REPORT OF THE STATE ENTOMOLOGIST 1901 111 



The fields of white wheat, even those sown quite late in the 

 season suffered severely while those of red wheat, whether 

 sown early or late, escaped with comparatively little injury. 

 White wheat as a rule suffered anywhere from 30;^ to 80;^ or 

 more loss while rarely more than 20^ of the red wheat was 

 injured. This report covers fields representing over 200 acres. 

 He also states that severe injuries were reported to him from 

 Orleans and Seneca counties. 



Mrs A. M. Armstrong, Belle Isle, Onondaga co. states that the 

 Hessian fly has been quite abundant in that section. She writes: 

 "My father, who has had an opportunity to watch a number 

 of fields in a general way is of the opinion that late sowing is 

 not a preventive measure and as late sown wheat does not 

 do as well as that sown earlier, he has for years followed the 

 practice of sowing his about September 10. He has now 25 

 acres sown September 25 in which the fly worked last fall, 

 causing it to stool considerably but not many of the plants 

 were killed while in fields of late sown grain many of the in- 

 fested plants died. Specially was this true in fields where 

 commercial fertilizers were not used in the drills. My father 

 saw one field where the farmer was careless and let his ferti- 

 lizer box become empty half way across the field. No phosphate 

 was applied on the last trip across the field or on the head- 

 lands and in these places the fiy worked very badly indeed. In 

 some unfertilized rows there were places of a foot or more 

 where the wheat was entirely killed. Mediterranean wheat 

 appears to be relatively free from the pest." 



Virgil Bogue of Albion, Orleans co. reports that wheat is in 

 bad shape from the Hessian fly. 



Miss Harriet M. Smith of North Hector, Schuyler co. reports 

 comparatively little injury in her immediate vicinity, though 

 some damage is said to have occurred at Trumansburg, Tom- 

 kins CO. 



J. F. Hunt, Kendaia, Seneca co. states that some pieces of 

 wheat have been one third destroyed by Hessian fly while in 

 others there is very little injury. He fails to find much evi- 



