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Show Table B- 14 Principal Crops , Target Insects, and Insecticides Used in the Unit Area CroP Est. 1./ Acreage Pest Type of Insecticides Recommended Spray Dust Granule Rate of Application o Alfalfa Hay 203,616 Alfalfa Weevil Aphids Parathion ( see below) Seed 15,726 Alfalfa Weevil Aphids Alfa- Tox Parathion Small Grains 122,994 Corn Grain 3,643 Mite European Earwig Parathion 25% 5% Chlor< Silage 15,731 Mite Sulfur Sugar Beets 9,582 If Aphids Beet Leaf Hopper 69% Thimet Vegetable Crops 3,029 Aphids Corn Earworm ( see above) 90% Lannate 5% Sevin Orchards 6,484 Coddling Moth Mite Aphids Bore Guthion Parathion Parathion 1/ 1969 Census data 1 pt. 50%/ AC 2- 3 qt. EC/ AC 1 pt/ 100 gal H20 1 pt/ 100 gal. H20 Chlordane or 5% Sevin 50 lbs./ AC 15- 20 lbs./ AC 10% Thimet 15 lbs./ AC 3 pts./ AC 30- 40 lbs./ AC 1/ 2- 3/ 4 lbs. 50% wettable/ 100 gal. 1 lb. 25% wettable/ 100 gal. |