44 INJURIOUS INSECTS OF kjcm- 



Bcrnadotte, Nicollet Co., Minn , 



Aug. 10, 1903. 

 F. L. Washburn, State Entomologist, 



Dear Sir: I hereby send you some information on the Hessian Fly 

 in this locality. There has been some damage done by tlie Hessian Fly 

 this year, but not so much as last year. There is quite a difference in 

 damage done to different fields, some fields being hardly attacked at all 

 by the Hessian Fly. Wheat sown where corn was raised last year is very 

 little injured. Where wheat has been grown for some years on the same 

 field is the most injured, and also on places where the straw is weak and 

 apt to lodge. Have found the "flax seeds" in the straw attacked by the 

 flies. Have found two "flax seeds" in one straw in some instances. On 

 our farm we had a piece of wheat last year so badly injured by the Hes- 

 sian Fly that we didn't harvest it, but cut it down with the mower and 

 burned it. The same piece of land was sown to wheat this spring again, 

 without being injured hardly any. The damage done to wheat by the 

 Hessian Fly in this locality this year is not much, as far as I know. 



I have noticed Chinch Bugs in the fields this summer; they have not 

 done any damage in this locality so far, but I have heard some complaint 

 about the Chinch Bug doing some damage in the eastern part of this 

 county. 



Respectfully, 



R. LINDQUIST. 



Paynesville, Stearns Co., Minn., 

 Aug. 10, 1903. 

 Dear Sir: The report for this month is Chinch Bugs observed in 

 wheat July 17th; considerable damage done to wheat in this section. 



Hessian Fly observed in wheat July 27th. but did not damage the 

 wheat very much. 



Crickets are quite thick, and bother considerably by cutting the bands 

 around the bundles of grain. 



Yours truly, 



S. Z. ROACH. 



Spring Valley, Fillmore Co., Minn., 

 Aug. II, 1903. 

 F. L. Washburn, 



Dear Sir: As reporter of injurious insects and plant diseases, I have 

 the honor of reporting to you as follows: 



There has been no injury done to farm or field crops by any injurious 

 insects this season, so far as I have been able to learn, in this locality. 

 The Cabbage Moth has been busy and troublesome, but if the people will 



