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CORN EAR WOEM ( Hoi io thi s obsoleta Fab.) 
New Jersey. B. F. triggers, R. C. 3urdette, and C. C. Hamilton (August 25): The 
corn ear worm is very abundant. 
Maryland. L. P. Ditman (August 22): The corn ear won is attacking early canning 
corn in general. 
J. A. Kyslop (August 5) : Fars of sweet corn at Avanel are 100 per cent infest- 
ed; larvae are mostly full grown. 
ITorth Carolina. 17. A. Thomas (August ll): Late corn at Chadbourn, which at the 
present time has reached a height of about 2 feet, is "being seriously damaged. 
The bud in most cases has been reduced to frass, stopping all growth. In some 
fields fully 90 per cent of all stalks are affected. 
South Carolina. F. Sherman and associates (August 21): The percentage of wormy 
tomatoes at Clemson College suddenly increased about August 18. 
Georgia. W. H. Clarke (August l): The corn ear worm is very abundant at Thomas ton. 
Much injury has "occn done to corn and some to tomatoes. 
Indiana. J. J. Davis (August 29): The corn ear worm has been very abundant on 
tomatoes and corn throughout the Sta.te. 
Illinois. '<7. P. Flint (August 22): The corn ear worm is very abundant throughout 
central and southern Illinois. 
North Dakota. J. A. Munro (August 21): The corn ear worm is very abundant on 
corn at Lisbon. 
Iowa. H. E. Jaques (August): The corn ear worm is moderately abundant in the 
northwestern part of the State. 
Minnesota. A. G. Ruggles (August 21): 'The corn ear worn is very abundant. There 
are more complaints of damage to ground cherries ( Physalis ) than usual this 
year. 
Missouri. L. Haseman (August 23): The corn ear worm is causing considerable 
damage this month but is not so abundant as it has been some years. 
Tennessee. G. M. Bentley (August 15): The corn ear worm is scarce. 
Louisiana, u. 2. Hinds (August 29): The corn ear worm is very abundant in late 
corn. 
Oklahoma. C. F. Stiles (August 22): Corn ear worms are causing untold damage 
throughout Oklahoma. They are attacki .11 late corn, cotton squares, bolls, 
kafir heads, and even the leaves on peanut plants. Tomato is also being 
seriously injured. 
Colorado. G. M. List (August 24): The corn ear worm is less abundant than usual. 
Very few of them have been reported in sweet corn but there is an occasional 
specimen found in tomatoes. 
