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cut down 15 per cent by the Hessian fly and there was practically 

 no injury by ice. Air R. H. Hill, also of Linden, placed the yield 

 at 15 bushels an acre, the normal yield being 20 bushels and the 

 percentage of infested fields 75. He estimated the loss at 25 per 

 cent. 



Mr William Embt, of Linden, estimates the yield at 13 bushels 

 an acre, a marked contrast to the normal yield which he places 

 at 27 bushels. He states that all the wheat in that section was in- 

 fested and estimates the loss at $20,000. 



Mr J. Lathrop, of Morganville, under date of June 24th, reports 

 the wheat crop as an entire failure in that vicinity, on account of 

 the extreme cold weather of last winter when the fields were 

 covered with ice, the little wheat escaping winter killing being 

 damaged by the Hessian fly. There appeared to be no exemption 

 as to variety or time of sowing. Later, Mr Lathrop states that 

 from 34 acres of wheat he obtained only 115 bushels of grain and 

 adds that the yield for the year will not be above 6 bushels an acre, 

 the normal being 20. He estimates the loss for the town at 46,600 

 bushels and states that all the fields were infested. 



Mr John R. Simmons, of Morganville, placed in mid June the 

 loss at from one-half to three-fourths of the crop, number 6 and 

 Klondike being the varieties affected. He estimates the yield in 

 Genesee county at no more than 5 bushels to the acre with a pos- 

 sibility of total failure. 



Mr C. N. Green, of South Byron, reported the yield at 8 to 10 

 bushels an acre, the normal being 20 to 25 bushels. He states 

 that 80 per cent of the fields were infested and adds that their 

 greatest trouble was not with the Hessian fly but the hard winter. 

 He is of the opinion that if the wheat had come through the winter 

 in good condition it would not have been destroyed by the fly. 



Mr G. W. Miller, of South Byron, placed the loss the latter part 

 of June at 60 to 75 per cent, the white wheat (number 6) being 

 the variety affected. There was not, in his estimation, any apparent 

 restriction of injury due to the character of the soil or the eleva- 

 tion. The latter part of September he estimated the yield at 8 

 bushels an acre, the normal being 20, reported 100 per cent of 

 the fields infested and a loss for the town of 50,000 bushels. 



Mr J. F. Rose, reporting in early June, estimated the injury at 

 25 per cent, all kinds being affected, though number 6 suffered 

 most. The date of sowing apparently had no influence on the 

 amount of injury. In September Mr Rose placed the yield at from 



