hances are, when the weather breaks, farmers will all want their chemicals at the same 

 ime. Some farmers may find that the chemical they want is not on hand. Because of clogged 

 istribution channels, it may not be available for several days. 



o avoid having to choose an alternate chemical, farmers should either buy now or place an 

 rder for the chemicals they want. By doing this, they can be fairly certain that their 

 hemical will be available when the rush comes. 



SPECIAL NOTE TO AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION ADVISERS 



et us know immediately about any fields of corn where the stand has been seriously damaged 

 y seed-corn beetles. Dr. Ralph Sechriest is anxious to locate these fields for test purposes. 



o those willing Extension advisers who agreed to dissect stalks each week in order to help 

 etermine corn-borer development in their area- -sharpen your knives! We would appreciate it 

 f you would count 25 live specimens (larvae, pupae, or empty pupal cases) and have the re- 

 ort in the mail by Tuesday afternoon. Begin dissections the week of April 27 in the southern 

 ection, the week of May 4 in the central section, and the week of May 11 in the northern 

 ection. Stan Ceglinski, Cairo, Illinois, found no borer pupation on April 21. 



SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS 



esticide Dealers and Applicators' Field Days/1:30 p.m. each day: 



ipril 29... Office of the Iroquois County Extension Adviser, Kenneth Imig, Watseka. 

 ay 6 Office of the Grundy County Extension Adviser, Albert Pilch, Morris. 



nsect and plant disease trouble -shooting will be the general topic, with special emphasis 

 n the alfalfa weevil and the corn borer. 



EAD THE INSECTICIDE LABEL AND FOLLOW ALL PRECAUTIONS 



'his weekly report was prepared as follows: 



NSECTS: H.B. Petty, Steve Moore, Rosaoe Randell, Don Kuhlman, and Stephen Sturgeon, 

 'niversity of Illinois College of Agriculture , Urbana- Champaign and Illinois Natural 

 'istory Survey. 



'LANT DISEASES: M.C. Shurtleff and M.P. Britton, Department of Plant Pathology. 



1EEDS: Marshal McGlamery and Ellery Knake, Department of Agronomy. 



.G COMMUNICATIONS : Del Dahl. 



he information for this report was gathered by these people, staff members, county Exten- 

 sion advisers, and others, in cooperation with the USDA Agricultural Research Service, 

 'lant Pest Control Branch. 



