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CABBAGE LOOPER ( Trichoplusla ni ) - ALABAMA - Larvae damaged 4 acres of tomatoes 

 in Morgan County. Controls difficult. Troublesome in north St. Clair County 

 during past 30 days. Heavier than during past 3 years. Controls generally 

 satisfactory. (Rutledge et al.). 



BEANS AND PEAS 



COWPEA APHID (Aphis craccivora ) - IDAHO - One of heaviest and general infestations 

 known in Twin Falls, Twin Falls County, beanfields. Lady beetles and green 

 lacewings have aphid population under control in some fields. Sprayed fields 

 became reinfested to bef ore-treatment levels soon because of absence of predators, 

 August 30. (Peay) . 



MEXICAN BEAN BEETLE (Epilachna varivestis ) - WYOMING - Damage moderate to heavy 

 to dry beans (65 to 85 percent plants infested); some pods damaged and not filled 

 in Torrington area, Goshen County. Adults 10 per 10 sweeps in adjacent alfalfa. 

 (Burkhardt) . 



COLE CROPS 



CABBAGE LOOPER (Trichoplusla ni) - MICHIGAN - Adults increased at all blacklight 

 stations, but field damage reports not as numerous as other years. (Newman). 

 COLORADO - Infested average of 10 percent of cabbage heads in Arkansas Valley. 

 (Schweissing) . NEW MEXICO - Eggs of this species and Heliothis zea (corn earworm) 

 heavy in some lettuce fields. Some requiring treatment every 3 days. (N.M. Coop. 

 Rpt.). 



CUCURBITS 



SQUASH BEETLE (Epilachna vorealis ) - ALABAMA - Adults collected in gardens in Lee 

 and Montgomery Counties. These are new county records. (McCabe et al.). 



GENERAL VEGETABLES 



ASPARAGUS APHID (Brachycolus asparagi) - MARYLAND - Collected on volunteer 

 asparagus in home planting at Beltsville, Prince Georges County by J.W. Gentry 

 on September 4, 1971. About 1 small colony per stalk causing small rosettes on 

 branches of mature ferns. Nymphs and winged males present. Determined by L.M, 

 Russell. This is a new State record. (Gentry). 



Weather of the week continued from page 654, 



to the 50 's. The high 80 's and 90 's were common over the Great Plains from the 

 Dakotas and Minnesota to Texas. The Northeast warmed to pear 90 by Sunday. Bay 

 City, Michigan, and Boston, Massachusetts, registered 92 Sunday afternoon. In 

 general, weekly mean temperatures averaged below normal over most of the West, 

 above normal over the North Central and Northeast and near normal over the 

 Southeast. 



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE'S 30-DAY OUTLOOK 

 SEPTEMBER 1971 



The National -Weather Service's 30-day outlook for September is for temperatures 

 to average above seasonal normals along the middle and north Atlantic coast as 

 well as over the northern and central Plains, the upper Mississippi Valley and 

 west of the Continental Divide. Below normal temperatures are indicated for the 

 South while near normal averages are expected in unspecified areas. Precipita- 

 tion is expected to exceed normal in portions of the south Atlantic Coast States, 

 as well as over the southern Plains and the central and southern Plateau region. 

 Subnormal totals are indicated for the northern Plains, the middle Mississippi 

 Valley and the Ohio Valley. Elsewhere near normal precipitation is in prospect. 



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. 



