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Corn Borer Likes Tall Corn Best. The European corn barer likes tall corn best. according to G. A. Ficht of Purdue University. That the height and age of the corn has something t o do with its attractiveness has been made evident by his experiments. A corn plant that is about two feet high seems to be a n alluring place for the carnharer moth to lay its rggs, while the plant that is onlv a few inches high is rarely attractive to these pests. Mr. Ficht explains this peculiar behavior on the theory that the larger plants have an odor all their own. The moth, influenced by this odor, prefers t o lay its eggs there. This is the reason we find corn-barer worms feeding, not on the tender shoot just above ground, but on the hardy advanced plant.-Science Snvice
