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them off and scald, burn, or soap them. Worse on white neshannocks than on 

 others. 



Denton county, Maryland. — Wheat is attacked by the fly and joint-worm. 



Newcastle county, Delaware. — The wheat is taken almost wholesale by the 

 fly when the use of phosphates is omitted, even though the ground is otherwise 

 good. 



Centre county, Pennsylvania. — The caterpillar (probably Clisiocampa Ainer- 

 icana of Harris) has been very destructive to fruit trees. 



Suffolk county, Massachusetts. — No apples on account of the canker-worm. 



Adams county, Ohio. — The Hessian fly had commenced its ravages on wheat 

 May 30. 



\Vells county, Indiana. — Wheat is injured by a small worm. 



Lehigh county, Pennsylvania. — Legions of caterpillars (probably Clisiocampa 

 A?nerica?iaJ made their appearance this season, devouring leaves and blossoms 

 upon some trees entirely. It is feared these trees will not survive. 



Door county, Wisconsin. — No turnip seed. The grasshopper cut off our entire 

 crop, seeds and all, last year. 



Perry county, Pennsylvania. — Peach trees on the decline. They grow and 

 begin to bear, then dry away and die. The worms ( Trochilium or JEgeria 

 exitiosa) kill many of them, but some die without and we can discover no cause. 



Kent county, Maryland. — Wheat much ravaged by the midge, or Hessian fly. 



Van Buren county, Michigan. — Wheat on the opening lands seems to be 

 affected with the Hessian fly — looks yellow at the roots. 



In Wisconsin the cut-worm and grasshopper have been troublesome. 



CONDITION OF SHEEP. 



lu many localities sheep are reported as having wintered in fine condition, and 

 fleeces as being heavier than last year. Some exceptions are noted. 



On the 17th and 18th of June, a heavy rain storm swept over the central 

 portions of the country. It was especially severe in northern Ohio, and 

 ruinous losses resulted among the newly-shorn flocks. Thousands are reported 

 in single counties. Our data being from voluntary correspondence, not general 

 in its range or systematic in detail, it is useless to attempt an enumeration of the 

 sheep destroyed. The loss, however, was very heavy, and not confined to the 

 weak in constitution or poor in flesh. Some of the finest sheep perished as sud- 

 denly as the poorest. 



The following are some of the cases of loss in wintering : 



Holmes county, Ohio. — "The wet weather of last year appeared to make our 

 pasture of a watery nature, which had a bad effect upon the health of sheep 

 numbers of them being diseased with a watery swelling under the jaws and 

 throat, from which some died in the fall, and some in the winter. Those sur- 

 viving appear to be now nearly recovered." 



Marion county, Ohio. — '" Those who fed corn to their sheep through the winter 

 brought them through in good condition. Smaller lots, fed on hay only, fared 

 badly. A large number of lambs were lost during the cold storms of April — 

 enough to build sheds for all the ewes in the county." 



Steuben county, loica. — " The poor condition of sheep and the loss by death 

 appear to have been owing to the inferior quality of the hay, caused by the 

 very wet season of 1865." 



Jefferson county, Iowa. — ''The winter and spring have been unusually hard 

 upon sheep, and a great many have died, although v\i 11 housed and cared for." 



Lawrence county, Pennsylvania. — " In travelling through the county a.great 



