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County, both in the immediate vicinity of the localities from which 
my reports were received. The table is as follows: 
Alden, Erie Elba, Genesee 
County. County. 
pene Total |Number Total | Number 
precipi- | of rainy precipi-| of rainy 
tation. | days. tation. days. 
ul Inches. | Tnches. 
1900 — AM ONS a. 6 =). 226 eee seb hae a CE Aes ee 2. 48 | 7 2.39 jl 
September). -22 2232425. St oe. ols see. ee ee 3. 26 | 7 2.69 7 
COTO BCT = ae ee ee ee oe ie SN ee eee na 3.18 | 7 3.59 8 
INGyORMIDeL 2x52 ret te Ace See ee ES - 8. 42 | 16 3.99 21 
MOOT Miareh 2 oe Rae ee See Ae Soya: alee 3. 09 1 ee) pee 
April - eae 4. 34 | 11 4.25 10 
May 4.49 18 5.15 19 . 
IUHSE. 22522 1. 49 | 7 3.38 10 
It will be seen that last May was very wet, rain falling 18 and 19 days, 
respectively, in the two localities, and it is no wonder that the spring 
generation of the fly thrived, completed its transformations, and was 
ready to infest late-sown barley. The contrast between a rank, sue- 
culent growth of the grain and grain injured by the Hessian fly was 
further shown on one hilly patch of wheat in which there was consid- 
erable grain on the gravelly, comparatively dry knolls, while in the 
more moist gullies the stalks of wheat were very scattering. 
In the discussions of this paper, Mr. Ashmead asked what remedy 
Mr. Felt would .¢commend. 
Mr. Felt replied that late sowing and trap crops plowed under were 
the most effective remedies. 
Mr. Howard suggested the possibility of varieties resistant to the 
Hessian fly. 
Mr. Felt said that No. 8 was said to be resistant. 
Mr. Scott then presented the following paper: 
JARRING FOR THE CURCULIO ON AN EXTENSIVE SCALE IN 
GEORGIA, WITH A LIST OF THE INSECTS CAUGHT. 
Lisnahadtieneen= A) 
By W. M-Scott and W. F. Fiske, Atlanta, Ga. 
CURCULIO DAMAGE TO PEACHES AND PLUMS. 
In Georgia, where peaches and plums are extensively grown for mar- 
ket, perhaps the most perplexing problem that confronts the grower 
is how to combat the curculio. The San Jose scale, so prevalent in 
south Georgia, is thoroughly controlled by the kerosene-water treat- 
ment, the peach-tree borer is held in abeyance by the cutting-out 
method, and the brown rot is fairly well controlled with the Bordeaux 
treatment; but the cureulio has succeeded in baffling all contrivances 
for its destruction, except, perhaps, the tedious and expensive method 
of jarring the trees and catching the beetles on sheets stretched on 
frames made for that purpose. 
