Show AN a az tel N THE HESSIAN FLY ll 11 1 S 11 bonx the lt cevillo se villo ahn I 1 n it a finall xi nill colored two n vangel 1 I 1 fly ailt mv n irilli ot of nn it in li it ion long and al st aiu ali like tho wheat midge both bt br longing to the sinne saino order anti and of the nilie mule fj fig 1 is more allore slender ihn ill tin fenile fici li fi fig 2 which when full tf e eggs 94 tightly slightly ru ra ii to moderately full of blood the life of tile tho insect in ill the dult sta stage I 1 e is in the mie dying soon after 11 girnt abial tilt romaie lot u after tile the cg egg tig fig i is abat oue of in j da long of i reddish color T alio ai e luva if va or nia maggot ot fis figr 4 b is when ficq birst litt littchen ched of it ficai ay white lolor color with a tinge of roil red but b it later they aro very light arven clouded with white tito the kiy fi 4 d u n I 1 torquil under cover or of thu tho ninn fis fig 3 c which last is known is as the flaxseed on account ul 01 its to a flaxseed in ili forni t onn ana color tho are deposited ly by the very soon hoon after slie site batches lii tihes from tile the oil the upper side of tr tho boar as ii a rule a as indicated in ff F ig 5 this lial lask is finished in a lew few days das after which she lies the young yonn hatchiro hat hatching chirl 0 from the I 1 SK works its iti it i way beneath liun eiith the sheath boits to its base ase in thy fiill aluais just above the roots bolow below gronlid roM tl as chov iii ili rut ent lat at A but in raring they ib 5 not go bulow below ground is a rule tant b stop lit or near one of tile tho lower points tit the erfet effet of the mascots oil nil the young youn plants in tile fall is fully illustrated in the wc sec C C oct d T V tt ag G VARIOUS VAI lIOUS STAGES OF anz islai FLY ona cut tit an iti rested I 1 plant this thi 3 haest seiti lra fre several minute parasites pi nil which attack and destroy stroy it in ill both tho the egg final and larval or m ma biot shiigo aie sui ill dark colored ro lorod four winged winded insects quite anit well ill by fig C G professor bliley lus has durins during the past year imported front from angland a foreit ii species of theao alie 0 o parasites sone some or of which have by his instruction been turned lochi in the fieldson fields field sin lu the vicinity of cu with the liopo hope that they will ivil couie come established in thu tho state it jt ive measures may be noticed us its rot tn iv XII solving at the proper urne time bw bury lt it stubble rotation of cropf so sow irai ic ng narrow plats in late sui rinie A its C applying illick actins acting fertilizers fertilize rh on en bously infested fields in the full fall in ie de to encourage attacked plants to phrot up nil fresh tillers tiller sand anil to ir increase crease the vigor of these that they may mako growth to withstand the winter after tile the hy fly has ha gained possession of a 1 I fielis welister Ve lster of the ahio a g station says in the bulletin front froin which the foregoing is an extract that he be knows of no application that cin call im ile made which will destroy it Douht doubtless les pasturing tho the field if early son soa it will orten often result in reducing the numbers of tile the pest besides giving to tile the ground that compact com pulverized nature which it have had lit at the tint no mo doubt many karym and flax 5 I 1 r en a PLANT wrested D EY DY FLY se eils liy IT this bitans would I bo be crushed but very fuw few would enter into tit food of the animals grazing gr izing thereon unless tile the plants were pulled up tip both stem and boits I 1 aro are wine suggestions as to seeding first get good seed the laig lai g est sav best beat grain plow early yet got a compact wi wilmoth Kino looth olli well seed beil bed so eliat tho the seed will be evenly cov cred nothing Nin liing will pay better than this with V mery thing in ipa ioa diness wait patiently jintil aint 1 l the ny fly liia has emerged and larkely largely lit at least disappeared disappear cil then sow your grain as carefully and its as well as you would it if you were planting ting your 1 lait lai at t collir lit in ordinary seasons sc tile sire sred with v ith the assistant assi stamo stane of mother barth vw nill give you 1 a I growth of sturt sturdy ly hardy thrifty plants that will ivill lave have dod dodged god tho lly fly ped tho the rust and will ivill go into winter in better condition than if siwu early and in a Flips hud manner in thu tho spring this grain will meet even it quite attack of tho ilia illand lly and ilia effect t will part like more of that of the pruning knife than tile tho sickle rich soil will of have tho the advantage but if not rich do not abuso because it is poor is aa that is reason for good graj culture |