There is some winter injury in winter wheat. 

 Much of the damage is from heaving. Some is 

 from cold-weather injury to plants weakened by 

 disease or flooding. (Plant disease reports are 

 prepared by M.P. Britton, Extension Plant Pathol- 

 ogist.) 



Bagworm eggs are present in the old sacs on many 

 evergreens and other shrubs in the home yard. 

 These eggs will hatch about June 1 in central 

 sections. If you hand-pick and destroy these 

 bags now, you may not have to spray your ever- 

 greens in June. 



Lawn grubs can destroy the best -kept lawn. Dam- 

 aged turf turns brown in spots , and the sod can 

 be rolled up like a carpet, often exposing the 

 grubs beneath. If grubs were a problem in your 

 lawn last summer or if you wish to prevent the 

 problem, apply 1 1/4 pounds of actual chlordane 

 per 10,000 square feet. In established sod, ap- 

 ply as granules or as a spray. When spraying, 

 treat only a small area and then water in thoroughly 



before spraying another small area. For new seedings, mix the chlordane in the soil 



before planting. Do not plant vegetable root crops in treated soil for 5 years. 



This treatment should also eliminate ants and soil-nesting wasps from the yard. 



It will not prevent problems with sod webworms. 



Treat now for pine tip moths which infest the tips of mugho, scotch, and red pine. 

 Apply a DDT spray to the ends of the branches and repeat the treatment again in 

 late June. To mix, use 3 tablespoons of the 25-percent liquid concentrate per gal- 

 lon of water. 



CAUTION: REMEMBER- -READ THE INSECTICIDE LABEL AND FOLLOW ALL PRECAUTIONS. 



This weekly report was prepared by H.B. Petty, Steve Moore, Rosooe Randell, Don 

 Kuhlman, and Stephen Sturgeon, Illinois Natural History Survey and University of 

 Illinois College of Agriculture , in cooperation with the USDA Agricultural Research 

 Service, Plant Pest Control Branch, from information gathered by entomologists and 

 cooperators who send in weekly reports from their own localities . 



