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CEREAL AID DOSAGE 
WHEAT AND OTHER SMALL GRAINS 
ARMYWORM ( Cirphis unipuncta Haw. ) 
Maine. J .• H. Hawkins (May 20)i Moths have been flying at Orono, Penobscot 
County, since May S and are more abundant than usual. 
Ohio, T. H. Parks (May 23)1 Adults', although not in abundance, were ob- 
served during the last 2 weeks at Columbus, Ho evidence of infesta- 
tion. 
Indiana. J. J. Bavis (May 27): The moths were abundant at lights during 
the month of May. 
Kentucky. W. A. Price (May 26): In late May, larvae were more abundant 
than usual in central Kentucky barley fields with prospects of local 
outbreaks. 
Mississippi. C. Lyle (May 24): Larvae of the army worn were collected 
from oats and barley in Sunflower County* in the northwestern part of 
the State j on April 29. 
Missouri. L. Haseman (May 26): Ho destructive .infestations have been 
reported in spite of the earlier heavy flight of moths. 
Oklahoma. C. E. Stiles (May 31 ) : The army worn has done considerable dam- 
age to rank wheat and oats throughout, the southwestern portion of the 
State. The damage extends from the Red River to the Kansas border. 
The most heavily infested counties in the southwest are: Tillman, 
Jackson, Kiowa, Harmon, Grady, Washita and in the northwest, Blaine 
and Major. At the present time most of the worms have reached maturity 
and a number of pupae have already been found, 
Texas. P. L. Thomas (May 13): The arnyworm is attacking wheat, barley 
and, to a lesser extent* oats in the following counties: Collingsworth, 
•^riscoe, Childress, Eloyd, Motley, Cottle, Hardeman, Eoard, Wilbarger, 
Wichita, Pickens, King, Knox, Baylor, Kent, Stonewall, Haskell, Throck- 
morton, Jones, Shackleford," Callahan, and Runnels.. 
HESS I AH ELY ( Pliytophaga destructor Say) 
Indiana. B. W, LeHue (May 24): Examination of heavily infested fields of 
winter wheat near Lafayette, May IS showed most of the larvae as matur- 
ed with a few newly pupariated. Two fields showed 10 percent and IS 
percent infestation, respectively. 
Missouri, L. Easeman (May 26): Surveys throughout the State indicate an 
infestation in western half. Heavy infestations are scattered, but 
in some fields in southwestern Missouri, during the third week in May, 
it was reported that SO percent of the straws were infested and 25 to 
