ABSTRACTS OF BULLETIN'S OF THE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATIONS IN 

 THE UNITED STATES FROM -JANUARY TO JUNE, 1889. 



FART III. 



NEBRASKA. 



Agricultural Experiment Station of Nebraska. 



Dcpurtvicut of the Iiidusfrial VoJlriic of the fJnii'ersity of yrbrasJca. 

 Location, Liiicoln. Director. Lewis E. Hiclis, Pb. D. 



lUJLLETIN No. .5. .JANUARY. 1889. 



On certain injurious insects of the year 1888, L. Bruner 

 (pp. 1-38). — Since his appointment, April 1, 1888, the entomologist. 

 of this Station has been chiefiy engaged in correspondence with fruit 

 growers and farmers, in making collections of injurious and beneficial 

 insects, and in preparing a synoptical treatise of the Orfhoptera of 

 the State. As this treatise A^'jll be much more extensive than was at 

 first anticipated, its publication will be somewhat delayed. This 

 bulletin consists for the most part of compiled accounts (with inci- 

 dental references to the author's own observations and experience) of 

 the box-elder plant-louse {Chaitophorvji ner/inidhus, Thos.), green- 

 striped maple worm (Anisota ruhicunda. Fabr.), large willow saw- 

 fly {Cirnhex americancu Leach), apple-tree flea beetle {Graptodera 

 foliacea, Lee), apple-twig borer {Amphiecrvs hicandatus. Say), corn- 

 root worm (Diahrotica longicormix^ Say), army-worm (Leucania 

 unipuncta^ Haw.), cut-worms (only insects of genus Af/rotis are here 

 described), and the box-elder bug {Leptocorh tricittatus. Say). 



BULLEriN No. C,, ]kLVRCH. 1889. 



IvEPORT OF PROGRESS, INCIATDINC A HISTORY OF THE FIELDS AND 

 DESCRIPTION OF THE ANIMALS AVAILABLE FOR EXPERIMENTATION, 



H. H. Wing, B. Agr. (pp. 1-29). — This is an account of the work of 

 the agricultural department of the vStation from July 1, 1887, to 

 June 30, 1888, which has been almost wholl}' ]3reparatoiy. In June, 

 1888, Professor Wing resigned to accept the position of deputy 

 director of the Cornell University Station. The Station farm has 

 been in possession of the Industrial College of the University of 

 Nebraska for about fifteen years. Since 1884 records of the farming 

 operations have been kejjt with some degree of accuracy, and are 

 given in this article under the title " Details of the Farm."' 



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