The Carter Express. (Carter, Okla.), Vol. 13, No. 12, Ed. 1 Friday, June 9, 1922 Page: 4 of 8
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THE CARTER EXPRESS
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EFFORTS BEING MADE TO PREVENT
SPREAD OF EUROPEAN CORN BORER
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by th« Unit *4 fltat«a Department
of Agriculture.)
Speciul efforts to prevent the Eu-
ropean corn borer from spreading to
(he corn bell, which It now threatens
to do from the southern shore of
Lako Erie, will be made this season
by the United States Department of
Agriculture. The most Important sin-
gle measure will be the rigid enforce-
ment of federal quarantine regulations
by the federal horticultural board of
the department, in co-operation with
the Canadian government and the va-
rious states where the pest now ex-
ists. This will prevent other Infesta-
tions of the insect from coming Into
the United States and will go a long
way toward keeping the borer from
being carried to other parts of the
country.
The bureau of entomology of the
department has prepared Its plans for
Investigating the Insect, which was
discovered In this country during 1917,
with a view to applying and amplifying
methods of controlling it. The slight
Infestations along the lake shore. It Is
believed, will not cause serious Injury
to corn there Immediately, giving am-
ple time for a careful study of the In-
sect and Its behavior In this new en-
vironment before actual commercial
damage Is done. For this purpose the
bureau will establish Immediately a
number of entomologists at Sandusky,
Ohio.
May Have Come From Canada.
The Infestation on Lake Erie, It Is
believed, originated In the province
of Ontario, Canada, where a severe ln-
and cut flowers or entire plants of
gladiolus and dahlia, except the bulbs,
to other states throughout the year.
Control Practices Recommended.
To control the com bofer on the
farm, the department recommends the
following practices:
L Burn, or otherwise destroy, be-
fore May 1 of each year, all comstnlks,
corn cobs, com stubble, vegetable, field
and flower crop remnants, weeds and
large-stemmed grasses of the previous
year.
2. Keep cultivated fields, fence rows,
field borders, roadsides and such pluces
free from large weeds or large-stemmed
grasses.
9. Cut com close to the ground.
4. Cut and remove sweet com fodder
from the field as soon as the ears are
harvested. Feed direct to live stock
or place in silo.
5. Cut and remove field com from
the field as soon as the ears are ma-
ture. Feed the stalks to live stock as
soon as possible and burn or otherwise
dispose of the uneaten parts before
May 1 following. Shred or cut the
fodder to Increase Its consumption.
0. Plow under thoroughly, In the
fall, all Infested cornstalks, com stub-
ble, other crop remnants, weeds and
similar material which It Is Impracti-
cal to destroy in any other manner.
When necessary to adopt this prac-
tice an attempt should be made to
plow under all the material to a depth
of at least 0 Inches.
7. Plant small areas of early sweet
com to act as a trap crop, adjacent to
fields Intended for field corn or late
LARVAE
PAPAE
ADULTS
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FEMALE
WORK OF LARVA IN INTERIOR OF CORN*STALK
European Corn Borer In Various Stages and Its Work.
fe.stalion has been present for several
years. Favorable winds during the
flight season of the moth In the sum-
mer of 1921 are supposed to have
compelled the adult Insects to fly
across the lake to the American side,
where they became established along
alinott the entire southern shore. Rec-
ords of the weather bureau Indicate
that for the first time In five or six
years the winds prevailing then blew
from the north or northwest for sev-
eral days at a time. It is not thought,
therefore, that this condition will pre-
vail again for several years, and other
moths be blown over.
In order to watch this phase of the
matter, however, the bureau of ento-
mology will request permission of the
lighthouse service to station observers
during the flight season at the power-
ful lights maintained along the south-
ern shore. They will ascertain, If pos-
sible, whether moths are attracted to
the lights from the other side.
The federal quarantine Includes 144
cities aud towns in Massachusetts,
three In Michigan, 12 In New Hamp-
shire. 115 In New York, 42 In Ohio,
and 13 In Pennsylvania, and prohibits
the shipment of corn and broom com,
Including all parts of the stalk, cut
flowers or entire plants of chrysanthe-
mum, aster, cosmos, zluula, hollyhock,
sweet corn. Feed, or otherwise de-
stroy, this early sweet corn, as soon
as the ears are harvested, or prefer-
ably just before that period. If the
grower Is willing to sacrifice the ears.
Such plantings, where not destroyed
at the proper time, constitute a men-
ace to later com.
8. Limit the size of cornfields to
areas that can be kept free of weeds.
9. Do not plant com within 50 feet
of beets, beans, celery, spinach, rhu-
barb, or flowering plants Intended for
sule.
10. Do not throw the uneaten parts
of cornstalks used as feed or bedding
Into the manure pile unless this mate*
rial Is worked Into piles containing
enough fresh horse manure to product
heating.
11. Do not transport outside of the
Infested area, any of the plants, or
plant products, listed In Federal Quar-
antine No. 43.
12. Do not transport any living
stages of the European corn-borer out-
side of the Infested areas.
13. Do not place In swill contalnei
any sweet corn ears or portions there-
of or discarded portions of celery,
beets, beans, rhubarb, and spinach
when this material Is suspected oi
containing the borer.
MOLESKINS SOLD THROUGH POOLS
Boys and Girls Have Formed
Clubs for Trapping.
Taught Approved Methods by Exten-
sion Workers and Representatives
of Biological Survey—Prizes
for Gophers.
Moleskins, which brought little or
nothing In the ordinary fur markets,
have been successfully pooled and sold
in Washington and Oregon through
farm bureau organizations. Boys and
girls In many comtnur'Ues have formed
clubs for trapping moles. Through the
co-operutlve work of th- extension
agents and representatives of the
biological survey of the United States
Department of Agriculture, they have
been taught approved methods of trap-
ping and skinning the moles.
Two hundred and twenty mole pelts
were sold In Benton county, Ore., for
boy and girl trappers. Linn county,
Ore., reports three communities which
offered 10 cents et for moles and
pocket gophers and an additional prize
for the three children killing the most
pests. One community reports 83 moles
killed In this way.
Tillamook county, Ore., was divided
Into four districts, and $50 purses were
allotted to each district for first,
second, and third prizes. The county
paid a 6-cent bounty on both moles
aud pocket gophers. The moleskins
were stored In the county agent’s
office until a saluble amount was col-
lected. They were then sold to the
highest bidder. All money received for
the skius was returned to the trappers.
No Place If Scrubs.
There Just doesn't seem to be any
place In this efficiency-demanding age
for the scrub—hen, cow, tree or folks I
What Quail Uvea On.
Besides devouring 110 species of In-
sects, most of them harmful, quail eat
00 species of weed seeds.
MARY GRAHAM BONNER
— comwn 1 VtWUN NtVVHU UMM0M -
BIRDS OF FREEDOM
“As we know," commenced Daddy,
"the Bald Eagles are the Birds of
Freedom. They are the American na-
tional birds.
“They live mostly along our Eastern
coasts, though they fly over lakes and
rivers, as well as coastlines.
“It Is because they live everywhere,
for one reason, that they are chosen
as the American birds.
“For If they were birds of Just one
little section or oue kind of land It
would not be nearly so suitable as It Is
to have birds whose families are will-
ing to have their homes In more than
one part of the land.
“The head and neck and tall of the
full-grown Bald Eagle Is white. And
It Is not until a Bald Eagle becomes of
age that he has these touches.
“The rest of his plumage Is brown
and black, while Ills bill and legs are
yellow and the Iris of his eye Is yel-
low.
"Then, too, there are occasional
touches of white to the grown-up
Eagle.
“The young Eagles wear brownish-
black suits, with spots for decorations.
“Their beaks are black and their legs
are yellow, and the Iris of the young
Eagle's eye Is brown.
“During the second and third year
they begin to show more white on the
under parts of the tall, but still the
tall Is of a blackish color.
“It Is not until they are three years
old that they’re really grownup Buld
Eagles, with all the fineries of the
Bald Eagles.
"Eagles are mostly to be seen In the
spring and summer, but they have no
very specml time of the year for being
around, which makes them nice birds
to be chosen for American birds.
“For It would not be so well to have
birds that are around one time of the
year and not another as our National
Bird.
“They can see great distances, and
they watch the water In the summer
time for deud fish. This Is their fa-
vorite kind of food, though they will
always go for sheep or calves which
have been killed.
“They are very, very famous for
tlielr sight and, though I have told you
this before, I like to tell it to you
again.
"For It Is so nice to think that the
American Bird of Freedom Is the bird
with the fine eyesight, who can see
from afar and not simply the thing
nearest his nose, or beak.
“They can see fish three miles away,
and when they haven’t had good luck
with their marketing they will wait to
see what Mr. FISlihawk has been get-
ting for his dinner and will take It
WRKLEY5
AFTER EVERY MEAL
Select your food wisely, chew it well,
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Your stomach will thank you.
It is both a benefit and a treat—good,
and good for you.
And, best of all, the cost is small.
TRY THIS
NEW ONE
Sugar jacket “melts
in your mouth” and
gum center remains
to give you all the
usual Wrigley’s
hh. benefits.
away for him, for they are not very
polite in that way.
“They have never been taught any
better.
“Sometimes they will take live fish
from the water, but not like the Os-
prey or Ited-Sbouldered Hawk or
Barred Owl do, at,any tlm£ at all.
“The Eagles cannot capture diving
fish as easily as these other birds.
"Ducks can get away from them by
diving, especially during the winter-
time.
"Eugles scream, like seagulls, and
they sit up in high pine trees. It Is
said that people seek out their nests,
which they do not think Is nice unless
the people merely want to see their
homes without doing uuy harm.
“Sometimes they make noises which
sound like little toy dogs barking.
“Mr. Eagle has a high and clear
voice, while Mrs. Eagle’s voice is nois-
ier and harsher, and sometimes she
can make such strange sounds that If
you didn’t know you’d say:
"‘Is Mrs. Eagle crazy?' She had
never been taught to lower her voice, 1
suppose.
“But I think It Is nice for us to know
all we can about our own birds, aud so
I try to gather every bit of Eagle la-
formation I can," ended Daddy.
Wild elephants are generally caught
in nooses.
Following His Lead.
“Hallo, Harris, back from Paris?"
“Yes—that Is to say, back from
t*aree."
“Ah I And how Is Mrs. Ilaree?”
No Improvement
"I can’t see that women have
changed the complexion of polities."
“No?” "It’s still spotty."—Birming-
ham Age-Herald.
A person who tells you the faults No man ever yet lived a hog’s life
»f others will tell others of yours. and escaped a hog's looks.
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Cain, George W. The Carter Express. (Carter, Okla.), Vol. 13, No. 12, Ed. 1 Friday, June 9, 1922, newspaper, June 9, 1922; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc957111/m1/4/: accessed April 24, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.