HE ANGOUMOIS grain moth, primarily a pest 
of wheat and corn in this country, attacks all 
cereal grains. It is particularly injurious through- 
out the Southern States. It does little harm north 
of central New Jersey except to cereals in storage. 
It is second to the rice or “black” weevil in its 
capacity to damage grain. Often entire crops of 
corn and wheat are ruined. Millers are known to 
have refused to buy badly affected crops, as flour 
made from damaged wheat is not fit to eat. Wheat 
loses through moth attack about 52 per cent in 
weight. Corn, being larger, loses from 12 to 24 per 
cent in weight when kernels are attacked by a single 
insect only. As many as three or four moths, how- 
ever, may develop in one corn kernel. The feeding | 
of a single insect will completely ruin so small a 
grain as milo or sorghum. 
Farmers suffer losses unnecessarily. Losses can 
be prevented by watchfulness and by application of 
measures advocated in this bulletin. Choose be- 
tween prompt harvesting, early thrashing or shuck- 
ing, proper storage, and little loss, and delayed har- 
vesting, delayed thrashing in case of wheat, care- 
less or improper storage, and large losses. Well- 
informed farmers are storing corn and wheat with- 
out loss by giving attention to cultural methods and 
treatment in storage by fumigation. Where one 
succeeds, all can. 
All farmers can support campaigns to kill out the 
Angoumois grain moth. No pest can be controlled 
more effectively. If county agents will unite farm- 
ers to fight this pest they will save their counties 
grain vont many times the salaries paid — 
Success awaits intelligent action. 
