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by the Publicity Department of the Agri-
a and Mechanical College of Texas.
Oficial Publication of the College.  Dis-
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WILLIAM BENNETT BIZZELL
President of the College
FRANK ©. MARTIN
Secretary of Publicity
, height it grows from the ground and
~~ the amount and kind of foliage.
We have plenty of heat here with-
in a given period to grow plants
adapted to this climate, but we have
other influences that greatly affect
their growth, as drouth or = floods,
which come frequently within the
growing period.
: Moisture
We measure our precipitation in
units of crop years. The amount of
the rain-fall is of much less impor-
tance than the distribution. In
Western Texas we have two dry per-
iods. One occurs in the middle of
summer and the other in the middle
of winter, consequently there is not
enough rainfall distributed over a
given period to insure crops west of
San Antonio.
governs agriculture.
In concluding his lecture Mr.
Leidigh said that climate depends on
the following conditions; topography,
an latitude, altitude, sunshine, fluctua-
tion of weather and distance from
body of water. A knowledge of cli-
mate, and the conditions that control
our plants for conditions here. The
best that any seed grower claims for
~ his seed is what they will produce
under the most favorable conditions.
The Tachinidae or Parasitic Flies
Mr. Reinhard took as his subject
- the “Tachinidae or .Parasitic Flies.”
" He divided his subject into five
points as follows: The systematic
position of the family Tachinidae,
description, habits, life history and
economic importance of the family.
In a general way the family is one
of the most specialized of the order
Diptera. They are specialized from
a structural standpoin: as well as
from the standpoint of habit. The
flies are classified with reference to
the arrangement, number and size of
the bristles on the body.
The family may be described as
rather small to rather large bristly
flies, usually thick set. The first
antennal joint is short, the second
usually shorter than the third and
the third joint more or less elongat-
ed. The aristaa is bare, three joint-
ed, the first joint is always short and
often imperceptible, the second
somewhat elongated. Simple eyes
are always present. The abdomen is
composed of four or five visible
joints covered with erect spines. All
veins of the wings are simple.
As far as is known at the present
time all species are parasitic on
other living insects, among which are
some of the most important crop
pests. The eggs are usually deposit-
ed upon the body of the host.
The adult flies live on the nectar of
flowers, and often times certain spec-
ies which work certain kinds of
flowers, become so abundant on these
plants that they take such a consid-
erable part of the nectar as to seri-
ously interfere with the work of hon-
ey bees working these same plants.
it can be used by us in increasing
That fact practically |
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The eggs after being placed on the
host, hatch in from four to six days
and the maggot burrows into the
host and lives upon the body juices.
The vital organs of the host is not
attacked until the parasitic larva is
matured, at which time the host is
killed, the parasite leaving the dead
host and burrowing into the ground.
There it changes into the pupa stage,
and after remaining in that stage
from five to eight days the adult fly
emerges to carry on another life
cycle.
The family Tachinidae is by far
the most beneficial of the order of
the Diptera, judging from the stand-
point of an agriculturalist. In one
instance a great outbreak of army
worms in Northern Alabama which
was threatening to totally destroy
crops, was frustrated by the Tach-
inidae flies. Last year an infesta-
tion of army worms in West Central
and North West Texas was effective-
ly checked by the work of these flies
which are very abundant in this
state.
Some idea of the vast importance
of this family of parasitic flies to
Texas can be imagined from the fact
that Mr. Reinhard has collected one
hundred and twenty species around
College Station, everyone of which
as far as is known is a parasite of
some species of insect.
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sit on the Borad in Washington for
the awarding of “distinguished col-
leges and honor schools.”
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The following students were con-
fined to the hospital yesterday:
B. C. Glaze, P. Huey, M. W. Mer-
chant, H. E. Rea, W. W. Walker, L.
A. Wasson.
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Units of A. and M. College to be |4 Leaving my store promptly at 10 o'clock in the morning +
Made Next Week 4 and 4 o’clocy in the afternoon. We positively will make kX
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The Board is to visit]
Headquarters, Southern Department,
Fort Sam Houston, first and this in-
stitution second. It is contemplated !
that they will reach here either
Tuesday or Wednesday of next
week. The report of this Board to
the War Department determines the
standing of this institution among
other military schools of the coun-
try.
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