NOTICES,
TUESDAY Jv.no 22, 1948
The Hoose Lodge rill hold its regular Elect
ing at 8 p.m. in the Hoose Hall.
THURSDAY Tune 24.
The Horthland Pioneer Grange will neet in
the Grango Hall at 8 p.m.
CUTWORMS /CAIN
Reworts are that the cutworms ar _■ had
again this year. A few years ago they
were very devastating and in response to
a plea for relief from their ravaging work,
Dr. Chamberlain was sent to the Valley to
make a study of the pests.
In the report that Dr. Chamberlain made
from two summer’s work here., he noted that
a parasite was at ?;ork on the c-utworms and
would probably eliminate them in anothor
year. This happened and tho V,-llcy has
been relatively free from them for several
years.
Another point made in his report was that
the Valley was unfortunately infested with
several breeds or types of cutworms.There
are many different types. To make matters
worse tho different types have different
habits of multiplying. Some liv.o over
the winter in the form of tho egg and
hatch early in the spring. Some live in
tho moth stage and lay eggs in the spring.
Some live in the cocoon stage. This makes
any method of cultivation to get rid.of
them extremely difficult. Tor instance,if
it is one type—burning of all rubbish and
fall plowing will do a groat deal of good',
but for another type that might help them.
About tho •bnlir recourse loft is to fight
then, with poisons, and this can ho harmful
to birds. Itobins arc particularly fond of
then.
Alaska is not infested with many insects,
but That it doos have aro re all;,' prolific.
THE GOOD WORM
A other type of worn, but of value to tho
farmer has appeared in tho Valley in spots
Thi-s is the lowly earthworm. !Irs. lloorc
reported this spring that she found some
on her farm. A few persons have brought
thorn to the Valley and have found' that the
do survive here and multiply well.
I'iss Eollogg, who perchascd the B.J.Loss
iilg form, has sent for some. They can
te purchased in bricks from Barth- -orn
farms. Usually they arm sent out long
distances in the egg form. Tuse worms
help a Treat deal in decomposing vegetable
matter in the soil. Anyono who has worked
much in Alaskan soils knows that wo can
use a lot of their assistance,
A recent issue of the Cooperative Digest
has the Ilatnnuska Valley in Canada—and
we thought wo were well known. I’d.
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