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casted basic slag upon a badly infected patch without obvious benefit 

 and two others remembering the customs of their grandfathers dragged 

 branches of Elder (Ysgawn) over their fields, but, as one of them said, 

 "only made 'em hop." 



Apple Weevil, Anihonomus fomorum, Lin. 



The Apple Weevil occurred in some abundance in May, 1914, upon 

 apple blossom in a farm garden three miles S. of Aberystwyth. A 

 considerable number of apples had been planted about the house and 

 buildings and latterly somewhat neglected. The beetle was also 

 present upon crab apples in the same vicinity, but whether the pest 

 was introduced with the apples or was endemic upon the crabs it is not 

 possible to say ; but probably the former. I have since found this 

 weevil in one or two other gardens, all far apart. 



Clover Weevil, Afion africans, Herbst. 



The Clover Weevil was seen in some abundance in July, 1916, among 

 hay crops when being harvested, near Crosswood, and several were 

 obtained on pasture fields while gathering mushrooms in September 

 in the same locality. 



WiREWORMS, Agriofes sps. 



Thirty-two farmers and several gardeners complained of wireworm 

 attack in varying degrees of severity. Oats, wheat, swedes and potatoes 

 were the crops involved, but principally oats and swedes. 



As mentioned under flea beetles, farmers who make a free use of 

 lime, basic slag, kainit, etc., seldom complain of these larvae. Almost 

 all the worst attacks were in the second successive crops of oats follow- 

 ing old, and often "foggy" pastures; the damage to the first crop 

 being either slight or not recognised, and there is no doubt that many 

 of these outbreaks could be avoided, by care and observation. 



The majority of the affected fields are situated on sunny hill-sides, 

 where the soil is shallow and dry. Many of the complaints (and almost 

 all relating to swedes) came from the S.W. region of the Area surveyed, 

 —named by myself the "Coastal Uplands," and most of the cases of 

 young swedes being pulled up by rooks are due to the energetic search 

 for the larvae by these birds. 



Notwithstanding the abundance of the larvae, I have found it 

 diflicult to obtain more than odd specimens of the adult beetles and 

 hence cannot say anything about the relative distribution of the species. 



