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Miss our i. L. Hasenan (September 21 ): Situation throughout the State apparently 
rather favorable and no especial drive being made on delaying seeding, ex- 
cept in a few counties in s cut hwes tern Missouri, where there was a fair 
loqal carryover of flaxseeds in summer stubble. 
WHEAT JOINTWORM ( Harnolita tritici Hitch) 
Illinois. W. P. Flint (August): Jointworm of no consequence in any section of 
the State, except in Randolph County and the adjoining section of south- 
western Missouri. In most places less than 1 percent of x the tillers is 
inf es tod. 
Missouri. L. Hasenan (September 2l): Recent stubble surveys throughout central 
Missouri indicate one of the heaviest infestations that has carried over in 
stubble in years. 
CORN. 
CORN EAR WORM ( Heliothis obs oleta F. ) 
Connecticut. N. Turner (September 20): Very light infestations in swoot corn. 
New York, L. A. Carruth (September 27): Less abundant than usual on western 
Long Island, although serious damage has occurred. During September injury 
to tomatoes observed for the first tine in recent years on western Long 
Island. On September 17 approximately 15 percent of the ripening tomatoes 
in a field near Roslyn were infested. 
North Carolina. J. F. Cooper (September 23): Severe damage to late com noted 
near Spencer, Reports indicate this condition to be general in Rowan and 
Iredell Counties. 
South Carolina. J, G. Watts (September 23): Twenty-five acres of late corn near 
Cope, Orangeburg County, completely destroyed. In most cases s talks, are 
stripped inside and out. Considerable feeding on the outer surface and 
tips of okra pods at Blackville, Sarawe 11. County. Little loss was caused 
by the insect but diseases were established in the seed pod because of it. 
Mississippi. C. Lyle (September 23): Field of tomatoes in Madison County re- 
ported as showing at least 25 percent damage, A few reports of worms as 
completely ruining late corn were received from the Moss Point district, 
Jackson County. Reported as abundant in late corn in northwestern Miss- 
issippi and as ruining fields of late corn in Webster, Choctaw, and Winston 
Counties. 
E. W. Dunnam and J. C. Clark (September 24) j. Causing serious damagp to 
' late- planted corn. in Washington County. 
Ohio. T. H. Parks (September 23): A few migrant moths noticed at street lights 
and taken in an insect-electrocutor trap early in September. Very little 
injury to com or tomatoes throughout the season. 
