The Hessian Fly
Some suspicious looking worms in barley stalks were sent to Miss Ormerod from a Fifeshire farm last August. She at once detected the "flax seeds" of the Hessian Fly, and after a few pertinent observations she thus concluded : — " May I, however, take the opportunity of reminding all interested in prevention that our great safeguard against recurrence of this attack (from present infestation) lies in having the light screenings from thrashings of infested crops gathered up and destroyed. ! " This is no loss, for the flax seeds are thrown in the light rubbish, and thus we get rid of whatever attack might have come out of the chrysalis quite surely and at very little cost."
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Bruce Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 2625, 30 October 1894, Page 4
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116The Hessian Fly Bruce Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 2625, 30 October 1894, Page 4
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