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The Army 'Worm the Present Summer. — Owing largely to the drought of last 
season and the wet spring of the present year, the Army Worm has appeared in 
injurious numbers in several localities in the eastern States. We have had reports 
from Richmond, Va., May 29; Chester, Va., June 5; East Hampton, L. 1., N. Y., 
July 9; Augusta, Wis., July 10; Wausau, Wis., July 19; Nadeau, Mich., July 18; 
and Conner, Pa., July 21. 
GENERAL NOTES. 
COOPERATIVE WORK AGAINST INSECTS. 
The American Cultivator for May 26, 1894, tells an interesting story 
about a recent move undertaken by the Genesee Valley Forestry Asso- 
ciation. It seems that the Association a year ago offered prizes to the 
school children who should gather the largest number of cocoons of an 
insect which is somewhat indefinitely described as " the caterpillar 
which infests fruit and forest trees " — probably Clisiocampa. The three 
children gathering the largest number were to receive $5 each ; the next 
three, $3 ; and the next three, $2 each. The highest prize was won by 
a boy who gathered 44,000 cocoons. Last winter the Association 
extended its offer, with the most amazing results. Clubs were formed, 
and it is doubtful whether any tree in the neighborhood remained 
unvisited and unexamined. One boy gathered 951,871 cocoons ; another, 
437,258 ; a third, 123,666; and a fourth, 88,238. Gould more good have 
been accomplished in any other way by the same expenditure of money'? 
LEGAL ASPECTS OF FUMIGATION IN CALIFORNIA. 
The Santa Ana (Cal.) Weekly Blade for June 9, 1894, reports that 
the Horticultural Commissioners of Orange County have filed liens upon 
the real estate of five fruit-growers in that county to cover the expense 
of fumigating their orchards, as required by law. The liens range from 
$117.05 to $285.30 in amount, but the item does not state what pro- 
vision is made for collecting the money. 
NOTES FROM ILLINOIS. 
Chinch bugs are much more abundant here than usual. They are to 
be found in such numbers in grass and grain fields that a very serious 
chinch-bug outbreak is apparent. 
Cutworms were not as common as usual during the early spring, but 
are now to be found in fair abundance. The Army Worm (Leucania 
unipuncta) has commenced to deposit eggs. 
Aphis mali does not occur in usual numbers. During the warm 
weather before the middle of March, most of the eggs of this species 
hatched, and the cold weather in the last of March killed thousands of 
young Aphides; in fact, it was impossible to find any living specimens, 
although dead ones in great numbers clung to the apple twigs. Later 
