Controlling the Clover-flower Midge in the Pacific Northwest

Download or read book Controlling the Clover-flower Midge in the Pacific Northwest written by C. W. Creel and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "It is desirable at this crisis to call the attention of the farmers tot he great need of producing a maximum clover-seed crop and also to the method of controlling the clover-flower midge which is one of the important factors in producing a crop. Tiny maggots in red-clover flowers prevent the seeds from maturing and cause a great reduction in the seed crop. These maggots are the young of a very minute fly known as the clover-flower midge. The farm practices by which this little pest can be controlled are light or close pasturing, early cutting, clipping and soiling. These measures are explained on pages 9 to 12. Infested fields containing mixed timothy and clover should be pastured lightly or in the growth clipped back by a mower, probably not later than may in the South or later than the middle of June in the extreme North. Close pasturing of red clover until late May or early June is an effective means of exterminating the midge. If close pasturing is impracticable, run a mower over the field to clip off the stray heads before starting the seed crop. Clipping and soiling red clover during the spring and early summer are equally efficacious methods of exterminating the midge, provided young heads of the seed crop are not allowed to appear before the middle of June."--Page 2