Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 June 1919 — THE ARMY WORM IN JASPER [ARTICLE]

THE ARMY WORM IN JASPER

Field of Timothy on Joe Grooms’ Farm Is Itostroyed. The dread army worm, which has made its appearance in several parts or tbe state and ia said to have destroyed 10,000 acres of crops in Madison county, has destroyed a field ,of timothy for Joseph Groom a few miles northeast of Rensselaer, in Barkley township, and efforts are being made to check the advance of the horde into other fields lu that vicinity by digging trenches and taking such other measures as are said to be effective, if taken in time. County Agent Learning, in “The Neighborhood Corner,” published on another page, tells of other damage wrought In limited areas In Barkley and Hanging Grove townships and of means to prevent the advance of the pest.