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Fruit Pests 

 Tent caterpillar, adults and 



larvae. 

 Tussock moth, adults and 



larvae. 

 Cherry lice. 

 Plant lice. 

 June bug. 



Adults of tree borers. 

 Curculio on plum, peach 



and apple. 



Tree Pests and 

 Others 

 Mosquitoes. 

 Flies, house, adults and 



larvae. 

 Flies, blow, adults and 



larvae. 

 Gypsy months and larvae. 

 Brown - tail moths and 



larvae. 

 Rose bugs. 



Pests of the Market 

 Garden 

 Striped cucumber beetle. 

 Black squash bug. 

 Parsnip web worm. 

 Wire worms, adults and larvae. 

 Cut worms, adults and larvae. 

 Potato beetle. 



Green cabbage worm, larvae. 

 Corn louse ant. 



Asparagus beetle, adults and 

 larvae. 



It was found that mosquitoes and house flies were destroyed in large 

 numbers, three birds, less than five weeks old having been observed to eat 

 nearly 300 of the latter in the course of half an hour. 



In one part of their report the Commissioners state that "there is no 

 question that in certain localities where pheasants have increased abnor- 

 mally very great damage may result unless an effective check is applied, 

 and while in many instances real damage has been done to crops, we have 

 many unsolicited testimonials to the fact that pheasants, though numer- 

 ous, have never done appreciable damage." 



RINGNECK PROVED VALUABLE.— The report presents its main 

 conclusion interestingly and briefly as follows: 



In conclusion, therefore, we are of the opinion that the pheas- 

 ant on the whole is a beneficial bird; but to secure the benefits to 

 the full extent, provision must be made for utilizing the sin-plus 

 annually as food, and for recreational shooting in specified 

 localities. The young birds are entirely insectivorous. 



The adults are likely to do damage to growing crops, to the 

 extent at most of 25 per cent, of the food. Practically all the 

 damage to the crops is done by adults, and most often by adult 

 males. Special care must be taken to prevent the cost of support- 

 ing the public stock of pheasants from resting too heavily upon the 

 individual. The farmers should, therefore, be recompensed for 

 obviously excessive damage, and, in cases, provisions should be 

 made for killing or trapping the pheasants which are doing the 

 damage. The surplus males, therefore, since the bird is polygamous, 

 should be killed off annually in the autumn, taking care to reserve 

 enough adults for breeding stock for the next year. 



The young birds should be raised in the largest possible quan- 

 tities for the purpose of destroying as many as possible of the insect 

 pests which are levying a heavy tax upon Massachusetts agriculture. 

 The mature birds should be utilized for food. The propagation of 



