Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 May 1917 — CORN ROOT WORM [ARTICLE]

CORN ROOT WORM

200,000.000 Bu Lost to Corn Crop Annually by This Pest. [National Crop Improvement Service.} The damage done to corn in the com belt is estimated to be 200,000,000 bushels annually. In our mad scramble to get com into the ground this year, we do not want to overlook this tremendous waste. Next to poor seed com. the corn root worm is the greatest source of loss to com. The remedy is the rotation of crops. Never grow more than two crops of corn consecutively on the same ground. If you had corn root worm bad last year and it is too late to put in anything else, you had better change to barley. Your seedsman can still furnish you with some excellent seed barley. If you do put in corn on that land, be careful to give your land more than a usual preparation. The time is late, and we will have to bend every energy to plant our com crop.