head.