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Report  on  Wireworm 
Table  III. — Isle 
Parish  of 
Observer. 
Crop  Injured  and 
Manure  and 
Date  of  Sowing 
Nature  of  Crop 
Nature  of  Soil. 
Preparation  of 
and  Weather  at 
preceding. 
Land. 
Time. 
Ballaugh 
Turnips  suffered 
Sandy 
Seaweed  put 
Turnips  sown 
VI. 
slightly. 
under  Pota- 
toes (not  for 
Turnips). 
about  end  of 
May. 
VII. 
No  injury  .. 
Last  year  Tur- 
"Wheat  from  be- 
nip  crop  a 
ginning  of 
comparative 
Dec.  "Wea- 
failure  where 
ther  favour- 
patent  ma- 
nure only  was 
used. 
able. 
Kirk 
Very  little,  if  any 
.. 
• • M 
..  . . 
Michael. 
I. 
II. 
No  money  loss 
Light  and  sandy 
Patent  bone- 
Inj  ured  about 
but  some  Tur- 
soil.  No  Tur- 
dust  manure, 
no  farmyard 
2nd  week  in 
nips  pulled  up 
nips  noticed 
June,  unin- 
by  Rooks  (after 
pulled  up  on 
manure,  and 
jured  about 
Oats). 
heavier  land. 
on  heavier 
land  farmyard 
25th  May. 
manure. 
III. 
Potatoes  after 
Light  mould 
Extra  crop  of 
Planted  about 
Barley. 
blackish  loam. 
Seaweed  on  it, 
and  ploughed 
under.  Farm- 
manure  heavy. 
5 th  of  Apri 
in  fine  wea 
thcr. 
• 
German  .. 
No  injury  .. 
Patrick  .. 
No  injury  .. 
Soil  dry  .. 
Land  prepared 
1 
I. 
in  time,  with 
Lime,  Sea- 
weed, and 
farm-manure. 
II. 
Very  little  . . 
Heavy  soil 
..  .. 
.. 
III. 
Immaterial . . 
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