24 



Count}^, both in the immediate vicinity of the localities from which 

 mj^ reports were received. The table is as follows : 





Month. 



Alden. Erie 

 County. 





Elba. Genesee 

 County. 





Total 

 precipi- 

 tation. 



Number 



of rainy 



days. 



Total 

 ijrecipi- 

 tation. 



Number 



of rainy 



days. 



190f)— August 



Inches. 



■ 2.48 

 3.26 

 3.18 

 8.42 

 3.09 

 4.34 

 4.49 

 1.49 





16 

 12 

 11 



18 



Inches. 

 2.39 

 2.69 



3.99 



11 



September -.. 



October 



November 



1901— March 



7 



8 



21 



April.- - 



May - 



June - 



4.25 

 5.13 

 3.38 



io 



19 

 10 



It will be seen that last Ma}' was very wet, rain falling IS and 19 days, 

 respectively, in the two localities, and it is no wonder that the spring- 

 generation of the ^y thrived, completed its transformations, and was 

 ready to infest late-sown barley. The contrast between a rank, suc- 

 culent growth of the grain and grain injured by the Hessian fly was 

 further shown on one hilly patch of wheat in which there was consid- 

 erable grain on the gravelly, comparatively dry knolls, while in the 

 more moist o-ullies the stalks of wheat were verv scatterino-. 



In the discussions of this paper, Mr. Ashmead asked what remedy 

 Mr. Felt would recommend. 



Mr. Felt replied tliat late sowing and trap crops plowed under were 

 the most effective remedies. 



Mr. Howard suggested the possibility of varieties resistant to the 

 Hessian fly. 



Mr. Felt said that Xo. 8 was said to be resistant. 



Mr. Scott then presented the following paper: 



JARRING FOR THE CURCTJLIO ON AN EXTENSIVE SCALE IN 

 GEORGIA, WITH A LIST OF THE INSECTS CAUGHT. 



By W. M. Scott. and W. F. Fiske, Atlanta. Ga. 



CURCULIO DAMAGE TO PEACHES AND PLUMS. 



In Georgia, where peaches and plums are extensively grown for mar- 

 ket, iDcrhaps the most perplexing i^roblem that confronts the grower 

 is how to combat the curculio. The San Jose scale, so prevalent in 

 south Georgia, is thoroughl}' controlled by the kerosene-water treat- 

 ment, the peach-tree borer is held in abej'-ance by the cutting-out 

 method, and the brown rot is fairly well controlled with the Bordeaux 

 treatment; but the curculio has succeeded in baffling all contrivances 

 for its destruction, except, perhaps, the tedious and expensive method 

 of jarring the trees and catching the beetles on sheets stretched on 

 frames made for tliat purpose. 



