. Annual report. Entomological Society of Ontario; Insect pests; Insects -- Ontario Periodicals. 16 THE REPORT OF THE No. 1» The opinion seems to prevail that in continually moving about the country in my official capacity I enjoy exceptional opportunities for observation and should know a great deal. While it may not seem altogether unfair to expect considerable of me in this way, the particular work in which I am engaged has so continually demanded my full time that the opportunity for thorough and careful investigation outside of matters pertaining to the San Jose scale is not nearly so sat
. Annual report. Entomological Society of Ontario; Insect pests; Insects -- Ontario Periodicals. 16 THE REPORT OF THE No. 1» The opinion seems to prevail that in continually moving about the country in my official capacity I enjoy exceptional opportunities for observation and should know a great deal. While it may not seem altogether unfair to expect considerable of me in this way, the particular work in which I am engaged has so continually demanded my full time that the opportunity for thorough and careful investigation outside of matters pertaining to the San Jose scale is not nearly so satisfactory as when at home I went leisurely about my own orchards and, with necessary appliances always at hand, worked out such questions. My practice has been not to accept any statement I could not verify in the field and in ii'y judgment he who demonstrates beyond question one subject in a whole season has accom- plished much more than another who has given but superficial attention to a greater number. Notwithstanding the almost entire absence of such weather as makes ideal conditions for insects, in many instances they were present in usual (juantity. The cabbage worm, striped cucumber beetle and squash bug, asparagus and potato beetles are spoken of by gardeners as- having been troublesome. The potato beetle made a record, for when the vines succumbed to blight, in their efforts for self preservation the beetles attacked almost everything else, tomatoes and particularly egg plants were procectea with the greatest difficulty. There were instance* of tomato plants being eaten off in large quantity, by potato bugs which attacked them below the surface of the ground, before the potatoes were up in the spring. The asparagus beetle is. spread over the whole of the Niagara District, and where left to itself seriously injures the crop. There are several methods of controlling it, and those which are perhaps the most successful and most generally adopted are very simple. The inse
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