102 MAINE STATE COLLEGE 



The Potato Rot has been quite bad in tiie State the past season. 

 We ho{)e that potato growers will see the importance of using 

 Bordeaux mixture to hold this disease in check. It has proved 

 a great iielp in other States when applied at the time, or just 

 before the disease makes its appearance. 



Remarks. 



The cuts and plates to illustrate this report were obtained from 

 the following sources : from the Depariment of Agriculture, 

 Washington, D. C. ; Cuts of the Orange Hawkweed, and of the 

 Horn Fly. From Prof. S. A. Forbes, cuts of the Corn Worm and 

 Chinch Bug. From Prof. F. D. Chester, cuts showing the results 

 of spraying against Peai' Leaf Blight. Plate 11. is original. 



Directions for sending specimens will be found in the Annual 

 Report of the Experiment Station, 1888, p. 194, or in Maine 

 Agricultural Report, 1888, p. 158. Correspondence regarding 

 injurious insects and fungi is invited. Insects and plants will be 

 named, and when injurious, remedies suggested. It is to the 

 interest of farmers to detect injurious insects and fungi before 

 they become established, so that remedial measures can be adopted 

 before the pests are beyond control. As the Entomologist's duties 

 prevent him from going much about the State, it is largely through 

 correspondence that the Station learns of insects doing injury in 

 the State. 



