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  REPORT 
  UNITED 
  STATES 
  ENTOMOLOGICAL 
  COMMISSION. 
  

  

  Jn 
  Micliigan 
  the 
  fly, 
  wliile 
  troublesome 
  in 
  1876, 
  was 
  also 
  very 
  generally 
  

   so 
  in 
  the 
  succeeding 
  year, 
  as 
  stated 
  by 
  Professor 
  Cook, 
  as 
  follows: 
  

  

  This 
  year, 
  1877, 
  we 
  liear 
  of 
  it 
  as 
  more 
  broadly 
  distributed 
  in 
  our 
  State, 
  while 
  com- 
  

   plaints 
  come 
  to 
  our 
  ears 
  from 
  Ohio, 
  Indiana, 
  Illinois, 
  New 
  York, 
  and 
  Pennsylvania, 
  

   Since 
  writing 
  the 
  above, 
  I 
  have 
  passed 
  through 
  our 
  State 
  and 
  also 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  Ohio^ 
  

   on 
  two 
  of 
  the 
  different 
  trunk 
  lines 
  of 
  railroads, 
  and 
  I 
  find 
  that 
  all 
  through 
  southern 
  

   Michigan 
  and 
  all 
  of 
  Ohio, 
  at 
  least 
  north 
  of 
  the 
  latitude 
  of 
  Columbus 
  and 
  Dayton, 
  this 
  

   insect 
  abounds 
  in 
  force. 
  "o 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  extracts 
  from 
  Michigan 
  papers 
  show 
  the 
  situation 
  in 
  

   that 
  State 
  this 
  year 
  : 
  

  

  Farmers 
  are 
  complaining 
  of 
  the 
  ravages 
  of 
  the 
  ''fly" 
  in 
  their 
  wheat-fields. 
  Much 
  

   damage 
  is 
  reported. 
  — 
  Jonesville 
  Independent. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  James 
  Taylor 
  showed 
  some 
  wheat-stalks 
  from 
  his 
  farm 
  to-day 
  which 
  had 
  over 
  

   forty 
  insects 
  in 
  one 
  ^tuYk.— 
  Kalamazoo 
  Gazette. 
  

  

  Wheat 
  heading 
  out 
  ten 
  days 
  to 
  two 
  weeks 
  earlier 
  than 
  usual 
  this 
  year, 
  and 
  doubt- 
  

   less 
  much 
  of 
  it 
  will 
  be 
  ready 
  to 
  cut 
  in 
  June. 
  — 
  Portland 
  Observer. 
  

  

  The 
  ''fly" 
  or 
  "insect, 
  "as 
  called 
  by 
  the 
  farmers, 
  is 
  playing 
  sad 
  havoc 
  with 
  the 
  

   wheat 
  crop 
  in 
  this 
  county. 
  Not 
  over 
  half 
  a 
  crop 
  will 
  be 
  realized. 
  — 
  Kalamazoo 
  Gazette. 
  

  

  The 
  fly 
  is 
  very 
  seriously 
  injuring 
  the 
  wheat 
  in 
  Porter, 
  One 
  of 
  the 
  largest 
  farmers 
  

   in 
  that 
  township 
  yesterday 
  told 
  us 
  that 
  a 
  few 
  weeks 
  ago 
  he 
  would 
  not 
  have 
  taken 
  3,000 
  

   bushels 
  for 
  his 
  crop, 
  but 
  now 
  he 
  would 
  gladl^^ 
  take 
  1,000. 
  — 
  Pa.n 
  Pa.n 
  Courier. 
  

  

  Much 
  complaint 
  is 
  now 
  heard 
  from 
  all 
  sides 
  in 
  regard 
  to 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  insects 
  in 
  

   early-sown 
  wheat. 
  The 
  dry 
  weather 
  has 
  so 
  far 
  retarded 
  the 
  growth 
  as 
  to 
  give 
  the 
  

   pests 
  the 
  power 
  to 
  destroy. 
  There 
  is 
  little 
  question 
  that 
  early-sown 
  wheat 
  is 
  suf- 
  

   fering 
  greatly. 
  — 
  Marshall 
  Expounder. 
  

  

  Farmers 
  from 
  all 
  over 
  the 
  county 
  come 
  to 
  town 
  looking 
  doleful 
  enough. 
  The 
  wheat 
  

   croj) 
  promises 
  to 
  be 
  almost 
  a 
  total 
  failure. 
  Two 
  weeks 
  ago 
  everybody 
  was 
  happy 
  over 
  

   the 
  prospects 
  of 
  an 
  abundant 
  harvest, 
  but 
  now 
  flies, 
  worms, 
  and 
  drought 
  seem 
  to 
  

   have 
  ruined 
  the 
  crop 
  and 
  blighted 
  every 
  home. 
  — 
  Marshall 
  Statesman. 
  

  

  Farmers 
  from 
  all 
  the 
  adjoining 
  towns 
  complain 
  that 
  their 
  growing 
  wheat 
  crops 
  are 
  

   badly 
  injured 
  by 
  the 
  insects. 
  Wheat-fields 
  which 
  promised 
  a 
  heavy 
  yield 
  two 
  weeks 
  

   ago, 
  it 
  is 
  thought, 
  will 
  not 
  produce 
  over 
  a 
  half 
  a 
  crop, 
  and 
  many 
  fields 
  are 
  reported 
  as 
  

   already 
  nearly 
  destroyed. 
  Naturally 
  some 
  allowance 
  should 
  be 
  made 
  for 
  the 
  appre- 
  

   hensions 
  of 
  those 
  whose 
  fields 
  are 
  thus 
  ravaged 
  ; 
  but 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  doubt 
  that 
  the 
  crop 
  

   through 
  this 
  section 
  is 
  materially 
  damaged 
  by 
  these 
  destructive 
  pests. 
  — 
  Battle 
  Creek 
  

   Journal. 
  

  

  Mr, 
  T. 
  F. 
  Miller, 
  of 
  Richland, 
  brought 
  into 
  our 
  office 
  Monday 
  morning 
  a 
  handful 
  of 
  

   wheat 
  (taken 
  from 
  a 
  farm 
  on 
  the 
  prairie) 
  that 
  is 
  literally 
  alive 
  with 
  the 
  insect. 
  He 
  

   says 
  that 
  in 
  his 
  opinion 
  nearly 
  every 
  field 
  in 
  Richland 
  is 
  so 
  badly 
  aftected 
  that 
  there 
  

   cannot 
  be 
  half 
  or 
  even 
  a 
  third 
  of 
  a 
  crop. 
  The 
  dry 
  weather 
  has 
  stopped 
  the 
  growth, 
  

   and 
  the 
  wheat 
  is 
  more 
  affected 
  on 
  that 
  account. 
  We 
  hear 
  the 
  same 
  report 
  from 
  other 
  

   parts 
  of 
  the 
  county. 
  Grain 
  is 
  also 
  suffering 
  for 
  want 
  of 
  rain. 
  — 
  Kalamazoo 
  Gazette. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  extract 
  from 
  the 
  Albany 
  Cultivator 
  and 
  Country 
  Gentle- 
  

   man 
  will 
  give 
  the 
  condition 
  of 
  affairs 
  in 
  West 
  Virginia: 
  

  

  Since 
  reading 
  your 
  article 
  making 
  known 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  S. 
  Packard's 
  request, 
  in 
  the 
  issue 
  

   of 
  November 
  15, 
  I 
  have 
  had 
  occasion 
  to 
  make 
  a 
  business 
  trip 
  through 
  Hardy, 
  Hamp- 
  

   shire, 
  Mineral, 
  and 
  Grant 
  Counties, 
  and 
  find 
  upon 
  examination 
  that 
  there 
  is 
  not 
  a 
  

   single 
  field 
  which 
  is 
  not 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  damaged 
  by 
  the 
  fly. 
  The 
  early-sown 
  wheat, 
  hav- 
  

   ing 
  luxuriant 
  growth, 
  does 
  not 
  seem 
  to 
  be 
  entirely 
  destroyed, 
  but 
  has 
  the 
  appearance 
  

   of 
  mixed 
  yellow 
  and 
  green. 
  I 
  find, 
  upon 
  close 
  examination, 
  it 
  is 
  filled 
  with 
  the 
  fly. 
  

  

  ""The 
  Hessian 
  Fly. 
  A 
  lecture 
  by 
  Prof. 
  A. 
  J. 
  Cook, 
  of 
  the 
  Michigan 
  State 
  Agricultural 
  College, 
  de- 
  

   livercd 
  at 
  Farmer's 
  Institute 
  held 
  at 
  Paw 
  Paw 
  and 
  Climax, 
  Mich. 
  1878, 
  8vo., 
  p. 
  14. 
  

  

  