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a "general reduction In ' ‘'^o^ui^t’iQn , to the /point Vhqre- econqmlc,. damage to- 
crops was very -slight' ,ddrlM tile year ,// .(R., A 0 Shells , Bureau... of. Entomology. -and 
P'i.aut '7'da‘rant xme , ; '(Jr d.""D 0 '//'*." . : 
VETCH BEDCHID/* --Sweepings' in June in the known most heav-ily infested, area 
west of the -Cascade Mountain's, in Clackamas and eastern Washington Counties,,., 
^treg.. and in Clark 'County, Wash'*,, indicated that adults were .about three . 'times 
as abundant '.'as' • 'they were, in 1946 4 Surveys were made near the. margins of the 
"Lr -fa’ found to he infested in 1940 by sweeping end examination; of hairy, vetch 
pods for eggs;, . , . ... 
On the southern edge of the. infested area# vetch weevil .was . found all .. 
through Polk County, both -along the Willamette River and from 6 to, 7 miles 
•■hs-t, and West of the Eola Hills, along Highway 99^o In 1940 the weevil was. not 
found along this highway south of McMinnville, in, Yamhill County „ Our nost 
t,e.itherly record, west Of the Willamette River., is in Benton. County., 8 miles 
north' of Corvallis and 3 miles south of the 3enton-Polk County line. The weevil 
wag also found in the northeast corner of Benton County 6 miles northwest of 
the^br i dgehead at Albany* This is the first record for Benton County and r repre- 
sents:, an extension of- about 15 miles south of the 1940 findings*. East of the. 
■Willamette River* In Linn County, the vetch weevil was found 2 miles south of 
Albany on Highway 99E.but not near Tangent, 7 miles south of Albany, Going .. . 
due east from Tangent, weevils were not found until 2 miles west of Lebanon, .. 
near Peterson's Butte and the foothills of the Cascades, Hone were found 5 
miles south 'of this point, just south of Peterson' s Butte, The ■ findings of this 
survey represent an extension of about 10 miles south of tile limits found in 
1940. ‘ .... 
On the northern "edge of the infested area, the vetch brucliid was found for 
the first time north of the Lewis River in Cowlitz County, Wash, , at Woodland, 
but no farther north. On the west bank of the Columbia, River, no,rth of. Port- 
land, the vetch wee.vil was found about the same distance north, 3 miles north 
of faint Helens j in Colombia "County^ Or eg,, but not in the Eehalen Valley , in 
the Coast Range, “This' represents an extension of about 10 miles north of 1940 
limits on the Oregon ’ side "of "the" river , (L, P, Rockwood and M. M. Reeher, 
Bureau of Entomology Land Plant Quarantine, U, S. D, A.) 
LEGUME WEEVIL.--- That fairly heavy oviposition by the legume' weevil ( Hypera 
brunneus Boh.) had occurred in’ alfalfa was indicated by field studies made in 
December and early in 'January. Larvae had.' not yet appeared on January 8, In- 
cubation apparently was being delayed by cool, fro.sty weather during the -above- 
mentioned period* Cage studies indicated that incubation required’ a, week' 
longer this season than was the case in 19 4l, A first sampling of sourelover 
on January 4, revealed'’ a larger’ population of adults than existed .in alfalfa. 
Owing to this and to "general" heavy oviposition in December 1941, a tremendous 
accumulation of eggs “resulted,' about 400 egos to the square foot but, as in 
alfalfa, the eggs had" not yet" hatched,’ (W.’C. McDuffie , Bureau of. Entomology 
and Plant Quarantine ," "U, S’. D. "A.) ' " " ’ " . 
SUGARCrdTE BORER.— Prom January to March 194l, inclusive, there, were only 
6 days at Houma, La., during which the temperature was freezing or below. There 
were 21 such days in 1940, only 3 such days in 1939 , and from 6 to 8 days per 
yean for these months in 1936— 3S, As a result, the number of borers surviving 
