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Missouri. L. Haseman (September) : Numerous complaints throughout the State since 
September 1 of injury by the fall armyworm in the tips of late field and 
sweet corn. Infestation at Columbia began late in August, the larvae de- 
veloping rapidly, and pupation and emergence occurring since the middle of 
the month. Larvae still working in the tips of corn. Never before seen so 
abundant and so injurious in the tips of late corn. 
Kansas. W. T. Emery (September 2l): Larvae common in the immature field corn 
in the vicinity. of Manhattan, Riley County. 
Texas. E. L. Thomas (September 22): Injuring corn and hegari in Dickens ^ Harde- 
man, and .W ich it a C cunt ies. 
EUROPEAN CORN BORER ( Pyrausta nubilalis Hbn. ) 
Maine. J. H. Hawkins (September 24): Increase in European corn borer in the 
canning areas of the State, in Waldo and Penobscot Counties, is alarming, 
except in the Eryeburg area, Oxford County, where it is reported as being 
under control. 
Connecticut. N. Turner (September 20 ) : Late corn very heavily infested in many 
parts of the State. Untreated corn in East Hartford, Milford, and Westport 
showed 100 -percent ear infestation, and from 1 to 10 borers in each ear. 
At Mount Carmel there were IS borers per plant and 3 borers per ear in late 
sweet corn (average for 100 plants taken at random). Less than 5 percent 
of the ears borer-free. Seed corn in Milford damaged 25 percent of the 
yield on 20 acres of hybrid seed. Various other crops seriously affected, 
a planting of raspberries in Newington, Hartford County, showing a heavy 
infestation in canes. Dahlias, hollyhocks, and asters seriously damaged. 
Tomato vines and fruit attacked in one garden. 
New York. L. A. .Car ruth (September 27): On Long Island 90 to 100 percent of 
sweet corn plants .are infested with seconcUbrood borers, at the rate of 
about 600 larvae per 100 infested plants. Serious injury to dahlias ob- 
served. Early in September some plantings were from 30 to 50 percent in- 
fested. Infestations particularly serious because of the loss of bloom. 
In Columbia County (Hudson Valley) about 75 percent of stalks in a large 
cornfield were infested at the rate of about 750 larvae per 100 infested 
plants. Fields in Albany County were from 50 to 100 percent infested, with 
from 300 to 1,250 larvae per 100 infested stalks. 
Ohio. T. H. Parks (September 23): While damage to corn is present in several 
counties of northwestern Ohio, yield losses will not be great and will be 
limited principally to the earliest planted corn. One field in Wood County 
observed on September 16 to have 22 percent of the stalks broken at or be- 
low the ear, owing to borer injury, 
Indiana, J. J, Davis (September 27 ): With the center of infestation in Allen 
and Adams Counties, eastern Indiana, observations continue to emphasize 
the great increase of corn borer during the last year. In one field exam- 
ined last week in Adams County every stalk, was infested, with an average of 
4 borers per stalk. 
