1907.] Insect, Fungus and other Pests. 351 



Journal for many years past, showing the average prices of 

 British wheat, barley and oats per quarter, computed from the 

 weekly averages of corn returns during each of the harvest 

 years ending 31st August, 1898 to 1907. The quantities given 

 in the table are the quantities returned as sold from which the 

 averages are calculated. 









Prices. 







Quantities. 





Harvest 



















Years. 





















Wheat. 



Barley. 



Oats. 



Wheat. 



Barley. 



Oats. 



j 



- s. 



d. 



s. d. 



s. 



d. 



Quarters. 



Quarters. 



Quarters. 



1897-98 



36 



2 



26 II 



18 



3 



2,534,224 



3,339,842 



599,666 



1898-99 



26 



0 



26 I 



17 



3 



3,498,515 



3,^29,760 



777,676 



1 899-1 900 ... 



26 



4 



25 2 



17 



4 i 



3,255,654 



3,355,241 



722,859 



1900-01 



27 



1 



25 O 



18 



1 



2,463,341 



3,109,149 



684,956 



1901-02 



28 



4 



25 II 



20 



4 



2,45^275 



3,176,599 



698,840 



1902-03 



26 



5 



23 4 



17 



8 



2,386,017 



3,151,337 



1,104,660 



1903-04 



27 



2 



21 10 



16 



4 



2,129,448 



2,780,473 



1,132,086 



1904-05 



30 



7 



24 6 



17 



0 



1,746,927 



3, J 4i 058 



1,178,154 



1905-06 



28 



9 



24 2 



18 



5 



2,940,263 



3,202,613 



940,01 5 



1906-07 



28 



1 



24 5 



18 



4 



2,830,991 



3,376,6i5 



1,219,419 



In the case of wheat the price obtained for home-grown grain 

 in 1906-7 was only slightly below that of the preceding year, 

 while the prices of barley and oats were practically the same. 



Owing no doubt to the fact that farmers and others are 

 at this season of the year more than usually busy, the number 

 of specimens received during the past 

 Notes on Insect, month is considerably less than earlier 

 Fungus and in the year. At the same time a good 

 Other Pests.* many inquiries have been made re- 

 garding pests of various kinds, and 

 increased interest appears to be taken in the identification of 

 the cause of damage done to crops. 



Moths. — Leaves of rose, plum and privet sent from Auchter- 

 less were found to be infested by the caterpillars ,of a 

 Tortrix moth. It was, however, then too late for treatment, 

 most of the damage having been done and the caterpillars 

 pupated. Earlier in the season, when the caterpillars were at 

 work and therefore exposed, spraying with 1 lb. of Paris green 

 (paste) in 250 gallons of water would have poisoned them. 



•- Notes on insect, fungus and other pests, dealing with the specimens sub- 

 mitted to the Board for identification, and their apparent prevalence, will appear in 

 this Tournal month by month. The notes commenced with the issue for June, 1907. 



