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ties. The pea louse was not observed to be present in pea fields until 

 after the middle of June. The fall webworm was quite abundant in 

 Mar3'land this year, and was generally distributed all over the State. 



Mr. Burgess stated that the plum curculio had done considerable 

 injury to apples in northern Ohio the present year. The plum crop 

 had also been severely injured. 



Mr. Smith stated that there had been considerable injury in the 

 southern part of New Jersey from the strawberry weevil, but it had 

 not made its appearance in the northern part. While the injury had 

 been rather extensive, he questioned if the loss had been of much real 

 importance, owing to the beneficial effect of the thinning of the fruit. 

 In reference to the pea louse, Mr. Smith stated that in the past some 

 of the pea fields suffered quite a good deal, but up to this time in the 

 present season the insects had not appeared in any number. A species 

 of louse has been abundant on clover, but he did not learn of this 

 until after the clover had been cut. He did not know whether or not 

 there was any relation between the insect on clover and the pea louse. 



Mr. Sanderson stated that the only information in reference to the 

 occurrence of the pea louse in Delaware that had come to him was 

 from reports, but it was his opinion that the insect had been of but 

 little importance. 



Mr. Hopkins inquired of Mr. Quaintance if the early planting of 

 peas had been the result of entomological investigation. 



Mr. Quaintance stated that he was not able to say, and referred the 

 question to Mr. Sanderson, who replied that he did not know who had 

 first suggested the plan of planting early varieties of peas to get 

 around the injury from the pea louse. He thought that possibly it 

 had been done by Professor Johnson. Mr. Sanderson stated that 

 early peas both this year and last had been practically free from the 

 insect. The remedy had been brushing, following by a cultivator, and 

 in New Jersey a sprayer had been used. 



Mr. Webster stated that the planting of early A-arieties of peas was 

 the practice followed in Ohio. 



Mr. Smith remarked that he had given the advice to plant early as 

 soon as the life history of the insect had been worked out and in his 

 first publication on the subject. In New Jersey he found it was safe 

 to count on practical freedom from the insect until the middle of June. 



Mr. Bogue, in speaking of the melon louse, thought that this insect 

 could be readily killed by fumigation. He was much interested in 

 the matter of parasites of this species. In regard to the grapevine- 

 root worm, he thought that possibly the farmers had a remedy in the 

 use of chickens which would help them some. Fowls had been used 

 with good success with other insects. If the beetles were knocked off, 

 he thought the fowls would destroy a great many of them. 



Mr. Smith stated in reference to the melon aphis that fumigating 

 with carbon bisulphid was common in New Jersey, and that a number 



