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The Weekly Gazette
East Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut
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The European corn borer endangers US corn crops worth billions, potentially spreading via Wabash and Mississippi Valleys. Bankers in Maryland promote corn through shows and encourage improved planting among farmers.
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Hitch-hiking its way towards the
nation's corncrib, the European corn
borer is threatening to destroy crops
to the value of billions of dollars and
chase skyward the cost of production.
If it worms its way into the
Wabash and Mississippi Valleys, it
can readily float downstream, spread
out and become more difficult to control.
Proper cooperation of all concerned
will, no doubt, enable us to
continue to grow corn profitably.
Agricultural
Bulletin,
American
Bankers Association.
A corn and apple show is to be an
annual feature at a bank in Baltimore
County, Maryland.
Another banker
has been able to get his county to
"thinking corn," over 500 farmers
planting improved corn.
Many other
bankers in the state are giving more
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Wabash And Mississippi Valleys, Baltimore County, Maryland
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The European corn borer threatens to destroy crops worth billions of dollars and raise production costs by spreading to major valleys, making control difficult. Cooperation is needed to continue profitable corn growth. Bankers promote corn via annual shows and encourage improved planting by over 500 farmers, with others providing more effort and financial support.