1. -ANIMALS INJURIOUS TO FARM AND GARDEN 



PRODUCE. 



WHITEWORMS. 



During; the past year these minute worms have been forwarded 

 to me from all parts of the Midlands, particularly from Warwickshire. 



Owing- to their small size they are frequently overlooked, but at 

 the present time they are proving a most serious pest to roots and 

 other farm crops. 



Three or four species have been received, the commonest of which 

 is Fridenda leydigi, Vej. 



From observations made by myself during- 1910, and in the 

 opinion of many farmers, they are generally found in land deficient 

 in lime and of a wet and sticky nature. In land badly infested, to 

 such an extent that they were turned up by the plough in masses larger 

 than a walnut, they almost entirely disappeared after it had been 

 dressed with basic slag and limed. 



Ground unslaked lime applied at the rate of 10 cwt. per acre has 

 given excellent results. 



MILLIPEDES. 



Numerous complaints have been received respecting two species 

 of millipedes, viz., Blaniuliis gitttulntus, Bosc. , and Polydesmus com- 

 planatus, Linn. Both are exceedingly common species, but I have 

 never known them in such abundance over a wide area of country as 

 during the past year. 



Potatoes, turnips, mangels, cauliflowers, beet and many other 

 plants have suffered. 



Potatoes that had been attacked by wireworms were found to 

 contain 12 to 20 examples of Blaniulus guttulatus. In not a few cases 

 which have come under my notice during 1910, the damage caused 

 by these pests was far more serious than that occasioned by 

 wireworms. 



As I have previously pointed out, the only treatment of any 

 practical value on a large acreage of land is the application of ground 

 unslaked lime. In gardens, pieces of mangel or potato which have 



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