Show A THE HESSIAN FLY net hodo practiced fr for april filling I 1 this wheat peat let the adult of this insect is a small two winged gnat about one tenth of an inch ion long in fit a general way it is ii liko like the lio house fly and is ia oven even more liko like the mosquito in and shape it does no harm to wheat at this of its ita life the eq birga 0 s produced by the fly are long and slender i ender of a pale reil red color and ar anro 0 attached frani rom one to thirty or more in a place an on the upper side of the blades of young wheat young voting grubs which hatch batch from tho the eggs malio make their way avay downward antl and crowd themselves ile between the blades and tho the stems thoy are white short rather stout without lead head or legs and may be recognized from other grubs which feed on oil the same bimo parts of wheat by a little lilt ie bon bony y rod a sort of a breast abreast bone which is im im bedded in tho skin of the f forlai d part of the body they have havo no biting jaws or other mouth parts part sand and absorb tho the juices of tile the plants thi through ough the skin the largo large ones come to lio lie fin illy in ili it ii ca cavity vity which the continued pressure pres buro bure of their bodies makes in ili the sides cl of f t ane lie stems the flaxseed or pupa stage is i the one which follows next tho the change from grul grub to pupa takes place iu in the cavity of the stem already mentioned FLIES ENLARGED AND NATURAL SIZE the pupa is smooth and shining of a bright yellowish brown color and as the name implies resembles a small seed the adult hies flies which in turn emerge from the flaxseeds flass flax eeds seeds loiter about until opportunity port unity offers for placing their eggs on a suitable plant two broods develop each year flies which have passed the cold months as flaxseeds flax seeds appear early in spring and place eggs in young wheat 2 most lost of the grubs grub hatching from such eggs become flaxseeds flais flax eeds seeds about harvest time and many remain remain in in this condition in ili stubble b Is after the wheat is cut the flies fran fram this first brood emerge from stub blan time to place their eggs on fall wheat for the second brood which pass the winter as flaxseeds flais flax eeds seeds the inaura doi dows in fall corisis Ys in checking and ana killing the plant infested wheat is recognized by its unhealthy color the spring brood of grubs ilso also destroys the young plants but moro more often the wheat gets 22 its gronim ain eak ano injury j rv uina ion to ao tho lower part of the item ina in a bulletin from tho the kentucky experiment peri ment station in connection with late planting two other procedures oce dures are ad visal during outbreaks cutbreath first is that of burran burning over stubble fields as soon as possible after the wheat is cut for the purpose of destroying all flaxseeds flax seeds that remain in the stems tho the second practice is the planting of small plots of very early wheat as lures to the flies so as to entice them into depositing their eggs before the regular crop comes up the wheat of the plots can then be destroyed by deep plowing or otherwise se these practices have the sanction of the moat recent and thorough study of hessian fly injury it is believed that hat 1 WHEAT STALKS BY FLY when farmers generally practice late planting with judgment anil and supplement it by the precautions just mentioned severe injury from II hessian essian fly need necil not bo be greatly feared with the above a few other methods method of lessening injury may be mentioned as having had advocates among practical farmers fan ners I 1 the use of nir air slacked or water blacked limo lime sowed bowed broadcast over growing wheat at tile the rate of one or two two bushels per aero acre has bee been strongly advocated 2 close grazing by sheep has also been declared beneficial the sheep bein being 0 thought to destroy the grubs and flags eeds 3 the selection election of 1 I varieties of grain grai in tho the mediterranean wheat and red w heats ulleans being claimed to bo be nearly exempt emp t from attack the testimony monyon on this head is however very conflicting and no recommendations can call bo be safely based 01 on it 4 the use of fertilizers hereasie he here reasin as in other cases of insect attack is to bo be recommended strongly as calculated to stimulate the growth of infested wheat until it is beyond danger in the second cut is shown the manner in which wheat stalks break after being attacked by the fly the smaller figure bli owing eeds in position |