40 NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 



Injuries in tlie Stats. Reports of a^jhid^ killinc^ potato p^.ants 

 were received about mid July fron Lon-j Islan'l and this was soon 

 followed by other records of infestation, the most serious damage 

 being in the southern part of the State, though the insect was notci 

 here and there in other sections, being abundant and somewhat 

 injurious in Ulster county though causing co nparatively little 

 mischief in the western part of the State. 



A general idea of the situation may be gathered from the following 

 extracts from reports received from all parts of the State. 



Albany county. Fifty per cent of the fields about Ravena were 

 reported as infested though the damage was not serious. 



Chautauqua county. Aphids were quite prevalent in some fields 

 about Jamestown and Sheridan, though injury was not considered 

 serious. It was reported scarce in the vicinity of Fredonia. 



Columbia county. The insect was reported abundant in the 

 vicinity of Hudson though gradually disappearing during the second 

 week in August. 



Dutchess county. The pest was in some cases so prevalent as to 

 cause alarm and the infestation was su^ciently general as to reduce 

 the crop more than 5 per cent. 



Fulton county. Aphids were very common though not causing 

 serious damage. Forty to 50 per cent of the fields in Johnstown, 

 40 per cent of those in Broadalbin and 20 ]jer cent in Ephratah 

 were estimated as infested and for the entire county a general 

 estimate was 25 per cent with a decrease in crop of approximately 

 3 to 5 per cent. 



Genesee county. There was an infestation with injury to early 

 varieties though it was not generally recognized and the difficulty 

 attributed, in some cases, at least, to blight. 



Greene county. Aphids were reported as present in small numbers. 



Jefferson county. The insect was reported though not abundant. 

 Aphids were present in some sections though not seriously injurious. 



Lewis county. Conditions nearly as in Jefferson county, the 

 insects disappearing mostly during the second week in August. 



Livingston county. Ai)hids were re|>orted more than usually 

 abundant . 



Monroe county. The pests were generally present and some 

 fields were seriously infested, though the loss in the county was not 

 large in the aggregate. 



Nassa^i county. In mid July ai:)hids were reported as killing 

 potatoes in many localities and becoming dangerously abundant on 

 tomatoes. The latter part of the month parasites were very 



