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Kansas 
R. H. ir'ettit (j-oiie 19): An exo.r.ii nation in ths fields over a small 
pa.rt of the State has not revealed anj qor^ntity of the Hessian fly 
thus far. 
J. J. Davis (June 21): Reports indicate th£.>.t tl-^s Hessian fly is 
increasing in some localities, apparently localities vrhere some 
;7heat -^as sov/n early last fall. Have "baen tmahle to make a sui'vey 
to determine the exact situation. 
". P. Flint (Jtrne 18): Tlie spring hrcod of the Hessian fly has 
appeared in moderate numbers with occasional fields sho-.7ing 20 to 
30 per cent infestation. 
C. IT. Ainslie (ifey 29): The abnormally cold spring h-as delayed the 
emergence of the adults and noTT, \7hen the vheat is growing nicely, 
the flies are placing third eggs. No fields appear to l-ave escaped 
and in many fields nearly every plant carries from 1 to 10 eggs or 
even more. The situation is certainly serious. 
M. H. Swei3i- (May 15- June 15): By the last vreek in Jfey the spring 
orood ha.d mostly developed to the mature maggot or pupariim condi- 
tion. In the latter stage thsy largely remained during the first 
half of June, comparatively feu having emerged as adults to form a 
second spring hrood. Nevertheless, the fly, in connection T:ith the 
•unfavorahle Tr^ather conditions, has ■'forked very great in.iury to the 
T/7inter vheat crop of southeastern Nehraska, diiring the present spring, 
and especially in those counties uhere late sc-ving of the \7heat was 
not generally practiced last fall. Tl-.ere are large numoers of small 
dead stems, and the stools usually shovr rreak vitality uhere the fly 
is present, r/hich is in about 20 per cent of the acreage. The cen- 
ter of more serious injury easvvardly seems to he in Dodge, Saiinders, 
Butler, Polk, Platte, I^milton, Fillmore, Saline, and Jefferson Coun- 
ties. No organized late soving movement T7as ccndiicted in any of 
these counties, except in Saunders and Fillraore Co^onties, last fall 
and in these t77o counties only a, conpa^ratively small percentage of 
ffehe farmers av^aited the fly-free date. The infestation in the early 
soTTii fields of these nine counties involves from 9 to 22 per cent of 
the well-developed stems standing at this time, with sn average of 
from 1 to 3 puparia to the affected stem. The dead smaller early 
spring grorrth contains at this time large n-umhers of puparia which 
have not as yet given forth their flies. This indicates the possi- 
bility of a very heavy midsuLmier brood. The western area of ir^es- 
tation previously mentioned, extending from Harlan to Redi^illow 
Cotinty and north into Frontier, Gosper, and Phelps Comities and south- 
western Dawson County, is in general similarly affected. 
J. W. HcColloch (j-'jine 18): There is a general infestation over the 
State, which is severe in some sections. Heavy infestations are 
Iriaox-n to occ-'or in Riley, Morris, Clay, and Decatur Counties. The 
dry weather in early spring reduced the infestation in the western 
part of the State. Conditions the last of Fay and in June were 
favorable for the fly. (June 19): T^ae Hessian fly situation is 
not as alarming as we had feared earlier in the year. There is a 
