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plished in any way possible so long as the desired results are obtained. 

 The question is not one of method but of results. More particularis 

 as to time and methods are given by Mr. W. D. Hunter in Circular 

 95 of the Bureau of Entomology. It is certain that the individual 

 adopting the Cultural System may reap a large share of its benefits 

 regardless of the lack of cooperation on the part of his neighbors, but 

 it is desirable that a strong sentiment should be fostered which shall 

 lead to united action over considerable areas. It is to be hoped that 

 the practical difficulties presented by the tenant system may be over- 

 come, so that every tenant will be led (or forced if need be) to con- 

 sider that his season's work is not complete until he has added this 

 step to the harvesting of the crop. This idea would be welcomed if 

 there could be a general understanding by lando^vners and tenants of 

 the fact that fields thus treated will produce better yields, as a rule. 

 They would be better inducements to securing a good class of tenants, 

 and such tenants having cleared their fields in the fall would be less 

 likely to move. 



The question here presented is a vital one for the weevil-infested 

 area. It demands not merely acquiescence, but action. The accuracy 

 of the facts presented cannot be questioned, but each man must de- 

 cide for himself as to the correctness of the conclusions. To us it ap- 

 pears that this statement does abundantly justify the broad, general 

 conclusion that "the destruction of stalks by some effective 



METHOD AND AS LONG AS MAY BE POSSIBLE BEFORE THE NORMAL TIME 

 FOR WEEVILS TO ENTER HIBERNATION CONSTITUTES THE MOST EFFECTIVE 

 METHOD NOW KNOWN OF REDUCING THE SEVERITY OP THE WEEVIL AT- 

 TACK UPON THE FOLLOW^ING CROP AND THAT IT THEREFORE DESERVES 

 GENERAL RECOGNITION AND ADOPTION AS THE LAST STEP IN THE TREAT- 

 MENT OF EACH season's CROP AND ESSENTIALLY THE FIRST STEP ALSO 

 IN THE PRODUCTION OF A CROP WITH THE MINIMUM WEEVIL INJURY" DUR- 

 ING THE FOLLOWING SEASON. ' ' 



Grape Blossom Midge 

 Cecidomyia Johnson i Sling. This species, uul^nowu as an adult, caused ex- 

 ceptional injuries at Fredonia, where it destroyed 60% to 75% of the blos- 

 soms on one acre of Moore's Early grape. The work of this species has been 

 known for years, and the familiar galled blossoms were easily found through- 

 out the entire Chautauqua region. The work above described is undoubtedly 

 due to exceptional conditions and is probably explainable by the blossoms 

 being in just the right stage of development at the time when a large number 

 of the midges were flying. Repeated attempts to rear the adult have been un- 

 successful, though it is probably referable to the genus Cecidomyia. 



E. P. Felt, Albany, N. Y. 



