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creeks running through the county. The loss in Brant was accordingly severe 

 but the •outbreak was brought under control, and the damage confined largely to 

 restricted areas by the thorough and willing work of the farmers. In many 

 cases men not threatened with attack came considerable distances to aid those 

 attacked, and in instances gangs of eighteen or twenty men with half a dozen 

 teams were busy trenching around infested areas. Where the men of a district 

 co-operated in this way the damage was usually restricted to small areas. 



Distribution Within the Province. 



The Army Worm occurred practically throughout the whole Province. The 

 following is a list of the infested counties 'or districts and townships. The extent 

 of occurrence and injury has been summed up from reports by the District 

 Representatives of tlie Department of Agriculture, from various private reports sent 

 in to the Department of Entomology of the Ontario Agricultural College, and 

 from personal observation. The writer is indebted to Mr. Arthur Gibson of the 

 Dominion Entomological Branch for records of occurrence in townships not other- 

 wise reported. 



Essex County. General in distribution throughout the county, but serious 

 damage only in three or four districts. Greatest injury to oats, but because of 

 heavy crop county yield probably about normal. Reported from the following 

 townships: Anderdon, Colchester North, Colchester South, Gosfield North, Mersea, 

 Maiden, Pelee, Rochester, Sandwich South. 



Kent County. General in distribution, but serious damage confined to small 

 areas. Reported from following townships: Camden, Chatham, Dover, Harwich, 

 Howard, Roniney, Tilbury East, Zone. 



Lambton County. Extensive in distribution. Greatest injury to oats. Over 

 half crop destroyed on forty or fifty acres, less than half on 1,000-2,000 acres. 

 Also light infestation in various small areas. Reported from following town- 

 ships: Brooke, Dawn, Enniskillen, Moore, Plympton, Sarnia. 



Elgin County. General in distribution. Greatest injury to oats. Serious 

 loss only in a few small districts. Reported from following townships : Aldborough, 

 Bayham, Dorchester South, Dunwich, Malahide, Southwold, Yarmouth. 



Middlesex County. General in distribution. Most extensive outbreak in 

 Nissouri township and here greatest damage to pasture. Outbreaks on individual 

 farms in other townships with chief damage to oats. Reported from following 

 townships : Biddulph, Caradoc, Delaware, Dorchester, Ekfrid, London, Mosa, 

 Nissouri West, Westminster. 



Huron County. General in distribution. Serious damage restricted to small 

 areas. Reported from following townships: Ashfield, Colborne, Grey, Hay, Mc- 

 Killop, Morris, Tuckersmith, Usborne, Wawanosh. 



Bruce County. General in distribution. Damage not serious. Only two 

 fields completely destroyed. Reported from following townships: Amabel, Alber- 

 marle, Arran, Brant, "Carrick, Culross, Eastnor, Elderslie, Greenock, Huron, 

 Saugeen. 



Perth County. Extensive occurrence only on one farm ; chief damage to 

 pasture. Reported from following townships: Blanshard, Downie, Ellice. 



Norfolh County. Genera! in distribution and extensive damage especially 

 in nortliern part of county. Reported from following townships: Charlotteville, 

 Mirlflleton. Townsenrl, Walsingham, Windham, Woodhouse. 



