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/ «v n COLLETON Om «f tin Want cl Nor the Ceut HaVe U CenWt to OP« of tlM \ ittao of tootli Coroll- ma that tho farmon havo to 4oal wUfc la thotr oCorts to grow crop*. first noticed la Collets* conaty aear Snlfier’s Cross- roads sboat IttO. Bines that time tt has spread aad today we Bad this psst Infesting ia a general way a holt of -eoantry sboat twerre miles 'wide that extends practically, across ('olleton county. Parts of Jasper, Hampton. Bess fort, Dorchester] Horry sad Darlington counties also ... hare wire worm trouble, bat wheth er they are of the same speues oas not'been confirmed. The wire worm similar to most Insects In that It has four stages in its life—1 'l>e egg;.1, the larra or.wire worm; I, the > pnpa or transformation pe riod; and. 4, the adult or small click beetle, by some called snap ping bag. The wire worm when fall grown transforms Into a small click beetle. This beetle then barrows down into the looee soil and lays eggs for an other generation of wire worms about one tenth of aa Inch long. Prom this time the worms lire and grew beneath the surface Of the son. usually about 4 to • Inches. The winter to passed by wire worms about 10 to 10 Inches below tho sur face. As spring weather approach es the wire worms come to the sur face sell where the attack Is nude on the young corn or cotton roots. About the last of May tho pupa or resting stage begins watch lasts for twenty-flro days and then the adult click beetle appears. About June IS the eggs ar* beginning to bo laid and by July 1 a new generation of wire worms Is hatched. It will be neon, therefore, that U requires about one year for tne complete life cycle from egg to full grown Insect. To control fheee Insects It is not possible to destroy them at‘once. Prom results of experiments worked out by various experiment stations, it appears that the practice of put ting some definite Insecticide or chemical In the soli or on the seed before planting is not effective. The control of this pest depends there fore directly on culture and general farm management. The most suc cessful method Is to practice deep fall plowing and planting the same land In oats and peas, for two con secutive years. The peas may be left off after the second oaL/Prop and byNJeaving the utubbie tindis- ^ugh the rummer fair re- The third planted on md In < ecutive ?ft off -nd by „— — turbed through the rumn suits can be obtained, spring, corn or cotton ts try m K P ■ < m If that land could be limed well be fore sowing the oats | a the fall, and these oats fertilized, it would give pood results. It seems that greater returns would be obtained by fertil izing the oats and peas with the fer tilizer bought for cotton and corn In case of fertilizing the cotton and corn crops when planted on tho wire vorm Infested land scarcely any crops are made and all the fer tllizer la (jone, bu,l If used under oats and peas, there will usually be enough hay made to make this prof itable. Another method is to leave the oat stubble on tho land undisturbed through the summer up to .Septem ber 15. This method of operation has proved to be successful in a great many cases as a control meas ure for this pest. ' One of the most marked cases showing the value of leaving oat rtubble on the field undisturbed is cn Mr. J. M. llishop's farm near Walterboro. In 191.1 this field un der discussion was divided Into four parts:—1. oats with stubble left un disturbed through the summer; 2. <otton; 3, corn; 4, millet. Thts year the whole field ia planted in corn. The parts where the corn and millet grew last year are vary bad ly damaged Oy wire worms at the present time. The parts where the oat stubble was left are not noticcv* ably damaged, the corn being heal thy and growing nicely. The um GREATER USE OF PARCELS POST DM you road those parcel post tpsjieues letters is the Progree sive Fanner? They were Interest tg ludssd, aad from tks many ways buss currespoodenU have found tks sew service of value to them wa believe all our reader* may gain Ideas that wHl be of great service l n tkslr future buying and aelliag operation*. These letters were uniformly op timlstlc and enthusiastic—we fear ed maybe s little too much so, foi the parcel post system still has pat ent defect* that must be corrected before It becomes the highly c<B* dent medium between, producer aad consumer that It should be in the Usited States and that it already has In some' European countries. 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These case's are worthy of notice on account of the fact that they have had Infestation* on their farms We cannot expect to get entirely rid of this pest all at once. Build ing up and Improving soil conditions will reduce the wlreworm injury to a minimum. The control of this pest depends on the farmer and the farming operations Ir. a :arge. meas ure. The practice of resrtng land has been the only universal remedy that farmers have adopted This Is a rather extravagant practice In view of the fact that we might grow oats and peas for the two year* and have. Just as good results i n the control of wire worms and at the same time greatly improve the land It is urged that every farmer w.\o has wire worm infested land plant oaf* tfyta fall on the infested portiop of the farm. Every one realizes the J importance of this problem not on- ( !y for the present but for the fu- ? ture, and the co-operation of everv I farmer in the w ire worm infested is ur|fMl tiy t 0 assist- ,1 V V] /V. 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