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Title: Annual report of the Agricultural Experiment Station of the University of Minnesota
Year: 1893 (1890s)
Authors: University of Minnesota. Agricultural Experiment Station
Subjects: Agriculture
Publisher: St. Paul, Minn. : The Pioneer Press Company
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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r all countiesin this state where wheat is raised to be a conservative estimatefor this year. The grain has not been universally attacked overthe portions mentioned above but, as indicated, almost every lo-cality has suffered a little and some individual fields excessively.The Red River Valley is particularly afflicted and all along theline of the Great Northern Railroad from Alexandria to Moor-head and beyond, fallen wheat could be seen from the train andin such abundance as to indicate great numbers of this pest. In 1901 the first report of injury came from Otter Tail countywhere a local miller placed the loss at fifty per cent. It was alsoreported from St. Peter, St. James, Worthington, Pipestone, Mar- INSECTS INJURIOUS IN 1902. shall, Willmar, Wadena and Beaver Falls in 1895 and 1896 whenthe flies were abundant, the loss on the entire crop being estimatedat from five to ten per cent and in individual cases as high astwenty-five per cent. Mr. Forbes reports it present conspicuously
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Fig. 2.—Three straws showing work of the Hessian Fly ; flaxseeds exposed intwo straws on right. Original. in 1897 and 1898, which is evidence that it is on the increase inthe state and that it calls for radical remedial or preventive meas-ures. It is all the more insidious as a foe to our farmers from the 4 INSECTS INJURIOUS IN 1902. fact that its presence is not revealed to them until the injury hasbeen clone and the grain is down, and from the further fact thata large number of our farmers are unfamiliar with its work andhave been accounting for the falling grain as the result of hail.In fact, I am creditably informed that some sought and obtainedhail insurance for grain injured by the Hessian Fly. It is wellworth noting that although it is generally on the increase andbids fair to cause much greater injury in the future, its increaselike that of many another pest is marked by periods of decrease.It is wave-like, if I may use that expression, for as its numbersexpand favorable conannualreportofag1119021903univ

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