Thirteenth Report of the State Entomologist of Minnesota to the Governor PDF Download

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ISBN: 9781332234042
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 206

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Excerpt from Thirteenth Report of the State Entomologist of Minnesota to the Governor: For the Years 1909 and 1910 Dear Sir: I herewith present the Thirteenth Report of the State Entomologist of Minnesota, covering work of this office and insect conditions during 1909 and 1910. For the sake of economy this report is now printed biennially. In addition we print from time to time and mail to farmers and fruit growers circulars of information and press bulletins, planning to have these reach them at the time when most needed, and thus be more helpful than if we delayed publishing until the issuing of the printed report. This plan appears to work satisfactorily. General Insect Conditions During 1909 and 1910: During 1909 native species of grasshoppers were abundant and troublesome in various localities throughout the state, complaints reaching this office from St. Cloud, Fertile, Crookston, McIntosh, and from localities in Otter Tail and Norman Counties. These complaints were prophetic of the trouble in store for us in 1910, the present year, in which grasshoppers have been more troublesome, causing decided loss locally, than for many years. These are native varieties, and while they have not possibly noticeably reduced the yield of grain, in the state at large, they have, in certain localities, cut down the crop of farmers from two-thirds to four-fifths, some individuals having become utterly discouraged in consequence. The output of flax, however, has been markedly diminished this year, which diminution is due almost entirely to the attacks of grasshoppers. 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.