[214] REPORT UNITED STATES ENTOMOLOGICAL COMMISSION, 



Fairmoitnt, Martin County.— i. April 14. 6. Many rotted in 1875-76; the red-bug is 

 doing some good this year. 7. Any bare spot. — [Bullard. 



Bigeloiv, Xohles County.— i. May 15 and 16, 1877. 5. May 20 and 21, 1874. 6. Six- 

 tentbs failed ; 60 per cent, destroyed by red-bug and three different kinds of worms. 



7. High, rolling, sandy, gravelly, stony; last year's breaking or new sod. 8. New 

 breaking, hard earth, and on spots of prairie burned in July and August, 1876. — [Mc- 

 Dowell. 



Detroit, Becker County.— 4. May 15 to 20. 5. May 20. 6. Three-fourths failed ; cause, 

 red parasite and white grub. 7 and 8. Sandy soil. — [Day. 



Saint Peters, Nicollet County, — 4. Last of May. 7. Grass-lands and new breakings. 

 6. One-tenth hatched. — [Arnold. 



Morristown, Bice County. — 4. May 28. 6. Two-thirds failed ; cause, a larva.— [Ken- 

 ney. 



Monticello, Wriglit County. — 4. From second week in May to 1st of June. 6. Five per 

 cent, failed ; maggot, prairie-chickens, blackbirds. 7. Clay and sandy-soil roads, break- 

 ing old pastures, old deserted fields ; any good, warm, bare spot. 8.' Timothy patches, 

 light sandy soil. — [Mehose. 



Lake Park, Becker County. — 4. May 1 to 15. 7. Bare, dry places. — [Holton. 



Baymond, Stearns County.— 4. May 10 to June 1. 7. Sandy loam, new breaking, old 

 land, and prairie-sod. 8. Sandy, dry, rolling. — [Raymond. 



Banks, Faribault County. — 4. June. 6. One-sixth ; cause : changeable weather. 7. 

 Rather high, hard, or sandy. 8. Dry, sandy soil. — [Payne. 



Golden Gate, Brown County. — 4. May 10. 6. Three-fourths exposure; little red bug. 

 7 and 8. In the edge of timber ; prairie-sod broken the j)revions year. — [Letford. 



Kerklioven, Stvift County. — 4. May. 6. Forty per cent, destroyed by insects; freezing 

 and thawing weather in winter and spring. — [Jacobson. 



Pipe Stone, Pipe Stone County. — 4. May 10 to 20. 7 and 8. On breaking and sandy 

 knolls.— [Sweet. 



Jackson, Jackson County. — 4. Between the 10th and 25th of May. 6. One-fourth 

 failed ; warm, open weather in March and February, and freezing afterward. 7. High, 

 open grounds ; roads new breaking. 9. June 19. — [Fiddes. 



Willmar, Kandiyohi County. — 4. Between 8th and 20th of May. 7. New breakings, 

 gardens, &c. Those plowed under did not hatch. — [Haly. 



New Aul)urn, SiUey County.— 4. 1st to 10th of May. 5. 10th to 20th of May, 1875. 

 6. One in 100 ; small red bug. 7 and 8. New breaking ; black sandy loam ; high and 

 exposed places. — [Clevinger. 



Norselund, Nicollet County. — 4. Between 24th and 30th of April. 5. Between 18th and 

 24th of May. 7 and 8. High, solid ground, late-mown meadows, well-grazed pastures. 

 — [Webster. 



Albert Lea, Freeborn County. — 4. About June 1. 5. Three-fourths or more; wet. 7. 

 High, sandy knolls and breakings. 8. High sandy knolls and breakings if heavy and 

 clayey. — [Johnson. 



Norwood, Carver County. — 4. May 1 to June 20. 5. June 1. 7. Old abandoned fields 

 and breakings. 8. Sandy. — [Tiffany. 



Becker, Sherburne County. — 4. May 1 to June 13. 5. May 25. 7. Breakings and un- 

 plowed fields. 8. Sandy loam. — [Wagner. 



Orr, Jackson County.— 4. May 15 to 20. 5. May 10 to 15, 1875. 6. One-half; red 

 mite, birds, fowls, &c. 7 and 8. Bare ground with southern slope, some sandy. — 

 Palmer. 



South Bend, Blue Earth County.— 7. Sandy. 8. In sand, and all over at present. — 

 [Davis. 



Heron Lake, Jackson County. — 4. 10th to last of May. 5. 10th to last of May. 6. One- 

 fifth to one-third ; red parasites ; plowed land. — [Edwards. 



Wilton, Waseca County.— 4. The first week in June. 8. Elevated portions. — [Kene- 

 han. 



Carver, San Francisco Township, Carver County. — 4. May 1 to 20. 6. Large proportion 

 failed ; little white grub. 7. High, dry soil, with compact surface, and road-sides. 



8. Light, dry, sandy soil, facing the south.— [Dunn. 



West Newton, Nicollet County.— 4. Beginning of May to 7th of June. 5. In May. 7. 

 New breakings, corn-fields, a ad gardens. 8. Ditto. — [Kyllander. 



Collins, McLeod County.— 4. May 12 to 20, 1877. 5. May 20 to 25, 1875. 6. 15 per 

 cent. (1877) of those deposited in marshes; dragging in the fall destroyed a few. 7. 

 New breaking and corn-fields. 8. High, dry, rolling lands, the more compact the more 

 successful the hatch. — [Canfield. 



Dassel, Meeker County. — 4. May 25 to June 15. 7. Dry, hard soil ; road-sides; soil de- 

 scending south and east; south and east side of buildings; stumps and large logs. — 

 [Maxon. 



Seward, Nobles County. — 4. May 15 to 25. 5. May 3 to 13. 6. One-half to one-third 

 red mite, rot, birds, and chickens. 7 and 8. Gardens, high, dry knolls, well-trodden 

 breaks. — [Terry. 



