INSECTS INJURIOUS IN 1902. 3 
shall, Willmar, Wadena and Beaver Falls in 1895 and 1896 when 
the flies were abundant, the loss on the entire crop being estimated 
at from five to ten per cent and in individual cases as high as 
twenty-five per cent. Mr. Forbes reports it present conspicuously 

Fig. 2.—Three straws showing work of the Hessian Fly; ‘“‘flaxseeds’’ exposed in 
two straws on right. Original. 
in 1897 and 1898, which is evidence that it is on the increase in 
the state and that it calls for radical remedial or preventive meas- 
ures. It is all the more insidious as a foe to our farmers from the 
