The enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1804-1815, 1804-08-11
Mr.. EDIToR,

Rs17e, e5b 1a1e, 1906.
Mr.. EDITog,
Having heard much complaint among the Farmers
and others, of the detructou of their growing wheat
by the HeiAn Fly--and fone from the rrF or LEc6t
as they iuppofe, by the eaderly wind; | led to
examine my fields, and endeavcur TO diic0ver
the caufe OF the yellow and ruRy appearance OF my
own wheat; particularly FINAL field Of iprpg wheat
which 1T an early period, made good flew of be-
ing fine crop; but which, all once-or at leaf
in very few days, feemed wholly to droop and put
on the fame iickly hue which had prevouily ojfsry
ed to the eaitward of Albany and ALTO in tie county
of Montgomery had never feen the HeI1isn Az,
but had generally underilood that its fri appearance
was that of ima 7cbifs 7ggat in TIE fall Of be gar
about TIE fri and /eoad snt, and that the talks. infel-
ed with the fly, rather maggot, would e.iily be
pulled afnnder. Examining fome nalks of my fpsing
wheat, and finding them perfectly found, and rot to
be ieparated, except by cutting them with knife,
and at the fame time oberving yellow duff or ruff
the decayed leaves haitily concluded that the de-
feet in the grain was not owing TO the Heiiian fy
but to iegu which had cauied the talks and leaves
to grow rully and perth But accidentally oberving
that the roots of all the talls which Ihad pulled Up
appeared dead and quite dscayed like rotted flax
was led examine them with attention. when
found number of very FINAL 7phe zUor7s extreme
ly fine, very Eveiy, which underGand is never the
cafe with the Helian fly. But Of this circumstance
respecting the always torpid fate of the Heian fly
L nave 10 peTlonal knONieuSe
Theie worms were OF different lengths, from ain
eighth to fourth of All inch las well as could Judge
from the eye) and moved either end foreroft al
though evidently different the form Of the head
from the Other extrnnity-what fuppoied the head
being longer, and of red colour-lhe body of iorle
was nearly as white nlaggot in cheefe, o.
theirs of the pale green colour of the ak of wheat.
In the roots OF thoie talks, mott decayed, there
nie6ts in guis. Gsas fate, properly fpeang,
in the fate of abiolute ref and of the colour OF ripe
flax feed, though not that ihape; they rounder
and longer, but in inance as long the live worm
take this be the feaad Rate OF this de0rucive in
fe6, and that the third fate is probably fly. The
ebry1iis firt remove from worm, is not lodged in
the alk of the grain but amongR the roots OF in the
fire. infection OF the leaves adjoining the root. The
Destruction of the grain appears owing the ravages
of the the fine and tender YRler tie Eir-
face of TIE rert5 and the reaon that 70 few found
in pulling up the wheat and examining the talks,
imagine, IS owing 70 the worms being concealed by
the dirt adhering to the roots and their being aken
off with the dirt before the examined am
led believe that this is fpecies worm as it
has made mere complete detruaion of rhe E5sirg
4c6sat than the 4UiNfy y05sa. | have always under
food that the Heilian Fly produced from eggs LAID
in the young ihoots of wheat in TIE fiN and that
wheat late flowed and ON highly MANFRED lands al
ways efcapes their ravages. BY the way would ob-
lerve that fome of thefe dicoYerld in ny
winter wheat which was very late iowa, but ehey did
it but little damage. My fpring wheat was TOWN
partly lands, lat feafon in corn and potatoes and
was but Indifferent foil the ret in llall adjoining
field which had been year ingrais, and was this
pring broken up in order prepare the ground for
planting orchard.
The effea ofthis fPecies of worm, on wheat, is
precifey the fame imall white maggot which Ian
feaion, deitroyed my melons, particularly, 9ozr e-
Ions. Obiervng that the vines died in manner not
to be accounted for, from the drought, pulled the
vines up to obferve if the black grub-worm had not
denroyed the roots, when to my altonhment found
all the large roots, quite eaten through and through
by white maggot worm, which had caried the
vines perth effeauay as if they had been pull
led up and expofed to the fun hope ele halty re-
marks may ferve call the attention Of more expert
enced farmers to this fubject.