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CEHEAL AND FOEASE-CEOP INSECTS 
WHEAT 
HESSIAN ELY (Phyt ophaga destructor Say) 
Ohio. T. H. Parks (August 24): A survey of 26 counties shows the present 
infestation to be slightly more than 8 per cent, compared with 34 per cent 
infestation in 1932. The infestation ranges from 2.4 per cent in Drake County 
to 15.6 per cent in Clinton County. There was no serious damage to any wheat 
in 1933. 
Illinois. W. P. Elint (August): The results of the Hessian fly survey for 
August are as follows: 
Average proportion of wheat tillers infested 
County 
Per cent 
County 
Per cent 
Adams 
4 
Livingston 
"0"" 
Carroll 
1 
McDonough 
2 
Champaign 
2 
McLean 
3 
Christian 
6 
Marion 
3 
Clark 
10 
Menard 
2 
Clinton 

Montgomery 
3 
Coles 
6 
Morgan 
1 
Crawford 
11 
Moultrie 
6 
DeWitt 
8 
Peoria 
1 
Douglas 
5 
Perry 
8 
Edgar 
13 
Piatt 
2 
Effingham 
13 
Pike 
1 
Payette 
5 
Randolph 
3 
Eord 
2 
Rock Island 
2 
Pulton 
1 
Saline 
2 
Gallatin 
2 
Sangamon 
5 
Greene 
5 
St. Clair 
1 
Iroquois 
3 
Tazewell 
6 
Jackson 
3 
Vermilion 
3 
Jersey 
6 
Wabash 
3 
Kankakee 
1 
Washington 
1 
Lawrence 
4 
White 
1 
Lee 

Whiteside 
2 
State average infestation 3.75. 
Missouri. L. Haseman (August 23): The Hessian fly report recently submitted for 
Missouri shows the pest not serious in the northern part of the State, but 
threatening in southern portions. 
Nebraska. M. H. Swenk (August 21): The Hessian fly is very abundant in south- 
central and moderately abundant in southeastern Nebraska. 
WHEAT STEM MAGGOT ( Meromyza americana Pitch) 
Kansas. H. R. Bryson (August 21): The wheat stem maggot is more abundant than 
usual at Manila t tan. 
