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brood adults first observed as starting on July 6. Dispersal considerably 
accelerated in nany fields by nearly 5 inches of rain on July 17* Heavy 
rain apparently had little effect in reducing the nunbers of bugs, which 
at the tine ™ere predominately new adults. 
Illinois. W, P. Hint (July 22) « Spotted areas of damage have occurred. In- 
festation extremely spotted, with no area of general infestation. Single 
fields hero and there over the State show damage. 
Michigan, R. Hutson (July 25): Small infestations at Adrian, Morenci, and Monroe, 
Wisconsin. E. L. Chambers (July 24): Light infestations reported on grainfields 
in Pierce County. 
Iowa. C. J. Drake (July S): In the chinch bug area in Guthrie County, migration 
is about over from wheatfields, and a large proportion of the bugs in the 
winged stage. Many immature stages in oatfields. Rains affected the 
population more in the oat3 than in wheat, owing to the fact that nany of 
the heavy rains took place during the hatching period in the oatfields, an' 
some tine after the greater part of the hatching in wheat and rye. Losses 
wpuld have been tremendous had it not been for the rains. Some barriers 
built in southernmost parts of Story and Boone Counties, also in other 
counties in the fourth and fifth tiers. Infestation heaviest in the westei 
quarter of the State, just the opposite of what it "'as during the outbreak 
of 1934. The heavy center of infestation in Iowa extends from Guthrie 
Center to Red Oak. 
Missouri. L. Haseman (July 25): Scattered infestations reported last month over 
much of the western half and north-central parts of the State. 
Nebraska, D. B. Whelan (June 27): One acre of hegari destroyed near Lincoln. 
M, K. Swenk (July 15): Reported as damaging crops during most of period 
from Jpne 21 to July 15. Particularly plentiful in the southeastern corne: 
of the State. Barley fields injured more than other small grains and held 
the largest populations of young bugs prior to their migration. Many 
wheatfields heavily infested by the middle of June. Migration of young 
bugs out of small grainfields began on June 15, and by June 23 the' heaviest 
movement was under way in extreme southeastern Nebraska, especially in 
Richardson, Pawnee, and Johnson Counties. Despite hard rains e-rly in 
July, there remained some small grainfields .and stubble' still well popula- 
ted With immature stages that had- not started their migrations, and the 
period of movement of the young bugs was extended to beyond the middle of 
July, By contrast, in the drought year of 1934 migration began on June l6 
and was over by July 10. 
Kansas. H. R. Bryson (July 26)* Chinch bug populations on the increase in the 
eastern half of the State on July 25. Adults caused severe injury to late 
corn and sorghums in Washington, Jefferson, Nemaha, Brown, Riley, Anderson, 
and surrounding counties. The situation has been somewhat different this 
year. The bugs reached maturity in the small fields, instead of migrating 
as nymphs at harvest time. Owing to difficulty of controlling them as 
