﻿THE 
  ARMY 
  WORM: 
  REPORT 
  FOR 
  1881. 
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  ance 
  of 
  the 
  worms. 
  His 
  reply 
  was 
  that 
  they 
  were 
  reported 
  near 
  Mad- 
  

   ison, 
  and 
  that 
  the 
  northernmost 
  point 
  from 
  which 
  they 
  had 
  been 
  reported 
  

   was 
  Waiipun. 
  On 
  the 
  morning 
  of 
  the 
  28th 
  I 
  started 
  for 
  Madison, 
  reach- 
  

   ing 
  there 
  in 
  the 
  evening. 
  The 
  next 
  morning 
  I 
  ascertained 
  that 
  the 
  Army 
  

   Worm 
  rumor 
  in 
  that 
  locality 
  was 
  a 
  false 
  alarm. 
  Reliothis 
  armigera 
  in 
  

   sweet 
  corn 
  had 
  been 
  taken 
  for 
  Leucania, 
  and 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  Lachuosterna 
  

   in 
  a 
  few 
  meadows 
  had 
  been 
  sui)posed 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  Army 
  Worm, 
  

   Learning 
  from 
  Professor 
  Henry 
  and 
  the 
  editor 
  of 
  the 
  Democrat 
  that 
  the 
  

   only 
  points 
  from 
  which 
  there 
  had 
  been 
  newspaper 
  reports 
  of 
  the 
  worm 
  

   in 
  Wisconsin 
  were 
  Oshkosh, 
  Whitewater, 
  and 
  Waupun, 
  I 
  obtained 
  the 
  

   address 
  of 
  a 
  well-informed 
  man 
  in 
  each 
  i)lace 
  — 
  one 
  who 
  would 
  certainly 
  

   have 
  heard 
  of 
  the 
  Army 
  Worms 
  had 
  they 
  made 
  their 
  appearance 
  — 
  and 
  

   telegraphed 
  to 
  each 
  for 
  absolute 
  information 
  as 
  to 
  whether 
  the 
  worms 
  

   had 
  been 
  seen 
  in 
  his 
  localit}^, 
  and 
  the 
  answer 
  was 
  in 
  every 
  case 
  contrary 
  

   to 
  our 
  expectations. 
  Feeling 
  quite 
  certain, 
  therefore, 
  that 
  the 
  worms 
  

   were 
  not 
  to 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  any 
  number 
  in 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  Wisconsin, 
  I 
  took 
  

   the 
  night 
  train 
  back 
  to 
  Chicago 
  on 
  the 
  evening 
  of 
  the 
  29th, 
  occasionally 
  

   getting 
  off 
  at 
  a 
  station 
  aud 
  making 
  inquiries 
  about 
  the 
  worms. 
  I 
  learned 
  

   on 
  my 
  return 
  to 
  Chicago 
  that 
  the 
  worms 
  had 
  been 
  reported 
  as 
  doing 
  

   a 
  great 
  deal 
  of 
  damage 
  at 
  Kalamazoo, 
  Mich., 
  so 
  I 
  bought 
  my 
  return 
  

   ticket 
  via 
  Michigan 
  Central 
  and 
  spent 
  a 
  night 
  at 
  Kalamazoo. 
  The 
  

   most 
  diligent 
  inquiry, 
  however, 
  on 
  the 
  spot 
  failed 
  to 
  find 
  me 
  a 
  man 
  

   who 
  knew 
  of 
  their 
  presence. 
  

  

  Extent 
  of 
  country 
  injured.— 
  I 
  failed, 
  therefore, 
  to 
  find 
  the 
  worms 
  

   in 
  any 
  other 
  locality 
  than 
  in 
  northeastern 
  Illinois, 
  and 
  across 
  the 
  border 
  

   line 
  in 
  Indiana, 
  and 
  I 
  am 
  strongly 
  inclined 
  to 
  believe 
  that, 
  outside 
  of 
  a 
  

   belt 
  embracing 
  portions 
  of 
  Lasalle, 
  Kendall, 
  Grundy, 
  Will, 
  Kankakee, 
  

   Iroquois, 
  Livingston, 
  aud 
  Ford 
  Counties, 
  Illinois, 
  and 
  ]^ewtou, 
  Bentqn, 
  

   Jasper, 
  Warren, 
  and 
  Tippecanoe, 
  Indiana, 
  the 
  damage 
  was 
  not 
  very 
  

   great, 
  although 
  the 
  reports 
  from 
  central 
  and 
  western 
  Illinois 
  were 
  quite 
  

   alarming. 
  From 
  what 
  I 
  could 
  learn 
  of 
  the 
  reported 
  appearance 
  in 
  Iowa, 
  

   I 
  believe 
  that 
  some 
  other 
  worm 
  has 
  been 
  mistaken 
  for 
  the 
  Army 
  Worm 
  

   in 
  that 
  State. 
  

  

  Crops 
  injured. 
  — 
  The 
  oat 
  crop 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  only 
  one 
  which 
  has 
  

   been 
  ai>preciably 
  injured. 
  Some 
  little 
  damage 
  has 
  been 
  done 
  to 
  corn, 
  

   especially 
  young 
  sweet 
  corn, 
  and 
  in 
  some 
  cases 
  slight 
  damage 
  has 
  been 
  

   done 
  to 
  flax 
  and 
  millet. 
  The 
  timothy 
  on 
  pasture 
  lands 
  has 
  also 
  been 
  

   somewhat 
  eaten. 
  

  

  Amount 
  of 
  damage. 
  — 
  The 
  damage 
  to 
  oats 
  has 
  in 
  many 
  cases 
  been 
  

   very 
  severe. 
  I 
  saw 
  fields 
  of 
  several 
  acres 
  which 
  were 
  not 
  considered 
  

   worth 
  harvesting. 
  At 
  one 
  place, 
  seeing 
  a 
  steam 
  thresher 
  at 
  work, 
  I 
  

   made 
  inquiries, 
  and 
  found 
  that 
  they 
  were 
  averaging 
  about 
  two 
  bushels 
  

   to 
  the 
  load, 
  when 
  the 
  proper 
  amount 
  should 
  have 
  been 
  fifteen* 
  bushels. 
  

   Dr. 
  Bush, 
  of 
  Sheldon, 
  states 
  that, 
  to 
  the 
  best 
  of 
  his 
  judgment, 
  the 
  crop 
  

   in 
  Iroquois 
  County 
  has 
  been 
  damaged 
  not 
  to 
  exceed 
  ten 
  per 
  cent. 
  This 
  

   was 
  indorsed 
  by 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  men 
  I 
  met 
  who 
  were 
  not 
  farmers, 
  the 
  latter 
  

  

  