REPORT OF THE STATE EXTOMOLOGIST 1901 707 



1900. The Hessian fly is in the vicinity of East Amherst in 

 great numbers and the white wheat throughout this section is 

 nearly all down flat. One field of 8 acres in this yicinity is 



almost totally destroyed. It was sown August 27. (John U. 

 Metz, Erie co.) 



The wheat in the yicinity of Warner, Onondaga co. was dam- 

 aged more than last season. Fully one third of it lodged and 

 the injury is more general than last year. I haye found the 

 flies in late sown wheat. One piece sown September 10 was 

 very thoroughly infested, not a single plant being free from the 

 pest. (Mrs A. M. A. Jackson) 



The Hessian fly has done a great deal of damage to some 

 pieces in this section of the country. (J. F. Hunt, Kendaia, 

 Seneca co.) 



The Hessian fly has been yery bad in some wheat, some pieces 

 being so yery severely injured that they have not been har- 

 Tested. (C. E. Chapman, Feruyille, Tompkins co.) 



The Hessian fly has been working yerj badly indeed in early 

 sown wheat. The later sowings are not nearly so badly in- 

 fested. Perhaps one fourth of the entire crop has been 

 destroyed. (C. H. Stuart, Newark, Wayne co.) 



1901. Damage from Hessian fly work is very evident in sev- 

 eral pieces of wheat examined. Probably 10)^ of the stalks 



have lodged as a result of the work of this fly. (M. H. Beck- 

 with, Elmira, Chemung co.) 



Mr M. F. Adams of Buffalo, after making an examination of 

 a number of fields in the vicinity of that city finds that the dam- 

 age as a rule runs from 6^ to 8^. Very little wheat, however, is 

 grown in the immediate vicinity of Buffalo and it is not surpris- 

 ing that the few fields sown should escape serious injury. 



The Hessian fly is present in overwhelming abundance. Many 

 fields of white wheat are not worth cutting. There seems to be 

 no difference between the early and late sown wheat. One field 

 was sown September 15, another September 21 and another Sep- 

 tember 29 and yet 90^^^ of each one of these fields is on the 

 ground. Red Russian and red Mediterranean wheats seem to 



