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  REPORT 
  UNITED 
  STATES 
  ENTOMOLOGICAL 
  COMMISSION, 
  

  

  of 
  Miirfreesboroiigli, 
  Tenii. 
  We 
  quote 
  from 
  a 
  letter 
  from 
  this 
  geiitleman 
  

   describing 
  liis 
  method: 
  

  

  The 
  Ariiiy 
  Worm 
  is 
  making 
  sncli 
  inroads 
  upon 
  the 
  wheat 
  crop 
  and 
  other 
  crops 
  here, 
  

   in 
  middle 
  Tennessee, 
  I 
  thought 
  I 
  would 
  write 
  you 
  and 
  give 
  the 
  process 
  I 
  ha^e 
  for 
  

   ridding 
  the 
  wheat 
  of 
  these 
  vagabonds. 
  I 
  take 
  a 
  rope 
  about 
  60 
  feet 
  long 
  and 
  cause 
  

   two 
  men 
  to 
  w^alk 
  through 
  the 
  wheat 
  field, 
  dragging 
  the 
  rope 
  over 
  the 
  wheat. 
  By 
  

   this 
  means 
  you 
  can 
  go 
  over 
  a 
  large 
  field 
  of 
  wheat 
  in 
  a 
  few 
  hours. 
  The 
  lope, 
  dragging 
  

   over 
  the 
  wheat, 
  shakes 
  the 
  worms 
  olf 
  on 
  the 
  ground, 
  and 
  they 
  curl 
  up 
  and 
  lie 
  there 
  

   half 
  an 
  hour 
  or 
  more— 
  seem 
  to 
  be 
  mad 
  about 
  it 
  — 
  and 
  then 
  begin 
  to 
  move 
  about 
  hunt- 
  

   ing 
  something 
  to 
  eat; 
  but 
  the 
  larger 
  ones 
  are 
  unable 
  to 
  climb 
  the 
  wheat 
  stalks 
  with 
  

   all 
  the 
  blades 
  off, 
  so 
  that 
  you 
  get 
  rid 
  of 
  the 
  larger 
  ones 
  the 
  first 
  time 
  going 
  over, 
  and 
  

   the 
  smaller 
  ones 
  can 
  be 
  shaken 
  off 
  so 
  often 
  that 
  they 
  cannot 
  hurt 
  the 
  wheat. 
  If 
  you:' 
  

   will 
  make 
  known 
  this 
  simple 
  plan 
  to 
  the 
  sections 
  where 
  the 
  worm 
  is 
  at 
  work 
  the 
  peo- 
  

   ple 
  can 
  yet 
  save 
  their 
  wheat. 
  I 
  am 
  satisfied 
  I 
  will 
  save 
  mine. 
  I 
  am 
  going 
  over 
  my 
  

   whole 
  crop 
  twice 
  a 
  day. 
  My 
  wheat 
  is 
  looking 
  splendid, 
  and 
  if 
  I 
  succeed 
  in 
  whipping 
  

   the 
  worms 
  I 
  will 
  make 
  a 
  large 
  yield. 
  You 
  shall 
  have 
  full 
  reports 
  at 
  the 
  proper 
  time. 
  

  

  In 
  regard 
  to 
  thi^ 
  remedy 
  it 
  may 
  be 
  well 
  to 
  say 
  tliat 
  while 
  tolerably 
  

   efficacious 
  when 
  the 
  worms 
  are 
  not 
  present 
  in 
  overwhelming 
  numbers, 
  

   or 
  when 
  the 
  crop 
  is 
  far 
  advanced 
  and 
  the 
  stalks 
  are 
  large 
  and 
  tough, 
  

   under 
  opposite 
  circumstances 
  it 
  will 
  be 
  of 
  little 
  avail, 
  and 
  it 
  will 
  always 
  

   be 
  a 
  question 
  whether 
  the 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  crop 
  saved 
  by 
  this 
  means 
  will 
  

   be 
  worth 
  the 
  great 
  expenditure 
  of 
  time 
  and 
  labor 
  which 
  this 
  remedy 
  

   calls 
  for. 
  

  

  As 
  a 
  fitting 
  sequence 
  to 
  this 
  general 
  statement 
  of 
  the 
  more 
  interesting 
  

   practical 
  facts 
  connected 
  with 
  the 
  Army 
  Worm, 
  we 
  introduce 
  such 
  letters 
  

   and 
  extracts 
  from 
  correspondence 
  as 
  are 
  of 
  suffiicient 
  interest 
  for 
  pub- 
  

   lication, 
  and 
  also, 
  as 
  intimated 
  at 
  the 
  outset, 
  a 
  valuable 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  

   insect 
  in 
  'Nqw 
  Jersey 
  in 
  1880, 
  by 
  one 
  of 
  our 
  esteemed 
  correspondents, 
  

   Eev. 
  Samuel 
  Lockwood. 
  

  

  REPORT 
  OF 
  OBSERVATIONS 
  UPON 
  THE 
  ARMY 
  WORM, 
  1881. 
  

  

  Washinc. 
  (jn, 
  D. 
  C, 
  August 
  7, 
  1881. 
  

   Sir 
  : 
  In 
  accordance 
  with 
  your 
  verbal 
  directions, 
  and 
  the 
  written 
  or- 
  

   der 
  of 
  the 
  Commissioner 
  of 
  Agriculture 
  given 
  me 
  July 
  23, 
  I 
  started 
  on 
  

   the 
  morning 
  of 
  the 
  24th 
  for 
  Chicago, 
  111. 
  Arriving 
  there 
  on 
  the 
  morn- 
  

   ing 
  of 
  the 
  25th, 
  I 
  spent 
  the 
  afternoon 
  in 
  interviewing 
  the 
  editors 
  of 
  

   the 
  Fanners^ 
  Review 
  and 
  Frairie 
  Farmer 
  with 
  regard 
  to 
  the 
  extent 
  of 
  

   country 
  over 
  which 
  the 
  worms 
  had 
  made 
  their 
  appearance, 
  and 
  in 
  

   ascertaining 
  the 
  most 
  profitable 
  spot 
  in 
  the 
  State 
  to 
  visit. 
  I 
  started 
  on 
  

   the 
  morning 
  of 
  the 
  26th 
  for 
  Raub, 
  Ind., 
  a 
  small 
  station 
  on 
  the 
  Kankakee 
  

   line. 
  Arriving 
  at 
  Sheldon, 
  Iroquois 
  County, 
  Illinois, 
  however, 
  I 
  was 
  in- 
  

   duced 
  to 
  stop 
  by 
  the 
  accounts 
  given 
  by 
  men 
  at 
  the 
  station 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  

   abundance 
  of 
  the 
  worms. 
  I 
  spent 
  the 
  whole 
  of 
  the 
  26th 
  at 
  Sheldon, 
  and 
  

   on 
  the 
  27th 
  went 
  over 
  to 
  Kentland, 
  I^ewton 
  County, 
  Indiana, 
  where 
  great 
  

   damage 
  was 
  reported, 
  and 
  where 
  I 
  spent 
  the 
  morning 
  in 
  the 
  field. 
  On 
  

   the 
  evening 
  of 
  the 
  27th 
  I 
  returned 
  to 
  Chicago, 
  where 
  I 
  found 
  a 
  letter 
  

   from 
  Prof. 
  W. 
  A. 
  Henry, 
  of 
  Wisconsin 
  University, 
  in 
  answer 
  to 
  a 
  tele- 
  

   gram 
  I 
  had 
  sent 
  him 
  on 
  the 
  25th 
  asking 
  aJ)out 
  the 
  northernmost 
  appear- 
  

  

  