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MONO tha sntmles which the
farmer hits to combat perhaps
none tire tnoro troublesome
than Inserts. Nothing Is moro
aggravating than to havo a promising
crop of fruit or grain attacked by n
horde of "bugs" and greatly Injured
If not entirely ruined.
Imvcts, like weeds, nre very dltllcult
to deal with If you go nt them one nt
ft time, but If properly managed they
ran be easily hold In check. From
Hie standpoint of the damage they do,
Insects may be dl Ided Into two
Masses those which attack Held crops
mid those which arc injurious to fruit
1 ml garden crops.
There are n number of insects
which attack corn. While theso nro
seldom present In large enough num
bers to destroy any considerable part
of the entire crop, the money vnluo
of the daninge they Inflict on the corn
grown on a quarter section each year
nmountu to no small sum.
One of the most Important of these
pestH Is the corn root worm. Tho
eggs, which nro laid In the cornfield
during August or September, hatch
during tho next June or July. Tho
worms when full grown nro about
one-third of an Inch long and as big
around as a pin. They bore up lnsldo
tho roots, injuring them so badly that
tho growth of the plant is seriously
chocked. Often, too, tho roots nro so
weakened that the corn blows down
badly. Some time during August tho
worm goes through a transformation
called pupation, which changes It Into
a smnll light green beetle. This bee
tle feeds on the silks and tips of cars
and lays eggs for the next year's crop
of worms.
Another Insect which lives on tho
roots of corn Is the root louse. Theso
lice nro very smnll and helpless. They
arc kept through the winter In tho
egg stage In nut hills. In the spring
nfter they hatch they aro placed on
the corn roots by the ants. The nnts
are very fond of a sweet fluid which
is secreted by the lice, and they tnko
care of them for this purpose.
Other insects which do more or less
damage to the corn crop arc the stalk
borer, wlrcworm, white grub, bill bug,
cutworm, etc. These Insects llvo and
multiply In grass land and from there
find their way Into tho adjoining corn
fields. They do the greatest damage,
however, when the grass land Is
plowed up and put Into corn.
The damage from nearly all Insects
nffectiug corn, small grain or grass
can bo readily prevented by a good
system of rotation. This Is especially
true If clover Is used, since such In
sects as cutworms and grubs do not
work to nny extent on clover. The
frequent plowing of tho ground and
change of crops where a rotntion Is fol
lowed nre fatal to most bisects. Dam
age from theso pests will be still fur
ther reduced If the soil la kept so well
supplied with plant food that the
plants enn get a quick start In the
spring. Treated In this wny, they nro
moro vigorous and better nble to with
stand Inset nttneks,
Thefo remedies, with the exception
of tho 1-ist, cannot be applied to or-
moths nppcnrs about tho middle of
July, It Is this brood which docs the
most damage. It Is tho worms which
hatch from tho eggs laid by them that
are so often found In fall and winter
apples.
Mnny poisons, of which parls green
Is the one most commonly used, nro
effective In destroying tho codling
moth. Paris green is usunlly used in
connection with bordeaux mixture,
which la n remedy for tho various fuu
gous discuses which nffect the leaves
nnd fruit.
To make this mixture dissolve-llvo
pounds of copper 1 sulphate and llvo
pounds of lime Hepnrntely In twenty
llvo gallons of wnter each. When they
nre thoroughly dissolved mix tho two
(solutions and ndd four ounces of parls
green. Tho lime In this solution Is
ndded to prevent tho chemlcnls from
Injuring the leaves and to mako tho
mixture stick better.
Threo sprayings nro HUfllclcnt for tho
codling moth. The first should bo giv
en Immediately nfter tho blossoms
fall, tho second from ten to twenty
dnys later nnd tho third about the Inst
of July.
One of tho chief Insect enemies of
the plum nnd ono which also nttneks
many of the other fruits is tho curcu-
DR. O. L. WEBER
DISEASES OF
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;hnrd and garden crops, since those
must bo grown on the same land year
lifter year. For tho Insects affecting
these crops spraying is the best rem
edy. Tho principal Insect that attacks the
apple Is the codling moth. These In
sects pass the winter In a ball of silk,
or cocoon, which they spin around
themselves. These cocoons nre hidden
beneath tho bark and under rubbish.
Such as happen to escape the hungry
search of woodpeckors nnd other birds
change to tho pupa stage In the spring.
In this stage changes take place In
hide the body of the worm which so
transform It that early In Juno It
j eoines out of the cocoon ns n small
brown moth.
I ' Those moths lay gront numbers of
! eggs, which hntch Into small worms.
Theso worms eat their wny Into tho
apple through tho blossom end. Tho
npples thus affected usually fall off,
nnd In n short time the worms crawl
out nnd again spin cocoons around
themselves. The life cycle is lived
over ngaln, and n second brood of tho
FtO. XX A Bl'IlATEn AT WOnK
Ho. Tho curculio beetlo lays Its eggs
in tho young fruit shortly after It sets.
In doing so It leaves n half moon
shaped scar, which Is Its trademark.
Ono of the Burest ways of getting rid
of this insect Is to Jar tho beetles
from tho trco nt this time.
Sprnylng Is nlso nn effective remedy.
The bordcaux-parls green mixture
may be used, but nrsennto of lead Is
better, slnco it Is less liable to injuro
the leaves. It Is applied nt tho rnto of
threo pounds to fifty gallons of wnter.
Tho spray should bo upplicd Just be
fore the blossoms open, Just nfter they
fnll and again nbout fifteen days later.
Poisonous sprays should nover bo ap
plied to fruit trees whllo they nro lu
blossom. It Is not necessary In order
to destroy the Insects nnd will kill
many of the honeybees, upon which
tho blossoms are so dependent for pol
lluatlon. The Insects that havo been men
tioned so far live by eating the leaves
nnd fruit and In doing so tnko up
enough of the poison to put nn end to
their destructive work. There is nn-
other class of Insects, however, for
which such remedies nre not effective.
These are the sucking insects, of
which plant lice nro tho most common
examples. Insects of this kind feed
by drilling through the outer layer of
the leaf or bark nnd sucking the plant
Juices. They thus escape damage
from any poison which may be on the
surface.
To get rid of sucking Insects some
substance which will kill by coming In
contact' with them must be used.
There Is nothing better for this pur
pose than kerosene emulsion. This Is
made by dissolving half a pound of
soap In a gallon of boiling rainwater.
This mixture is then taken from the
Btove and two gallons of kerosene add
ed. 'The compound should be churned
violently for n fow moments by pump
lug It up with thu spray pump nnd
back Into the pall. This causes the
oil to mix thoroughly with the water,
Before using, this original mixture Is
diluted with six to ten parts of wa
ter. A common insect affecting garden
crops and one thnt Is hard to handlo
Is the striped cucumber beetle. This
Is a serious enemy of cucumbers,
sqiinshos, melons and other plants of
like nature. Spraying does little good
and Is liable to injure the tender plants
as woll. Where but a few hills nre
raised, covering them for the first
two weeks with u small box with mos
quito bar stretched across tho top Is n
good preventive mensurc. Another ef
fective plnn is to go over the patch
In tho morning while the dew Is on
and tho beetles cannot lly, knock them
to tho ground by giving the plant a
slight blow and put a drop of kerosene
on each one.
Where nny of theso crojw nre raised
on a large walo the mot effective
remedy is the uso of "I rap plants."
I'lant the field to squashes n week or
ten days before time to plant the main
crop. The bH)tle8 are especially fond
of squash plants nnd will gather on
them In large numbers ns soon as they
come up. Just about the tlmo tho oth
er plants begin to peep through tho
ground tho squashes can be sprayed
with very 6trong kerosone emulsion.
This will destroy both tho squash
plants nnd the beetlos. There will
usually not be enough of the latter left
In the neighborhood to do much damage.
DR. CHAS. E. SLAGLE
WITH
DR. BELLWOOD
Special Attention
Paid to Eye Work
GEO. J. HAND,
II O M i: OI'ATIIIC
1MIVSICIAN AND 9UHGHON
Formerly Interne Homeopathic Ho
pftiU University of Iowu,
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MIYSICIAN AND SUUOKOX
(Successor to Dr. J. R. Mooro)
OFFICE IN FLETCHER BLOCK
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First National Bank i6g. RooniB 4-5-6
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OFFICE PHONE 498
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WILLIAM MITCHELL,
ATTORNEY
AT HW,
ALLIANCE.
NEBRASKA.
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Attorney at Law
Office in rooms formerly occupied by
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