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PRIZE ESSAY 



Weevil (wheat midge) common and destructive in Vermont. 

 Not generally prevalent in New York. " The weevil has done 

 us no injury yet in Genesee County, New York." Destructive 

 in Westmoreland, Pennsylvania. 



1853.(1) 



141. "The weevil has made its appearance in some localities 

 in this part of our State, but not in sufficient numbers to injure 

 our crop." — J. D. Verres, Wayne County, Michigan. 



" The midge or weevil has done a great deal of damage to our 

 white wheat." " The Hessian fly has not for many years done 

 us any injury." — G. Wiborn, Ontario County, New York. 



" The wheat crop was less with us than an average last sea- 

 son, in consequence of injury by the weevil." — James De Mott, 

 Seneca County, New York. 



Midge appeared in moderate abundance in Northumberland 

 and Durham, Canada West. 



In Mr. Principal Dawson's " Scientific Contributions," we 

 find the subjoined general notice of the wheat midge in Nova 

 Scotia : " The wheat midge has in recent times been the most 

 destructive of all wheat blight." Hence we may consider it es- 

 tablished in Nova Scotia. 



1854. 



142. Maine. — Wheat midge destructive. . " Wheat has been 

 almost entirely neglected for some years past on account of the 

 weevil ; but it is again assuming a place in the fields of our far- 

 mers with fair success." (2) 



Western New York. — Committed dreadful ravages. Estimat- 

 ed loss in the State exceeding nine million dollars. 

 Pennsylvania. — Destructive. 

 Northern Ohio. — Destructive. 



(1) See Patent Office Reports. 



(2) E. Weston, Somerset County, Maine. P. O. R. 



