parasites which prey on insect pests in¬ 
crease or^decrease in proportion to the 
number of their enemies. There is a 
parasite which keeps the potato beetle 
in check in the long run. This parasite 
lays its eggs in the larvae. Conditions 
especially favorable to the multiplication 
of the potato beetle have existed this 
season, so that they have increased with 
great rapidity. In another year or so, 
the parasites will have caught up with 
them and the scourge will be over for the 
time being. ” 
Orchard pests are also very numer¬ 
ous this summer, and in some instances 
orchards have been seriously defoliated. 
Peaches are being badly affected by in¬ 
sects and by disease, so that the crop 
will be smaller than was anticipated. 
Much damage from the San Jose scale 
is also reported. This scale is so small 
that comparatively few internal para¬ 
sites come to maturity in their small 
bodies, the result being that they are 
not kept in check as readily and as auto¬ 
matically as many other common pests. 
The pine-tree blight, which has been 
doing considerable damage in New Eng¬ 
land, has apparently made its appearance 
in one or two places, and some reports of 
chestnut blight are heard. A great deal 
of damage has been done to forest trees 
this season by the measuring worm, 
which ordinarily is not a serious pest. 
One man in Monroe County says that he 
has sustained a loss of $16,000. 
The reason for the sudden outbreak 
of insect pests is supposed to be found 
in the exceedingly warm weather and 
the heavy rains. The latter have 
brought about what has been in effect a 
second spring. The result has been a 
stimulation of crops and verdure and 
ideal conditions for the multiplication of 
insect life. As a consequence, many 
varieties which in ordinary years are seen 
only occasionally have appeared in such 
great numbers that they have attracted 
attention, and the farmers have been led 
to believe that new sorts had been dis¬ 
covered. 
Were it not for the cutting off of the 
forests, the drainage of the swamps, and 
the indiscriminate slaughter of birds and 
snakes throughout the state the loss from 
this great influx of pests would be 
smaller. Nearly all the common birds 
devour wonderfully large numbers of 
these insects every day during the sum¬ 
mer, and when the pests leave theTrees 
and go to the ground, the snakes prey 
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