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AGRICULTURE OF MAINE. 



Figures. Tlie Figure 2. Potato leaf badly injured bj' the flea beetle, 

 flea] beetle ^.11 the smaller holes in the interior of the leaf were cut 

 times^^^ ^ by this insect. The edges of the upper leaves were cut 

 away by the common bug or Colorado potato beetle. 



them back or break them clown. In one case recentl}' a man 

 who had sprayed and thus secured a fine stand of healthy plants 

 was advised by his neighbors that he was ruining his crop and 

 must cut the stems back. About the middle of August he 

 wished us to visit his field and advise him in the matter. We 



