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Report  on  Wireworm. 
Table  I. — Isle  f 
Parish  of 
Observer. 
Crop  Injured  and 
Nature  of  Crop 
preceding. 
Xature  of  Soil. 
Manure  and 
Preparation  of 
Land. 
Date  of  Sowing 
and  Weather  at 
Time. 
Lezayre  . . 
I. 
Oats  and  Wheat 
slightly  injured. 
Previous  crops, 
Grass  and  Tur- 
nips. 
Wireworm  most 
active  on 
light  soils. 
Lime  in  a quick 
state  laid  on 
Lea  destroys 
the  larvae. 
II. 
Some  injury  to 
Wheat  and  Oats. 
Previous  crops, 
Grass  and  Green 
crops. 
Gravelly  loam 
..  .. 
Spring  sown  - 
crops  suffered 
most.  Ordi- 
nary weather. 
III. 
No  injury  .. 
Turf  and  light 
and  hilly  soil. 
Loose  soil 
more  subject 
to  attack. 
Lime,  farmyard 
and  patent 
manure. 
Wheat,  end  of 
Dec.  ; Oats, 
March ; Bar- 
ley, April ; 
Greenerops, 
May  and  June. 
IV. 
1,  Oats  after  green- 
crop  much  in- 
jured; 2,  Lea 
Oats  not  touched. 
1.  Light  soil  on 
bill. 
2.  llather  strong 
earthy  soil  on 
lowland. 
1.  Only  patent 
and  limed  in 
Lea. 
2 Patent  and 
farmyard. 
1 . Latter  end  of 
March  (pretty 
dry). 
2.  25th  of  April. 
Kirk  Bride 
I. 
No  loss  through 
attack. 
Light  soil 
No  difference  in 
preparation 
between  in- 
jured and  un- 
injured. 
Wheat  in  Nov., 
weather  dry. 
Uninjured 
crop  in  Jan., 
weather  dry. 
II. 
1 Turnips  have  suf- 
fered ; previous 
crop  Barley. 
Loose  and  sandy 
We  use  Sea- 
weed and 
farm  manure. 
June  ..  .. 
III. 
I Potatoes  slightly 
after  Lea. 
Light  loam  on 
sandy  bottom. 
Farm-manure . . 
Planted  in  | 
heavy  rain  in  1 
April. 
Kirk 
Andreas 
I. 
1 
I No  Loss.  Barley 
after  Potatoes, 
Turnips  after 
Lea. 
Black  soil 
Yard  manure  .. 
11 
Barley,  May  18 ; r 
green  crop 
about  middle  1 
of  J une. 
II. 
j No  loss 
Black  soil,  loam 
Farm  and  pa- 
tent, or  ] latent 
only.  No  dif- 
ference seen 
in  work  of 
Wireworms. 
Wheat,  Dec. ; ij 
Oats,  April;  J 
Barley,  May ; a 
Turnips,  June  if 
