﻿REPORT 
  OF 
  THE 
  STATE 
  ENTOMOLOGIST 
  I97 
  

  

  Anyone 
  wishing 
  to 
  see 
  the 
  army 
  worm, 
  should 
  go 
  to 
  the 
  Fairbanks 
  

   farm 
  on 
  North 
  Main 
  street, 
  near 
  the 
  CathoHc 
  cemetery, 
  where 
  the 
  worms 
  

   may 
  be 
  seen 
  by 
  the 
  miUion 
  in 
  the 
  oat 
  fields. 
  Every 
  stalk 
  and 
  spear 
  is 
  

   literally 
  covered 
  with 
  them. 
  Mr. 
  Fairbanks 
  has 
  as 
  fine 
  a 
  piece 
  of 
  oals 
  

   as 
  is 
  often 
  seen 
  in 
  this 
  section, 
  but 
  the 
  terrible 
  ravages 
  of 
  this 
  pest 
  will, 
  

   in 
  a 
  few 
  days, 
  destroy 
  the 
  entire 
  crop. 
  The 
  ground 
  is 
  so 
  thickly 
  covered 
  

   with 
  them, 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  nnpossible 
  to 
  step 
  without 
  treading 
  on 
  some. 
  

  

  The 
  Jamestown 
  Journal 
  (Chautauqua 
  county), 
  July 
  10. 
  

  

  Farmers 
  owning 
  land 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  side 
  of 
  Black 
  river, 
  just 
  east 
  of 
  Low- 
  

   ville 
  [Lewis 
  county], 
  will 
  have 
  a 
  new 
  pest 
  to 
  contend 
  with, 
  and 
  one 
  that 
  

   is 
  making 
  great 
  havoc 
  in 
  pastures 
  and 
  meadows. 
  The 
  pest 
  is 
  a 
  smooth, 
  

   dark 
  colored 
  worm, 
  about 
  one 
  and 
  one-half 
  inches 
  long, 
  resembling 
  the 
  

   army-worm. 
  They 
  made 
  their 
  appearance 
  about 
  a 
  week 
  ago, 
  and 
  as 
  to 
  

   numbers 
  represent 
  a 
  vast 
  army. 
  They 
  move 
  in 
  solid 
  masses 
  and 
  devour 
  

   everything 
  in 
  their 
  track. 
  Pastures 
  that 
  have 
  been 
  attacked 
  are 
  as 
  barren 
  

   of 
  feed 
  as 
  a 
  street 
  pavement. 
  

  

  *'^Oswego 
  Times, 
  July 
  lo. 
  

  

  The 
  army-worm 
  has 
  reached 
  South 
  Trenton 
  [Oneida 
  county], 
  and 
  is 
  

   working 
  sad 
  havoc 
  in 
  the 
  oat 
  and 
  corn 
  fields. 
  One 
  prominent 
  farmer 
  

   who 
  expected 
  to 
  raise 
  about 
  400 
  bushels 
  of 
  oats 
  said 
  this 
  week, 
  after 
  

   seeing 
  the 
  worms 
  at 
  work 
  in 
  his 
  field, 
  that 
  he 
  probably 
  would 
  not 
  have 
  a 
  

   solitary 
  oat. 
  The 
  worms 
  appear 
  very 
  ravenous 
  and 
  have 
  been 
  known 
  to 
  

   cat 
  grass 
  that 
  had 
  matured 
  and 
  turned 
  brown. 
  

   ;^:.;_.,.^^ 
  Utica 
  Semi-Weekly 
  Herald, 
  July 
  17. 
  

  

  ^ 
  f^ 
  

  

  The 
  army-worm 
  which 
  is 
  working 
  among 
  farmers' 
  crops 
  in 
  the 
  eastern 
  

   part 
  of 
  the 
  State, 
  is 
  doing 
  considerable 
  damage 
  at 
  Walworth 
  [Wayne 
  

   county]. 
  T. 
  G. 
  Yeomans 
  & 
  Sons, 
  the 
  leading 
  farmers 
  in 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  

   Walworth, 
  seem 
  to 
  be 
  troubled 
  most 
  with 
  the 
  worm, 
  which 
  began 
  eating 
  

   the 
  grass 
  in 
  the 
  pastures, 
  whereupon 
  the 
  grass 
  was 
  set 
  afire 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  get 
  

   rid 
  of 
  them. 
  Then 
  the 
  fodder 
  corn 
  was 
  next 
  tackled 
  by 
  the 
  pest. 
  

  

  '^"f^CRochester 
  Democrat 
  and 
  Chronicle, 
  July 
  22. 
  

  

  Earlville 
  [Madison 
  county], 
  July 
  15 
  The 
  army-worms 
  have 
  reached 
  

  

  this 
  section 
  and 
  are 
  doing 
  their 
  destructive 
  work 
  among 
  the 
  farmers 
  by 
  

   devouring 
  their 
  corn 
  and 
  oats 
  in 
  large 
  quantities. 
  This 
  is 
  the 
  first 
  time 
  

   the 
  worms 
  ever 
  appeared 
  in 
  this 
  vicinity, 
  and 
  are 
  thought 
  to 
  be 
  passing 
  

   by 
  and 
  steadily 
  moving 
  northward. 
  

  

  Rome 
  Sentinel, 
  July 
  17. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  town 
  of 
  Bethlehem, 
  Albany 
  county, 
  near 
  the 
  farm 
  of 
  Hon. 
  

   John 
  M. 
  Bailey, 
  they 
  were 
  seen 
  by 
  me 
  on 
  July 
  7th, 
  completely 
  eating 
  up 
  

   every 
  hill 
  of 
  corn 
  in 
  their 
  progress 
  over 
  a 
  large 
  field 
  (PI. 
  II, 
  also 
  IV, 
  fig 
  2). 
  

   A 
  piece 
  of 
  timothy 
  was 
  badly 
  eaten 
  and 
  rapidly 
  being 
  consumed 
  by 
  the 
  

   host 
  of 
  hungry 
  caterpillars 
  — 
  the 
  heads 
  bending 
  down 
  beneath 
  their 
  

   weight. 
  They 
  were 
  found 
  in 
  millions 
  in 
  the 
  field 
  of 
  rye 
  in 
  which 
  they 
  

   were 
  first 
  noticed, 
  and 
  as 
  the 
  rye 
  was 
  being 
  cut, 
  they 
  were 
  • 
  v 
  1 
  n 
  

   thousands 
  underneath 
  the 
  sheaves. 
  They 
  were 
  reportedon 
  a 
  fam 
  

   just 
  outside 
  of 
  Albany 
  on 
  Delaware 
  avenue 
  ^'s 
  eating 
  everything 
  before 
  

  

  