Richmond Palladium (Daily), Volume 44, Number 211, 17 June 1919 — Page 3

THE RICHMOND PALLADIUM AND SUN-TELEGRAM TUESDAY, JUNE 17, 1919.

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EUROPEAN CORN BORER STRIKES AMERICA'S GREATEST FOOD CROP

The farmer's life sometimes seems i to be just one insect pest after another. Just about the time he has learned how to combat all the insect pests in the United States and leans back to take things easy for a spell, somebody manages to import a few new varieties of crop trouble from foreign shores. This time it is the European corn borer that is going to cause the farmer to lose sleep. The European corn Dorer probably Is the most injurious insect pest that has yet been introduced into this country, according to entomologists of the U. S. Department of Agriculture

in Farmers' Bulletin 1046. Unless im

mediate and effective measures are

taken to exterminate this pest it seriously threatens the future of Amer

ica's greatest cereal crop. Already it

is known to exist in an area of 500 square miles in Massachusetts and 400 square miles in New York. Its rapid

spread to the entire country is possible. It frequently destroys from onefourth to one-half of the corn crop in

Injured Soldier To Be Trained At University (By Associated Press) INDIANAPOLIS. June 17 An Indiana boy, whose luck as a soldier in Uncle Sam's expeditionary forces was to experience many of the worst horrors of the war, and who returned home totally deaf, will enter Indiana university next fall, according to Red Cross workers. The proung man whose name Is withheld, was drafted and sent overseas, became ill of spinal meningitis which resulted in total loss of hearing, was rescued from a torpedoed ship on his flr-st attempt to reach home, drifted for five days in the danger zone on his second trip, and reached home rafely and without unusual incidents occurring on his third start. Disheartened by his misfortune he returned to his father's farm and isolated himself there. The home service bureau of the Red Cro33 heard of his case and persuaded him to enter a vocational training school to learn lip reading and a new trade. He is progressing rapidly, has a new interest in life and his self-confidence has returned, according to reports received by the organization. According to recent reports 148 returned soldiers in Ohio, Indiana, and Kentucky have begun work which will mean careers for them under the direction of the federal board of vocational training.

Infested fields in , Massachusetts.

How Borer Injures Corn. All parts of the corn plant, except

the fibrous roots, are tunneled by the

larvae or borers. Their most damaging work is done in the stalks and ears, which they partially or totally

destroy. They usually enter the upper end of the stalk, near the base of the tassel, and tunnel upwards for a short distance before tunneling down the

stalk. The tassel is bo weakened by this damage that it breaks over before maturing. . Much pollen is thus lost and grains fail to form normally on

the ears. These broken tassels, with outpourings of sawdust-like material at the breaks, are sure singns that the

European corn borer Is getting in its deadly work. Many times the borers enter near the junctions of ; the leaf and stalk. Any small hole with sawdust-like material coming out of it indicates the presence of borers. - Several borers frequently work in one stalk, reducing

it to a mere shell. The nutriment to

the developing ear is cut off by this

injury. The stalk is weakened and eventually breaks. Some of the borers leave the stalk and enter the ears through the husk and also through the stem and cob. Here they feed upon the immature grain and tunnel the cob. The injury to the ears and stalks is further increased by a soft rot which often follows the work of the borers and reduces the interior of infested plants to a decaying, putrid mass with an obnoxious odor. Two Generations Each Year.

There are two generations of the European corn borer each year. They are continuously damaging the corn in infested fields from before tasselling time until winter stops their activities. They remain as nearly full-

grown borers within their tunnels throughout the winter and resume feeding in the spring. The chief danger to the Nation's corn crop lies In the possibility of borer-infested plants being transported into sections where the borer does not already exist. To prevent this, all plant quarantine laws must be strictly enforced with regard to plants likely to be infested. -Quarantine measures must be sup

plemented by careful clean-up opera

tions In infested areas. Destroy all

plant material likely to harbor borers.

Burning Most, Effective. In Infested areas burning has proved

the most effective means of destroying

the borers. Burn all of the previous year's cornstalks, corn stubble, crop remnants, stalks of garden plants, weeds and grasses that may contain over-wintering borers. Do this in the late fall, winter, or early spring, while the borers are within such material and the vegetation is dry enough to burn readily.

Under the most favorable circumstances the burning of infested plants will require considerable labor and expense, but It must be remembered that the insect seriously threatens the corn-growing industry of America, and that radical and effective measures must be adopted to control it. - To be prepared to combat the European corn borer successfully when It invaes your corn field; write the Division of Publications, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C, for Farmers Bulletin 1046. "Forewarned Is forearmed."

Great Fourth Celebration Planned At Newcastle

NEWCASTLE, Ind., June 17. A celebration plans for which have been under way for the last ten years will be held here on the Fourth of July. Four airplanes and six horse and mule races are planned for the day. It is expected that at least 15,000 will attend.

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to reddish-brown pupae,

which soon transform again to moths-

77ie pest also attacks other harden plants,weedX

and larger grasses,and lives through the winter in the stalks of these plants as welt as in corn.

Bum All Plants Containing Caterpillars.

Cornstalks, ccm stubble, sjrassea.weeds, and

.stalks oi garden plants should Detfius destroyed

throughout infested areas during iaii winter or early spring'. No other effective method is known for combating this pest.

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Hollansburg, 0. Harry Whitacre and family of Dayton were week-end guests of Mr. and Mrs. James Lamb L. V. Mikesell and family were Sunday guests of Reid Mikesell and family Letha Moore and Dorothy Williams were guest of Donna Irelan Sunday Mrs. Walter Williams has returned from Whitewater where she has been and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Chenoweth visiting Mrs. LuEmma Chenoweth

visited Orla Ketring and family Sunday evening.. .. .Mrs. John Wolf attended Pythian Sisters grand lodge at

Akron last, week Mr. and Mrs. Ed

gar Hill called on Mr. and Mrs. Sade Armacost last week .Mr. and Mrs. Earl Wiggs spent Saturday evening

with Pheba Piatt and family Mrs

Alice Norriss, Ella Sinks and Ella

Woods were guests of Mrs:. Harvey Jones and Mrs. Frame Monday evening.. . .Elmer Armacost visited Floyd Armacost and family Sunday evening. . . . .Thelma Wolfal was a dinner guest of Mary Williams Sunday.. .. .Mr. and Mrs. Jennie Norris was a guest ot Delia Thomas Wednesday evening. . . ..Mrs. Charles Chenoweth and Mrs. Orla Ketring and children called on Miss Elizabeth Hoos Friday evening. . . . .Mrs. Harry McClure and Mrs. Kenneth Stapleton visited Mrs. O. E. Stapleton Sunday evening Mr. Thurston spent Monday with E. E. Whiteman. Mrs. D. F. Roberts called on Mrs. Nancy Thompson Monday evening..... Mr. and Mrs. Charles Veregge are spending a few days in Richmond... James Slick and family visited with Mr. and Mrs. James Jennings Sunday .Wilma Harlan called on Ida Piatt Friday evening .Miss Ara Albright was the guest of Miss Gwendolyn White Sunday..... Miss Mary Williams is spending several days with her grandmother.. .... .Rev. Mr. Frazier and family were entertained Saturday night at the home of Charles Irvin and f amily. . . . . Mr. and Mrs. Otto Downing were guests Thursday evening of C. H. Brown and family

Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Parker of Michi-j

gan are visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Ross Pitman.. .Miss Ollie Moore was a guest of Mr. and Mrs. Ross Pitman Friday.

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Sold everywhere. For free sample

write to Emergency Laboratories, 243

West 47th street. New York City.

Poslam Soap, medicated with Poslam, should be used if skin is tender nd sensitive. Adv.

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