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SPOTTED CUTWORM (Amathes c-nigrum ) - MICHIGAN - Collections steadily increasing 

 at all stations. Increase could indicate serious trouble in 1972 spring plantings, 

 (Newman) . 



CUCURBITS 



STRIPED CUCUMBER BEETLE ( Acalymma vittata ) - WISCONSIN - Heavier than normal in 

 cucumbers in northeast where considerable damage occurred earlier. Reports 

 indicate this species and Diabrotica undecimpunctata howardi (spotted cucumber 

 beetle) prevalent in other parts of State. (Wis. Ins. Sur.) . 



CARMINE SPIDER MITE ( Tetranychus cinnabarinus ) - ARIZONA - One cantaloup field 

 at Yuma treated in Yuma County. (Ariz. Coop, Sur.). 



GENERAL VEGETABLES 



WESTERN SPOTTED CUCUMBER BEETLE ( Diabrotica undecimpunctata undecimpunctata ) - 

 OREGON - Larvae damaged table beets in 65-acre commercial planting near 

 Independence, Polk County. Damage limited to small swales and low spots in 

 field. Most in last instar or pupal stage. (Ammon, Crowell) . 



ONION THRIPS (Thrips tabaci ) - COLORADO - Increased, ranged 10-20 per onion plant 

 in some Western Slope fields J controls applied. (Bulla). Infested onions in 

 Larimer County. (Ellis) . 



Weather continued from page 520. 



across the South, except the southwestern deserts where the mercury remained in 

 the 80's. Phoenix, Arizona, registered 87° several mornings early in the week. 

 Hot weather spread northward as the week progressed. Western Kansas and south- 

 western Nebraska suffered 100° heat Saturday afternoon. Hill City, Kansas, 

 registered 104° and Wichita Falls, Texas, 107° on that date. Dickinson, North 

 Dakota. recorded 96° Saturday afternoon. Temperatures averaged above normal south- 

 west of a line from northern Idaho to Georgia and below normal northeast of that 

 line. Reno, Nevada, averaged 9° warmer than normal. Some areas of the North 

 Central and Northeast averaged several degrees cooler than normal. 



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE'S 30- DAY OUTLOOK 



MID-JULY TO MID-AUGUST 1971 



The National Weather Service's 30-day outlook for mid- July to mid- August is for 

 temperatures to average above seasonal normals in the Gulf and South Atlantic 

 Coast States and over the western half of the Nation except for near to below 

 normal along the central and south Pacific coast. Below normal averages are 

 indicated for the northeast quarter of the Nation and the Rio Grande Valley. 

 Elsewhere near normal temperatures are in prospect. Rainfall is expected to 

 exceed normal over the upper and middle Mississippi Valley, the Great Lakes, 

 northern New England, and portions of the central intermountain region. Subnormal 

 amounts are indicated for most of the Pacific coast, the northern intermountain 

 region, the northern Plains, and the southern Plains. In unspecified areas near 

 normal rainfall is expected. 



Weather forecast given here is based on the official 30-day "Resume and Outlook" 

 published twice a month by the National Weather Service. You can subscribe 

 through the Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D.C. 20250. Price $5.00 a 

 year . 



