Annual report of the Fruit Growers' Association of Ontario, 1896 . oats and hay. It is well to make special mention of theHessian fly {Cecidomyia destrvctor, Say), fig. 68,which has been present in several places, and farm-era must be prepared next year, if its injuries in-crease, to adopt the well known remedies ofsowing their fall wheat later (about the thirdweek in September) and burning carefully allscreenings and dust from threshing Wheat ^ge {Diplosis triiici, Kirby),fig. 59,which has been heard little of for the past sixor seven years, again put in an appearance inone or
Annual report of the Fruit Growers' Association of Ontario, 1896 . oats and hay. It is well to make special mention of theHessian fly {Cecidomyia destrvctor, Say), fig. 68,which has been present in several places, and farm-era must be prepared next year, if its injuries in-crease, to adopt the well known remedies ofsowing their fall wheat later (about the thirdweek in September) and burning carefully allscreenings and dust from threshing Wheat ^ge {Diplosis triiici, Kirby),fig. 59,which has been heard little of for the past sixor seven years, again put in an appearance inone or two localities. This, also, will be largely ^^^ ^^ controlled by the systematic burning of the rubbish from threshing machines. Oats have, perhaps, suffered from insects more than any other of the small grainsThe Grain Aphis (Siphonophora avence. Fab.) was unusually abundant in some places. Oatswere also among the crops mentioned by several who wrote concerning the army-worm{Leucania unipuncta, Haw.) One of the most notable outbreaks of the year 1896 was by the. 60 ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF ONTARIO.
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