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during December shows that conditions are still serious over most 
of the State. Kansas has planted 11,395.000 acres to wheat and 
approximately 8,000,000 acres lie in territory where the fly is 
present. Several interesting conditions have arisen this year. 
September was one of the warmest and wettest Septembers on record. 
Two periods of generaly heavy rains over- the State brought about 
a simultaneous emergence of the fly over practically all of the 
wheat area. So far as we can determine, very few flies emerged 
after September 2S; In eastern Kansas^ Very little wheat had 
been planted at this tin®,, and as a result, "the regular sown 
crop is comparatively free of the fly. There is a large amount of 
volunteer wheat, however, and this is heavily infested. In the 
^7estern half of the State, wheat sowing was well along in many 
counties by September 26, and there is a heavy infestation in the 
regular crop. The warm, wet September was followed by the coldest 
October on record for the State. As a result, the maggots developed 
slowly and very few had reached, the "flaxseed stage by December 1, 
Tor the most part, the maggots were from one -ha If to full grown 
on this date. It is going to be of considerable interest to follow 
this situation through the winter and observe the results in the 
spring. - la- * 
The- following records give some idea, of the, infestation with 
fegard to date of seeding based on experimental plots: 
Per cent Per cent 
Plants dead 
50 
Ford Co. 
Planted 
Sept. 1 
Sept, IS- " 
Sept. 25 , 
Plants infested 
ICC 
5 . 
. 
Commanche Co. 
Sept. IS 
Sept. 25 
Oct. 2 
30 
13 

Clark Co. 
Sept. 2.6 
vC 0, d- 
27 
.0 
Rice Co. 
Sept. 1 
Sept. 13 
Sept. 25 
Sept. 20 
Sept. 30 
30 
25 
5 
50 

Barton Co.* 
Sept. 12 
Sept „ 19 
Sept. 26 
Oct. 3 
90.3 
60.4 
15.0 
0.0 
90 
* Average of four tests 
Rush Co. 
Sept. 17 
67 
Sept..2U 
33 
Oct.. 1 
1 
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