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The Cut Worm

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Parent Issue
Day
28
Month
May
Year
1880
Copyright
Public Domain
OCR Text

There isseareely any land froo from the wiro worm, or any erop that is not subjtvt tu tlioir voraciii'. Xhey occur win ;rm will row, bcing partioularly )iarbor"l among dover mots, an.l nc alifays preva lont in inoadow aii 1 pasturo lanHs, t-eeiJi ing to tlirivo b' -tin the vi -inity ofswataps and woads. Youmj onts, heat. 170 and barley suffer mueh iroui lioing partially r ontirely rut off hrlnw tlip s' aud many ro.it BfOpi are alno injuroii ; tuniips, peilinps, more tlian any Otber, :b thcy aro cut off when young, iid have the roota liailiy eaten into wlien largor. In gardepu they aro very destructive. It appean that Indian corn is tlio greatest suffor ar, c-iii'oially wlienitis the firt erop plantod o tb no luid, or wlicn theseasnn iscold, wol mul l.iUi. Upwarda of' thirty kerneis have heen planted in a single hill, and noariy the whole of the secd planted is sometimos destroyed. One of tho most successful remedies on u largo soale is a. mixturu conaisting ui' two parts quiokltmc, thrce parts of s(xt, rtiï one part of coarsc or rcf'use alt. This i.s nsed Hsa top dressing, being ap]liod iinim' diatcly aftor compounding, and should be wcll rolled ia. It has the ndvanUge of being perfectly hanmeaa to the crops. Iqdecd, it 1.-1 a uiost excellent and powerful Pertrnier, aa woll as a destróyer of all kimis of inuects and many weed. llefufse fmm gas works, nitrate of soda, rapo cako and ohloiide of linie, mixed and spread with manure, ara highly recommendod, and the sowing ut soda a.sli or guano broadutsl, wheu planting. A provious erop of white mus tard is cltitned to clear the land ot' them, prosiiiiialily by starving them out, for the roots of the mustard are extremely acrid and occupy the soil to the exclusión of auy more nutritious ones. A close grazing with sheep seerns beneiioial when pastures are badly infested. The sume result is also oblained by compacting the surt'ace with heavy rollers.-