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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  them 
  — 
  oats, 
  corn, 
  and 
  many 
  vegetables, 
  while 
  they 
  were 
  so 
  thick 
  that 
  

   one 
  could 
  not 
  take 
  a 
  step 
  without 
  crushing 
  many 
  of 
  them. 
  So 
  abundant 
  

   were 
  they 
  that 
  if 
  a 
  man 
  stood 
  still 
  for 
  a 
  few 
  minutes, 
  they 
  would 
  crawl 
  

   upon, 
  him 
  in 
  so 
  great 
  numbers 
  that 
  he 
  could 
  not 
  easily 
  divest 
  himself 
  of 
  

   them. 
  They 
  were 
  also 
  very 
  numerous 
  just 
  beyond 
  the 
  toll-gate 
  on 
  

   Western 
  avenue 
  where 
  they 
  had 
  stripped 
  all 
  the 
  leaves 
  from 
  a 
  number 
  

   of 
  fields 
  of 
  fine 
  looking 
  oats, 
  and 
  leaving 
  these, 
  many 
  had 
  wandered 
  on 
  

   to 
  the 
  plank 
  road 
  where 
  large 
  numbers 
  were 
  crushed 
  by 
  passing 
  vehicles. 
  

  

  The 
  serious 
  nature 
  of 
  the 
  ravages 
  of 
  this 
  insect 
  was 
  evidenced 
  by 
  the 
  

   many 
  telegrams 
  and 
  letters 
  received 
  concerning 
  it, 
  — 
  ■ 
  the 
  replies 
  to 
  which 
  

   formed 
  a 
  considerable 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  correspondence' 
  of 
  the 
  Office 
  for 
  the 
  

   month 
  of 
  July. 
  In 
  addition, 
  numerous 
  inquiries 
  relating 
  to 
  the 
  new 
  

   depredator 
  were 
  sent 
  to 
  the 
  Commissioner 
  of 
  Agriculture, 
  to 
  the 
  Experi- 
  

   ment 
  Stations 
  at 
  Ithaca 
  and 
  at 
  Geneva, 
  and 
  to 
  the 
  branch 
  Station 
  at 
  

   Jamaica, 
  Long 
  Island. 
  

  

  In 
  response 
  to 
  a 
  telegram, 
  the 
  State 
  Entomologist 
  visited 
  Governor 
  

   Morton's 
  farm 
  at 
  EUerslie, 
  and 
  found 
  that 
  hordes 
  of 
  hungry 
  worms 
  were 
  

   threatening 
  the 
  destruction 
  of 
  nearly 
  200 
  acres 
  of 
  his 
  corn 
  and 
  oats. 
  The 
  

   condition 
  of 
  affairs 
  was 
  found 
  to 
  be 
  exceedingly 
  alarming, 
  and 
  it 
  was 
  

   only 
  by 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  fifty 
  men 
  continued 
  long 
  into 
  the 
  night 
  that 
  the 
  crops 
  

   were 
  in 
  the 
  main 
  preserved. 
  In 
  a 
  similar 
  manner 
  the 
  army-worms 
  were 
  

   destroying 
  the 
  corn 
  of 
  George 
  Canaday 
  of 
  Kinderhook, 
  N. 
  Y., 
  at 
  the 
  

   rate 
  of 
  an 
  acre 
  a 
  day. 
  Mr. 
  Canaday 
  at 
  once 
  sent 
  a 
  special 
  messenger 
  

   with 
  examples 
  of 
  the 
  caterpillars 
  to 
  the 
  office 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  Entomologist, 
  

   to 
  learn 
  the 
  proper 
  methods 
  of 
  combating 
  this 
  enemy. 
  The 
  prompt 
  

   action 
  of 
  this 
  gentleman 
  in 
  accordance 
  with 
  the 
  directions 
  given 
  him, 
  

   enabled 
  him 
  to 
  protect 
  the 
  greater 
  portion 
  of 
  his 
  fields. 
  

  

  Its 
  Work 
  in 
  Other 
  States. 
  

  

  The 
  ravages 
  of 
  the 
  army-worm 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  have 
  also 
  been 
  marked 
  

   in 
  other 
  States 
  of 
  the 
  Union. 
  Serious 
  outbreaks 
  occurred 
  in 
  Maine, 
  and 
  

   in 
  the 
  central 
  'and 
  southern 
  portions 
  of 
  New 
  Hampshire 
  and 
  Vermont. 
  

   In 
  Massachusetts 
  the 
  cranberry 
  crop 
  in 
  the 
  three 
  towns 
  of 
  Dennis, 
  Har- 
  

   wich 
  and 
  Yarmouth 
  on 
  Cape 
  Cod, 
  was 
  damaged 
  to 
  an 
  estimated 
  extent 
  of 
  

   $100,000. 
  The 
  injury 
  to 
  the 
  grass 
  and 
  grain 
  crops 
  in 
  the 
  State, 
  was 
  esti- 
  

   mated 
  at 
  fully 
  $200,000, 
  making 
  a 
  total 
  loss 
  by 
  the 
  army-worm 
  of 
  over 
  

   $300,000. 
  Serious 
  ravages 
  by 
  this 
  insect 
  were 
  also 
  reported 
  from 
  Con- 
  

   necticut. 
  

  

  In 
  New 
  Jersey 
  the 
  insect 
  was 
  quite 
  destructive 
  in 
  limited 
  localities 
  in 
  

   different 
  portions 
  of 
  the 
  State. 
  The 
  damage 
  in 
  Pennsylvania 
  appears 
  to 
  

  

  