. L'agriculture pour les écoles du Sud. Le seul remède con-sists en brûlant au-dessus de la chaume après que la récolte a été moissonnée et en retardant la plantation de l'automne wheatjusqu'à après les gelées ont eu lieu. Le bogue de cinch. — il s'agit d'un autre insecttrès important qui attaque à la grise. Il est particulièrement préjudiciable au blé et au maïs. C'est un vrai bogue et à peine plus d'un cinquième de long de aninch. Les punaises-cinch se produisent souvent dans de tels nombres asto causer la mort des plantes en raison de l'énormité de la sève qu'ils retirent. Une fois les récoltes de petits grains récoltées, ces insectes se déplacent à pied

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. Agriculture for southern schools. ry it causes. The only remedy con-sists in burning over the stubble after the crop has beenharvested and in delaying the planting of the fall wheatuntil after frosts have occurred. The chinch-bug. — This is another very important insectthat attacks graing. It is especially injurious to wheat andcorn. It is a true bug and hardly more than a fifth of aninch long. Chinch-bugs often occur in such numbers asto cause the death of the plants because of the enormousamount of sap they withdraw. After the crops of small-grain are harvested, these bugs move on foot in countlessnumbers to the corn-fields. The fields can be f)rotecteds 257 ;58 ACRICIILTUKE by running a deep furrow across the path of the bugs anddestroying them as they fall into it. The fields should becleaned by burning all rubbish which can shelter the adultbugs through the winter. With many such pests, it is ad-visable to change the crop on a field each year, so that thepests may not so readily find an abundance of their food.. Fig. i68. — Apple Worm or Codling-Moth The moth or miUcr lays the egg, from which hatches the larva or worm. The apple worm or codling-moth. — A widespread pestof apples is the worm (Fig. i68) that works into the coreand makes the fruit wormy. This is the larva of apretty moth that lays its eggs on the leaves of the applesoon after the hlossoining time. The young larvae feed onthe leaves before they enter the fruit, into which theybore their way. This is the reason why it is possible tokill nearly all of the young worms by applying a poisonous INSECT ENEMIES OF THE FARMER 259 spray, which usually contains Paris green, at about the timethat the petals drop from the blossoms. A second sprayingin from ten days to three weeks after the first is an almostcomplete remedy for this pest. The expense is very slightin comparison with the value of the crop saved. The peach borer. — One of the most important peachinsects is the peach borer, which works, n

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