The Interstate Farmer (Muskogee, Okla.), Vol. 22, No. 5, Ed. 1 Sunday, August 1, 1915 Page: 5 of 16
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Government Warns Farmers to Be
Prepared to Meet the Attacks
of Destructive Pest.
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The presence of the fall army
\ orni is reported in southern and
central Texas and there is every
if aeon to believe that it will work
its way northward as the season ad-
vances. Farmers in ti e line of its
march, therefore, are keing warned
liv specialists in the United States
Department of Agriculture to keep
a sharp eye upon their crops, es-
pecially alfalfa corn and the sor-
ghums in order to prevent the pest
from getting a start upon them.
*< len they first appear the worms
are very small and feed beneath
matted grass, etc., but they grow
rapidly and suddenly migrate in my-
riads to the corn and sorghum fields.
If the ground between the corn
rows is grassy the worms will prob-
ably originate there and feed there
until partly grown before attacking
She corn. There is danger therefore
thaf before the farmer is aware of
their presence he will find his corn
(tripped to bare stalks and his al-
falfa to bare stems.
Where a close examination of a
corn field shows the presence of the
fall army worm actually attacking
the corn, the Department of Agri-
culture recommends dusting the
plants with powdered arsenate of
lead, using from 3 to 5 pounds per
acre, mixed with 2 or 3 times its
weight of flour. This precaution is,
of course, out of the question on
forage crops or on corn afterwards
to be used for fodder on account of
the danger of poisoning stock. In
si'ch cases a hundred pounds of
wheat bran may be mixed wi'h a
couple pounds of either Paris green
or powdered arsenate of lead, pref-
erably the former, and the whole
mass worked into a stiff dough by
the use of 3 to 4 gallons of molas-
ses and the juice of a half dozen
oranges or lemons added thereto.
If this is sown broadcast on the
ground where the worms are at
work they will feed upon it and be
killed. The worms, it has been
found, will come to the poisoned
bait from distances of from 5 to 10
inches.
In alfalfa fields the immediate cut-
ting and curing of the alfalfa is ad-
visable as soon as the infestation
has been discovered. This will not
only save the hay crop but will
cut off the food of the fall army
worm and check thereby the develop-
ment of another generation which
may be many times more destructive
than the first. As soon as the hay
has been removed from the field,
the ground should be rolled with a
heavy roller or brush dragged, or
th< noison bait can be used.
The habit of the moths of de-
scending an inch or two into the
ground in order to pass into the
pupal state is of great importance
in their control. It has been esti-
mated that shallow cultivation will
destroy from 50 to 90 per cent of
the insects at this time, the effi-
ciency of the measure depending up-
on the thoroughness with which thn
work is done. In alfalfa the use of
the spiked tooth harrow or the al-
falfa cultivator is best unless it ia
known that disking is not injurious
to fhe plants. Cultivation of the
ground between the rows of corn has
been found to destroy nearly all of
these pupae, thereby preventing the
development of another generation.
Ordinarily there are from 3 to 4. or
even 5 generations of the fall army
worm in the course of a year, the
done increasing as each suc-
cessive generation spreads to the
nor'h ward.
Wl'en 'fields are threatened with
invasion: but have no as yet be-
come actually infected, a deep fur-
row should be ployed out around
the entire circumference of the field.
Into this furrow the advancing
worms will fall. They may then be
killed by dragging a heavy log
through the furrow, or, in sections
vhpre irrigation is possible, the fur-
row may be filled with water and
a small quantity of kerosene sprink-
led over the surface. This will kill
the worms almost instantly.
The fall army worm, when a full
<rrown caterpillar, is about 1 1-2
inches in length. The body is
striped on a ground varying in col-
or from a pale, yellowish brown to
black, more or less streaked and in-
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In This Year's Goodyear Tires
Not an Excuse
Let us first explain that this is not an ex-
cuse for over-price. Our this years price re-
duction—made February 1—will save Good-
year users about five million dollars this year.
And that was our third reduction in two
years, totaling 45 per cent. Our matchless
output gives you in Goodyears a value never
before known in tires.
Goodyear Extras
Goodyear Fortified Tires have five costly
features found in no other tire. They com-
bat your five major troubles in better ways
than anyone else attempts.
These tires, in addition, have other features
not commonly employed.
If we omitted those ex-
tras, this year's probable
output would cost us
$1,635,000 less. That is,
we could add to our prof-
its about $5450 per day.
Most of these extras
are hidden. Tires that
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( Rim-Cuts—by our No-Rim-Cut feature,
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Against I Insecurity—by 126 braided piano wires.
I Punctures and Skidding—byourdouble-
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as Goodyears. And you would never know it,
save by months of use, if we left them out.
$500,000 Added
This year's improvements—just our latest
additions—cost us $500,000 yearly. Most of
it goes into extra rubber—all into extra wear.
And this much is added—this half million
dollars—at a time when we save users five
million dollars in price. At a time when some
makers are skimping to meet competition.
Then our Research Department—to find
more betterments still—will cost us $100,000.
Yours for the Asking
These extras are yours for the asking. Tires
without them will be offered so long as
you will buy them. But
any dealer, if you ask
him, will supplyyou Good-
year tires.
Goodyear has for
years outsold any other
tire. It is gaining new
users faster than we can
supply them. And those
extras did it. (2418)
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termixed with dull yellow. On each
side there is a broad yellow undulat-
ing line more or less strongly mot-
tled with red. When very young,
however, the caterpillar is nearly
black. The worm will attack al-
most any form of vegetation that is
encountered and owes its name to
the fact that except in the extreme
south it does not appear until much
later in the season than the common
army worm, which it closely re-
sembles.
PREPARING LAND FOR WHEAT
"Please advise what you regard as
the best method of preparing land
in Washington county for fall sow-
ing wheat? Do you recommend ear-
ly plowing, deep or shallow, etc.?
Also what kind of seed wheat brings
the best results?"—J. H. K., Bart-
lesville, Okla.
From experiments at the Oklaho-
ma Experiment Station it has been
found that July plowing for wheat
gives the best returns. July plowing
gave returns of 27.1 bushels to the
acre; August plowing gave 24.2
bushels, while land plowed about
the middle of September yielded on-
ly 22 bushels per acre as an aver-
age. Prom a series of experiments
at the Oklahoma Experiment Sta-
tion, run on the depth of plowing
for wheat, it was found that a depth
oi' 7 inches gave the highest yield.
The soil was somewhat deficient in
vegetable matter and underlaid with
a very compact subsoil. When the
soil is plowed early it is well to firm
the soil. This is especially true of
the lighter types and where there
is not an abundance of rainfall.
One of the best methods is to fol-
low the plow each day with a disk
harrow, set straight and weighted
down.
If the soil is plowed when very
dry, loose, open places will be left,
and in order to prevent excessive
evaporation of water and to facili-
tate the movement of the water
through the soil, these places should
be destroyed by packing. If pack-
ing is not done and the soil becomes
very dry, the litter plowed under
will not decay and will decrease the
yield the following season. HoW'-
ever, if you have sufficient rainfall
to keep the soil moist and cause it
to pack naturally, there will be no
necessity of running the disk over it.
The depth of plowing must be
governed in part by the type of soil,
previous treatment and time of plow-
ing. When shallow plowing has
been practiced, it is best to increase
the depth gradually and not go down
to the proper depth in one season.
The turkey red and Kharkoff va-
rieties of wheat have proven to be
good for Oklahoma conditions.—M.
A. Beeson, Department of Agronomy,
Oklahoma A. and M. College, Still-
water.
HIGH CHAIR FOR MOTHER.
In my kitchen I have the baby's
high chair made into a useful
strength-saver. We took the arms,
tray, and step from the chair, and
sawed the legs off to leave it four
inches higher than a common chair.
I use this at the sink to prepare veg-
etables, at the cutting table to do the
greater part of the cutting out of
our garments, and have used it when
ironing delicate tedious articles. It
has a wood seat, which makes it
good for reaching onto a shelf, hang-
nig curtains, etc., when one doesn't
want to bother with the stepladder.
Before 1 fixed this chair, I used a
high stool, but the back to the chair
is most grateful, and I get many
minutes rest by its uee.—L. M. G.
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Drummond, W. I. The Interstate Farmer (Muskogee, Okla.), Vol. 22, No. 5, Ed. 1 Sunday, August 1, 1915, newspaper, August 1, 1915; Muskogee, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc97930/m1/5/: accessed April 25, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.