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County as having destroyed the grass and corn in one field and 
had migrated to a soybean field. 
W. E» Hinds (telegram dated June 27): Probable third generation 
of grass worm now due butrnot yet reported, 
GREASY CUTWORM (Agrotis ypsilon Rott.) 
M. H* Swenk (June 25): On the l6th the destruction of 15 acres 
of corn on rich bottomland near &iburn, Nemaha County, by the 
greasy cutworm was reported by the owner of the field. 
CUTWORMS (Noctuidae) 
T. H. Parks (May 31) J Cutworms have caused some farmers in Pickaway 
County to plant their corn over. The com was planted on spring- 
plowed sodland. The cutworms destroyed the corn immediately after 
it came up, at which time they were still quite small. Complaints 
have also reached this office from Wyandot County in north-central 
Ohio. (June 26): Cutworms, Feltia subgothica Haw» t have "been more 
injurious to young corn than for many years. Injury is general 
over the State and caused many farmers to plant over* Damage 
commenced May 15 and has continued through June. In most fields 
the cutworms are mixed with sod webworms. Damage has been largely 
confined to corn planted on late-plowed sodland, 
Philip Luginbill (June 2k): Corn in experimental plots at the corn 
horer station at this place (Monroe) is not seriously damaged. It 
is alfalfa land and the worms seem to prefer to feed on the old 
alfalfa roots and stray plants. 
S» B. Tracker (June l6): Reported from Ashland; Barron (considerable 
damage); Bayfield (few); Chippewa (some damage); Columbia (not many); 
Eau Claire (5 per cent of corn destroyed); Eond du Lac (very little); 
Grant (some); La Crosse (bad); Marinette (worse than last year); 
Marquette (more than ever); Monroe (10 per cent damage); Pepin 
(20 per cent); Polk (numerous); Portage; Sauk (slight damage); 
Sawyer (considerable dan eg©); Vernon (plenty); Washburn (worse than 
ever); Waushara; Wood. 
f^- P« Flint (June 19) J C&tworms have injured corn in the north 
and north-central counties, the most abundant and destructive 
species being the greasy cutworm, Agr ot i s ypsilon Rott. 
SUGARCANE BEETLE ( Suetheola rugiceps Lee. ) 
J, M # Robinson (June 9): Considerable damage is "being done "by the 
sugarcane beetle, ifaich is attacking corn rather generally ever the 
State of Alabama. We had a letter this morning from Shelby County, 
stating that if they kept up the work they were doing now the man 
would lose 50 or 60 acres of corn. Corn had been replanted. In 
