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CORN AND GRABS. 
In some fields Wireworms often spoil half the crop of Wheat.— 
(Gi. Burgiss, The Farm, Strutherglen Park, Petworth.) 
We have suffered much from Wireworm on the chalk lands during 
the last two or three years, but not as much during the present one. 
On the clay lands we have not suffered to the same extent as upon 
the chalk, except in cases where we departed from the four-course 
rotation and sowed Wheat after a two years’ ley. I attribute this 
partly to their having been in Clover for two years, and partly that 
being undrained we have to ridge up the field in small lands, which 
prevents the roller taking proper effect.—(A. H. Bowles, Clandon, 
Guildford.) 
Wireworms have not troubled us for several years past, but 
previously they were a source of great injury in loss of Oat crops, and 
Turnip crops. Probable money loss no one can tell accurately.— 
(J. Forrester, for Right Hon. Viscount Portman, Bryanston, Blandford.) 
Injuries are mainly confined to the crops on light, porous soils, 
except very sharp sands. On land subject to periodical attacks 
of this pest, my estimate of the average amount of injury is about 
l-10th of the crop.—(F. Beard, Horton, Canterbury.) 
The Wireworm this year was much better than last. In dry 
unkindly springs under our chalk hills, the Lent Corn, Oats and 
Barley suffer much from it.—(R. Cooke, Detling, Maidstone.) 
Loss this year on one farm, a quarter of the crop ; on another, 
from a quarter to a half; on another, loss estimated as usually a 
quarter, but sometimes half the crop.—(per J. H. White, Weybread.) 
The Wireworm has this season been a great pest in the Fens, and 
also on high lands.—(C. Caswell, Peterborough.) 
On one of the farms which I occupy, I lost, when first I took it, an 
entire crop of Wheat—money loss, rent, rates and taxes on the field, 
also seed and labour of putting in.—(C. R. Colville, Burton-on-Trent.) 
Scotland.— Wireworms have done groat damage in this district 
this season. Some fields of grain were ploughed down last month 
(May) and resown, so that there will not be such a great loss ; but 
there are many more in which the Wireworms have not left half a 
crop, and the loss in consequence must be 50 per cent.—(M. Dunn, 
Dalkeith.) 
1 have 17 acres of Barley injured this season by Wireworms; 
taking the average loss over the field at 2 quarters per acre, this is T3 
per acre, present market price.—(D. Husband, Struthers, Cupar, Fife.) 
Wireworms have (as usual) been rather numerous, particularly 
amongst lea Oats, and have kept back the crop from ripening early. 
Consequently, where Wireworm have abounded, a good many farmers 
have not yet (Oct. 6) got all their crops into the stackyard, and they 
deteriorate by long exposure.—(T. Dow, West Idvies, Forfar.) 
