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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  The 
  so-called 
  array-worm 
  was 
  brought 
  to 
  my 
  notice 
  during 
  the 
  first 
  week 
  

   in 
  July. 
  It 
  was 
  then 
  attacking 
  the 
  oat 
  fields 
  in 
  northern 
  Westchester 
  

   and 
  southern 
  Putnam 
  counties. 
  It 
  developed 
  northward 
  into 
  Putnam 
  

   county 
  with 
  great 
  rapidity 
  and 
  much 
  alarm 
  was 
  felt, 
  although 
  it 
  was 
  

   hoped 
  that 
  many 
  fields 
  would 
  escape 
  and 
  be 
  cut 
  later 
  for 
  the 
  grain. 
  

  

  On 
  July 
  1 
  2th 
  all 
  hope 
  of 
  saving 
  the 
  grain 
  was 
  abandoned 
  and 
  every 
  

   oat 
  field 
  was 
  hastily 
  cut 
  with 
  scythe 
  and 
  mowing 
  machine 
  to 
  save 
  the 
  

   straw 
  for 
  fodder. 
  At 
  this 
  time 
  m.any 
  oat 
  fields 
  were 
  utterly 
  ruined 
  on 
  

   the 
  southern 
  border 
  of 
  the 
  county, 
  and 
  those 
  farther 
  to 
  the 
  north 
  were 
  

   seriously 
  injured 
  in 
  part. 
  The 
  oats 
  in 
  this 
  section 
  were 
  unusually 
  vigor- 
  

   ous, 
  the 
  straw 
  in 
  many 
  places 
  measuring 
  five 
  feet 
  in 
  height, 
  with 
  leaves 
  

   long, 
  broad 
  and 
  succulent. 
  The 
  heads 
  were 
  heavy 
  and 
  well 
  filled. 
  In 
  

   fact, 
  the 
  wcrms 
  were 
  well 
  supplied 
  with 
  ample 
  food 
  and 
  made 
  a 
  rapid 
  

   development. 
  

  

  G. 
  W. 
  H. 
  Brewster 
  (Putnam 
  county), 
  N. 
  Y. 
  

  

  The 
  army- 
  worm 
  has 
  destroyed 
  a 
  considerable 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  crops 
  in 
  

   Dutchess 
  and 
  Orange 
  counties 
  within 
  the 
  past 
  two 
  weeks. 
  

  

  The 
  Independent, 
  New 
  Paltz 
  (Ulster 
  county) 
  July 
  24. 
  

  

  The 
  much 
  dreaded 
  army-worm 
  has 
  invaded 
  Columbia 
  county 
  and 
  is 
  

   working 
  havoc 
  with 
  the 
  crops 
  in 
  several 
  towns. 
  Over 
  in 
  Khne 
  Kill 
  the 
  

   destructive 
  pests 
  have 
  appeared 
  in 
  alarming 
  numbers 
  * 
  * 
  * 
  *. 
  They 
  

   are 
  also 
  attacking 
  growing 
  vegetation 
  on 
  Abm. 
  Vosburgh's 
  land 
  in 
  

   Ghent. 
  In 
  Kmderhook 
  the 
  Scully 
  farm 
  is 
  overrun 
  with 
  the 
  worms 
  which 
  

   are 
  spreading 
  from 
  field 
  to 
  field, 
  devouring 
  everything 
  in 
  their 
  progress^ 
  

   excejjt 
  potatoes. 
  Several 
  other 
  farms 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  town 
  are 
  also 
  suffering 
  

   from 
  the 
  pest. 
  

  

  Chatham 
  Republican 
  (Columbia 
  county), 
  July 
  15. 
  

  

  Wherever 
  the 
  worm 
  appears 
  ruin 
  follows 
  its 
  tracks, 
  and 
  many 
  a 
  farmer 
  

   sees 
  all 
  prospect 
  of 
  abundant 
  harvest 
  fade 
  away 
  in 
  a 
  few 
  hours. 
  From 
  

   the 
  Plains 
  come 
  numerous 
  accounts 
  of 
  their 
  ravages, 
  which 
  are 
  also 
  

   reported 
  on 
  the 
  South 
  Side, 
  where 
  H. 
  F. 
  Slade 
  had 
  a 
  fine 
  piece 
  of 
  oats, 
  

   covering 
  eight 
  acres, 
  and 
  last 
  week 
  estimated 
  to 
  yield 
  75 
  bushels 
  to 
  the 
  

   acre. 
  Sunday 
  the 
  worms 
  were 
  seen 
  in 
  the 
  field 
  for 
  the 
  first 
  time. 
  Mon- 
  

   day 
  their 
  ravages 
  had 
  become 
  so 
  apparent, 
  that 
  it 
  was 
  decided 
  to 
  save 
  

   the 
  remainder 
  of 
  the 
  crop 
  by 
  harvesting 
  it 
  at 
  once. 
  On 
  Tuesday 
  when 
  

   it 
  was 
  cut 
  with 
  a 
  reaper, 
  the 
  leaves 
  had 
  all 
  been 
  eaten 
  off, 
  and 
  in 
  many 
  

   instances 
  the 
  head 
  also, 
  so 
  that 
  the 
  field 
  is 
  nearly 
  a 
  total 
  loss. 
  

  

  The 
  Oneonta 
  Herald 
  (Otsego 
  county), 
  July 
  16. 
  

  

  In 
  Chenango 
  county 
  the 
  worms 
  have 
  confined 
  their 
  destructive 
  work 
  

   to 
  the 
  lowlands. 
  Along 
  the 
  roads 
  and 
  fences, 
  great 
  swarms 
  or 
  droves 
  of 
  

   the 
  pest 
  may 
  be 
  seen 
  making 
  their 
  way 
  in 
  one 
  great 
  wriggHng, 
  squirming 
  

   mass 
  from 
  field 
  to 
  field. 
  In 
  Oxford 
  the 
  old 
  fair 
  grounds 
  had 
  been 
  sown 
  

   to 
  oats 
  and 
  corn 
  and 
  also 
  the 
  pieces 
  adjoining 
  them. 
  The 
  worms 
  

   migrated 
  from 
  one 
  field 
  to 
  another, 
  and 
  in 
  doing 
  so, 
  crawled 
  over 
  the 
  

   building 
  once 
  used 
  as 
  a 
  grand 
  stand, 
  that 
  being 
  used 
  in 
  place 
  of 
  a 
  fence. 
  

   The 
  structure 
  was 
  one 
  moving 
  mass 
  and 
  attracted 
  much 
  attention 
  from 
  

   the 
  village 
  and 
  surrounding 
  country. 
  

  

  The 
  Watertown 
  Reformer 
  (Jefferson 
  county), 
  July 
  18. 
  

  

  