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Nebraska M. H. Swenk (July 1 - 15): Dozens of farmers in eastern 
Nebraska have inquired concerning the abundance of corn ear 
worms working on their corn, boring through the bud and downward 
in the stalk, and devouring the upper leaves and the tassels. 
The first reports of damage of this sort came from the counties 
bordering the Missotiri River, from Cedar, Dixon, and Thurston 
Counties south to Otoe, Nemaha, and Richardson Counties. This 
damage began to be apparent along the Missouri River during the 
last few days in June. By the middle of July it was showing up 
"in counties farther west, as far as Madison, Platte, and Lancaste 
Counties. In many fields this injury has been serious. Not for 
at least the past 30 years have caterpillars of this first brood 
been so numerous as they have this year. This great abundance 
of corn ear worms of the first brood indicates the probability 
of unusually heavy damage to the milky and maturing kernels of 
the corn during August and September by the second and third 
broods of ear worms. 
Kansas 
Oklahoma 
Alabama 
P. M. G-ilmer (Jul} r 14) t. The corn ear worm (determined by 
Heinrich) has been observed causing injury to apples in an 
orchard near Belle Plaine, Much of the fruit was completely 
hollowed out, leaving merely a shell attached to the tree, The 
injury was confined to trees with branches drooping until they 
made contact with the soil, although fruit as high as 6 or 8 
feet above ground was attacked. The original infestation was 
apparently in a heavy planting of winter vetch which was used 
as a cover crop in the orchard. This had not been cut at the 
time the larvae were taken, but a good many fruits even at some 
distance from the ground had been attacked. 
H. R. Bryson (July 23): Damage from the corn ear worm has been 
quite noticeable in different parts of the State. Complaints 
have been received from as far west as Nashville and Great Bend. 
The first complaint sent in was from Ottawa, July 3. 
C. S. Sanborn and assistants (July 22): The corn ear worm is 
very abundant. 
E. L. Cockerham (July 9): During the month of June early fresh 
corn was heavily infested with the corn ear worm. Inspectors for 
the Bureau of Markets estimated that at least 90 per cent of the 
corn moving after the middle of the month was infested. A lot 
of this injury did not throxv the corn out of grade bec?use it 
was confined to the first inch and a half of the silk end of the 
ear, which is allowed by the Bureau of Markets. There were some 
cases, however, where damage increased while the corn was in 
transit. 
