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NEW YORK STATE MUSEUM 



Codling moth oviposition in 1918 



L. F, Strickland, Observer 



TOTAL 



NO. 

 APPLES 



TOTAL 

 NO. 

 EGGS 



PER CENT 



OF 



EGG 



INFESTED 



APPLES 



TOTAL 

 NO. 



EN- 

 TBANCES 



PER CENT 



OF 



APPLES 



tNJUBED 



TOTAL 



NO. 



EGG 



SHELLS 



500 



5 



I.O 











I 



500 



4 



.8 















500 



S 



1.0 















600 



8 



1-3 



I 



.1 



I 



500 



2 



•4 



13 



2.2 



8 



250 



8 



3-2 



2 



.8 



2 



109 



2 



1.8 



I 



.9 



3 



169 



6 



35 



2 



I.I 



7 



I7J 



9 



4.6 



4 



2-3 



7 



100 



2 



2.0 



3 



30 



2 



213 



10 



4.6 



S 



2.8 



8 



300 



17 



4.6 



I 



3 



10 



560 



9 



1.6 



32 



5-3 



30 



649 



5 





37 



4-9 



19 



S08 











25 



3-7 



11 



226 



3 



1 . 2 



7 



2.6 



13 



600 



2 



•3 



55 



7.6 



62 



500 











4 



.8 



6 



500 











45 



8.1 



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1918 



DATE 



G. W. Mead 



Barker, N. Y 



R. E. Heard 



Lockport, N. Y . . . 

 R. E. Heard 



Lockport, N. Y . . . 

 G. W. Mead 



Barker, N. Y 



G. W. Mead 



Barker, N. Y 



R. E. Heard 



Lockport, N. Y . . . 

 R. E. Heard 



Lockport, N. Y . . . 

 John Nelson 



Lockport, N. Y. . . 

 Frank Dietrick 



Wilson, N. Y 



W. W. Dutton 



Youngstown, N. Y 

 R. E. Heard 



Lockport, N. Y. . . 

 R. E. Heard 



Lockport, N. Y . . . 

 Frank Dietrick 



Wilson, N. Y 



R. E. Heard 



Lockport, N. Y . . . 

 G. W. Mead 



Barker. NY 



R. E. Heard 



Lockport, N. Y . . . 

 Frank Dietrick 



Wilson, N. Y 



R, E. Heard 



Lockport, N. Y. . . 

 Davis Farm 



Burt, N. Y 



Je. 27 

 Je. 28 

 Jl. I 

 Jl. I 

 Jl. 8 

 Jl. 12 

 Jl. 13 

 Jl. IS 

 Jl. 15 

 Jl. 16 

 Jl. 16 

 Jl. 18 

 Jl. 23 

 Jl. 23 

 Jl. 24 

 Jl. 26 

 Jl. 26 

 Jl. 29 

 Jl. 29 



EUROPEAN CORN BORER 

 Pyrausta nuhilalis Hubn. 



The European corn borer easily ranks as the most important pes t 

 which has become estabhshed in the United States during the last 

 25 years, since the probabilities favor serious and widespread losses 

 to our principal grain crop. The yield of corn is approximately 

 twice that of oats and three times that of wheat. This new pest not 

 only attacks com, both sweet and field, but it may prove a serious 

 enemy of Kafir corn and possibly greatly injure Johnson and Bermuda 

 grass. The annual loss in this country might exceed a billion dollars, 

 which would mean considerably less than 50 per cent damage to our 

 19 1 8 com crop of 2,582,814,000 bushels, which sold at a little over 

 $1.36 a bushel. 



History in America. This pest was discovered in Massachusetts 

 in 191 7, and in 19 18 caused very serious injury in badly infested 



