Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Some Insects Attacking the Steams of Growing Wheat Rye, Barley, and Oats: With Methods of Prevention and Suppression
Throughout the United States, where the smaller cereal grains wheat, rye, barley, and oats - are to any considerable extent cultivated, a multitude of injuries to growing wheat are charged by the average farmer to the Hessian fly; whereas, in many cases these ravages are really the work of insects whose habits differ greatly from those of that insect. Indeed, some of them are not flies at all, and even where the ravages are caused by flies, these are not necessarily the Hessian fly, and the same remedial and preventive measures that are applicable to this notorious wheat pest may not be at all effective against them. In fact, it is with the hope of enabling the farmer, as also the economic student, to distinguish between some of the chief insect enemies of cereal grains, and especially between many of them and the Hessian fly, that this publication has been prepared. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
