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Report  on  Wireworm. 
Table  IV. — Isle 
Parish  of 
Observer. 
Crop  Injured  and 
Nature  of  Crop 
preceding. 
Nature  of  Soil. 
Manure  and 
Preparation  of 
Land. 
Date  of  Sowing  and 
Weather  at  Time. 
San  ton  .. 
No  injury  this 
year. 
Have  found  peat 
soil  most 
liable  to  wire- 
worms. 
Sowed  this  year 
with  the  drill, 
and  did  not 
do  so  for- 
merly. 
.. 
Braddan  .. 
I. 
Slight  to  Oats 
sown  in  Ley 
field. 
Sandy 
17th  March  .. 
II. 
No  injury.  Land 
Good  brown 
Mostly,  use  town 
Oats,  20th  to 
previously,  pas- 
earth.  Sub- 
and  farm- 
end  of  March ; 
ture ; Turnips 
and  Potatoes. 
soil  shale  or 
rotten  stone. 
Light  or  shal- 
low spots  at- 
tacked first. 
manure  mixed. 
Barley  about 
middle  of 
April.  Wea- 
ther dry. 
Onchan  . . 
Much  less  than 
usual. 
Find  Wireworm 
most  trouble- 
some on  light 
land. 
In  March.  Wca-  . 
ther  dry. 
Lonan 
No  injury  this 
year. 
..  .. 
Maughold 
Injury  to  Potatoes, 
Turnips,  and 
Oats,  about  a 
quarter. 
Light  stony 
Farmyard  and 
Oats  about  16th 
I. 
sharp  soil. 
patent,  for 
green  crop. 
March.  Green 
crops  8th  and 
10th  May. 
II. 
Oats  after  Grass, 
and  Swedes 
after  Wheat, 
slightly  injured. 
Peat 
Limed  six  years 
ago.  Swedes 
manured  with 
3 cwt.  super- 
phosphate, 
and  3 cwt. 
Kainite. 
Oats,  18th  Mar., 
Swedes,  1st 
week  in  June.  ! 
III. 
No  injury  tocrops, 
Turnips  after 
Oats,  Barley 
after  Potatoes, 
Oats  on  Ley. 
Partly  loam 
clay  and  gra- 
velly soil. 
Barley  well 
limed,  Tur- 
nips on  patent 
manure. 
IV. 
Turnips  1 crop; 
Peat  and  clay. 
Well  limed  for 
Injured  and  uu- 
Potatoes  bad ; 
No  difference 
Turnips  and 
injured  sown 
Barley  rather 
as  to  amount 
Potatoes.  Pa- 
about  same 
bad ; Oats  slight 
attack. 
of  attack. 
tent  manure  as 
top  dressing. 
time ; weather 
wet. 
V. 
Very  little.  Tur- 
Light  soil.  Writh 
Both  farm  and 
Uninjured  in 
nips ; previous 
us  peat  on 
patent  and 
May,  injured  | 
crop  Oats,  which 
the  hills  is 
some  seaweed 
about  the  be- . 1 
were  very  badly 
clearest  from 
in  the  field 
ginning  of 
attacked. 
the  worm. 
which  was 
not  attacked. 
June. 
