Excerpt from European Corn Borer Investigations: Experiments With Insecticides on Early Sweet Corn This is a progress report of investigations that are not complete in all phases. The preparations employed were largely experimental, designed for use against the European corn borer, and had not been used previously in field experiments. Several of the preparations obviously lack physical properties that are highly desirable in corn borer insecticides, but some of these materials may Show considerable improvement with further develop mental research. This is particularly true Oi some of the preparations Of fixed nicotine. Preparations of derris, phenothiazine, and nicotine tannate in spray form and a dual-fixed nicotine dust provide sufficient reduction in borer populations to warrant their use in field tests to ascertain their value under commercial conditions and practice. Severe tests of weathering capacity and wash-resistance were imposed upon the materials used in these experiments. During the field experiments conducted in 1935, residues were subjected to frequent rains or light showers, and in 1936 they were again affected by the frequency and also the beavi ness of the rainfall. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.