CoRNELi< University, Ithaca, N. Y., Nov. i, 1894. 

 The H0NORAB1.K Commissioner of Agriculture, Albany. 



Sir : The following account of some of the difificulties in the 

 way of grape growers in the Fifth Judicial Department of New 

 York, is submitted as a bulletin to be published under the pro- 

 visions of Section 87, Chapter 675, of the laws of 1894. 



The trouble known as " rattles " has been very serious the past 

 season, particularly in the Chautauqua region. We have made 

 a thorough study of it in the field, and the following paper is be- 

 lieved to contain the best information obtainable concerning it. 

 Definite and perhaps prolonged experiment upon an extended base 

 is needed, however, to discover the exact cause and to suggest 

 specific remedies. 



Grape growing is one of the leading industries of the state, and 

 its area is increasing. The extent and distribution of the acreage 

 in western New York are approximately as follows : 



Chautauqua region, - - . - 26,000 acres. 



Canandaigua " - - - - 5.000 " 



Keuka " - - - - - 10,000 " 



Seneca " - - - - 6,000 



Cayuga " - - - - - 3.5oo " 



Scattering,- - - - ■: - 7,500 " 



Total, ------ 58,000 acres. 



L. H. BA1I.EY. 



