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“ The crop is estimated to be forty to forty-five bushels to the acre, 
so that we have the crop restored minus the cost of manures.” 
The following note from Mr. Byrd as to presence of Daddy Long- 
legs grubs in the crop from having been brought out in the manure is 
a confirmation from a direct eye-witness of what is probably often the 
case. He mentions :—“ The Mangolds were attacked by the grub in 
the leaf, and, having sown Turnips with them, we took out the Man¬ 
golds, and have a very promising crop of Turnips, although the Baddy 
Longlegs grab was there in numbers, carried into the field with the fold- 
yard manure and spread in the ridges .” 
Information was also sent in of Barley in Cornwall being destroyed 
by Daddy Longlegs grubs ; and notes communicated by Mr. C. White- 
head of attack (which in this case was identified as that of the Tipula 
oleracea ) occurring in Strawberrj^-beds near Maidstone. Likewise 
enquiries were received from north, south, and west of London, and 
also from Brighton, regarding attack of Tipulce larvae (Daddy Longlegs 
grubs) to grass in public gardens, squares, or park-lands, the above 
notes, taken altogether, showing the widespread prevalence of attack. 
The following notes refer mainly to the great appearance of the 
Flies which took place in the autumn, with some observations as to 
handpicking :— 
Mr. John Wilmot, of Derwent Lodge, Hounslow, notes:—“We 
have had an enormous number of the Crane Fly grubs this autumn on 
our Cabbage-seed beds. The plan we adopt is to send women with 
short sticks, and a small can to put them into, and go carefully along 
each row ; and wherever a plant is eaten off there the grub is sure to 
be found. 
“We have caught thousands of them this season in that way, and 
thus saved seven acres of Cabbage plants worth at least £40 per acre.” 
Mr. Edward Lingwood, writing from Tliwaite, Stoneham, Suffolk, 
mentions :—“ My greatest enemy, as regards Green crops, is a brown 
grub, which I am informed develops to the Daddy Longlegs. This 
works underground, and I have employed women to taken them out 
and destroy them.” 
Mr. D. Turvill, writing from West Worldham, Alton, Hants, on 
August 22nd, mentions the unusual amount of Daddy Longlegs in 
the district as a symptom of coming trouble. He notes :—“ My 
Clovers are literally alive with them. I presume they are laying their 
progeny in our Clover to feed upon our young Wheats, when they are 
sown upon it by-and-bye. I shall not be surprised to hear of much 
thin Wheat later on.” 
Mr. T. Hart likewise mentioned, from Park Farm, Kingsnorth, 
Kent, regarding Daddy Longlegs, “ that the Corn crops escaped the 
depredations of this pest, but the pastures suffered considerably. 
