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cut down 15 per cent by the Hessian fly and there was practically 
no injury by ice. Mr R. H. Hill, also of Linden, placed the yield 
at 15 bushels an acre, the normal yield being 20 bushels and the 
percentage of infested fields 75. He estimated the loss at 25 per 
cent. 
Mr William Embt, of Linden, estimates the yield at 13 bushels 
an acre, a marked contrast to the normal yield which he places 
at 27 bushels. He states that all the wheat in that section was in- 
fested and estimates the loss at $20,000. ; 
Mr J. Lathrop, of Morganville, under date of June 24th, reports 
the wheat crop as an entire failure in that vicinity, on account of 
the extreme cold weather of last winter when the fields were 
covered with ice, the little wheat escaping winter killing being. 
damaged by the Hessian fly. There appeared to be no exemption 
as to variety or time of sowing. Later, Mr Lathrop states that 
from 34 acres of wheat he obtained only 115 bushels of grain and 
adds that the yield for the year will not be above 6 bushels an acre, 
the normal being 20. He estimates the loss for the town at 46,600 
bushels and states that all the fields were infested. 
Mr John R. Simmons, of Morganville, placed in mid June the 
loss at from one-half to three-fourths of the crop, number 6 and 
Klondike being the varieties affected. He estimates the yield in 
Genesee county at no more than 5 bushels to the acre with a pos- 
sibility of total failure. 
Mr C. N. Green, of South Byron, reported the yield at 8 to 10 
bushels an acre, the normal being 20 to 25 bushels. He states 
that 80 per cent of the fields were infested and adds that their 
greatest trouble was not with the Hessian fly but the hard winter. 
He is of the opinion that if the wheat had come through the winter 
in good condition it would not have been destroyed by the fly. 
Mr G. W. Miller, of South Byron, placed the loss the latter part 
of June at 60 to 75 per cent, the white wheat (number 6) being 
the variety affected. There was not, in his estimation, any apparent 
restriction of injury due to the character of the soil or the eleva- 
tion. The latter part of September he estimated the yield at 8 
bushels an acre, the normal being 20, reported 100 per cent of 
the fields infested and a loss for the town of 50,000 bushels. 
Mr J. F. Rose, reporting in early June, estimated the injury at 
25 per cent, all kinds being affected, though number 6 suffered 
most. The date of sowing apparently had no influence on the 
amount of injury. In September Mr Rose placed the yield at from ~ 
