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endorse these sentiments and recommendations. Few people 

 realize the value of the birds which are already at work in our 

 fields and orchards. 



The canker worm was very destructive in many parts of the 

 state early in the summer. A great number of orchards 

 showed by the seared foliage that this pest had been at work. 

 We received many applications for information regarding 

 methods of subduing it, but as too often happens, the questions 

 generally were not asked until too late to prevent most of the 

 injury. A bulletin giving a full account of the insect and the 

 methods of preventing its injuries is in preparation, and we hope 

 to issue it at an early date. 



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Fig. 2. The Spring Canker Worm 



On account of the extraordinary abundance of the apple 

 crop this year there was comparatively little complaint of the 

 damage inflicted by the codling moth 1 and apple maggot. 2 

 There were so many apples that the insects were only able to 

 injure a small percentage of them and so were little noticed. 

 Both of these pests are treated of in Bulletin 35, issued last May. 



Some complaints were received during the season of injury 

 to pastures and meadows by the white grub, the young or larva 

 of the May beetle, or June bug. 3 



The life history of this pest, briefly sketched, is this : The 



1 Carposapsa pomonella. 



2 Trypeta pomonella. 



* Lachnosterna fusca, and other species. 



