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farm, 10 miles south of Chokio. I have seen no fields in which damage 

 was so great as at Madison and Dawson. The damage here is from 2 to 

 5 per cent. 



F. J. HOLTZ. 



Wendell, Grant County, Minn., 

 Sept. 12, 1903. 

 F. L. Washburn, State Entomologist, 



St. Anthony Park, Minn. 

 Dear Sir: I have to report that very little damage to growing crops 

 has been caused by injurious insects since my last report. Potato Bugs 

 did some damage during the busy time of harvest, when there was no 

 time to administer poison. My estimate of a damage of 5 per cent to 

 wheat by the Hessian Fly I believe was correct. 



Have not been able to discover any other injurious insect doing 

 damage in this neighborhood. 



Respectfully yours, 



OLUF N. FOSS. 



Doran, Wilkin County, Minn., 



Sept. 14, 1903. 

 F. L. Washburn, Esq., 



St. Anthony Park, Minn. 

 Dear Sir: As a final report for this season, can say that this county 

 has been very fortunate in that the losses sustained by injurious insects 

 were very light. The Hessian Fly affected some fields, possibly from 2 

 to S per cent of yield; on others it was not noticeable at all. A few fields 

 of flax, planted on sod land and spring plowing, were completely de- 

 stroyed by some kind of Cut Worm, but the area was very small com- 

 pared with the whole acreage sown. 

 Respectfully, 



HENRY HARRISON. 



Paynesville, Stearns County, Minn., 



Sept. 14, 1903. 

 Dear Sir: Th.^re has been no damage done this month by insects. 

 The damage done during the summer was as follows: Potato Bugs did a 

 great deal of damage to the crop. Chinch Bugs ruined the wheat crop 

 in this section. Hessian Fly in rye and wheat, but damage not great. 

 Yours truly, 



S. Z. ROACH. 



