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Minnesota 
Nebraska 
Kansas 
Texas 
Maine and 
Massachusetts 
Massachusetts 
Connecticut 
Rhode Island 
New York 
C. E. Mickel (June 13): There is a rather serious outbreak of 
white grubs in the southwestern corner of the State, principally 
in Rock County.- i The county agent estimates that there are about 
3,000 acres infested, but the area may be larger than this. The 
grubs also did considerable damage last year and are very plenti- 
ful in the same fields this. year. 
M. H. Sv/enk (May 1-25) : Complaints of white grubs destroying 
lawns and working in gardens in southeastern Nebraska continued 
to be received during May. The flights of May beetles, however, 
have been very light this spring. 
J. W. McColloch (June 6): At' Wellington the adults of Phvl lophaga 
Ipn ceola ta Say are appearing in countless' thousands in the fields, 
while in Gray County last week I found the beetles abundant in . . 
wheat fields near Copeland. (June 21):' The adults a-re appear-. 
ing in countless thousands in the wheat' 'fields according to reports 
frcm the Sumner County fann adviser. 
F. L. Thomas (May 21.):.. A correspondent from Ralls writes that 
they have wingless May .beetles ,. Ph yllo phaga "crib rora Lee, every 
year, but this year they seem to be worse than ever. 
CUTWORMS (Noctuidae) 
J.'V. Schaffner, Jr. (June 2): A great amount of damage is being 
done through eastern Massachusetts , especially in the small gardens. 
One report from Augusta, Me., seated that in one acre of straw- 
berries 90 per cent were destroyed and another from Portland re- 
ferred to them as quite abundant and feeding on small lettuce, 
carrots, and celery. 
A. I. Bourne (June 22): I find that cutworr.s are the outstanding 
pestr. in all sections of the State. ' Crrj writer reported finding 
29 to 30 cutworms in the soil close to an injured tomato plant. 
Tobacco growers have- been :.unusually hard hit this season where 
the combination of cutworms and, to a somewhat lesser extent, 
wirewoims has meant resetting large areas of their fields. In 
some cases resetting has had. t° be done -two or three times. 
Prof. ICoon has reported that ^b*r the market-garden region 
around Boston practically al.V vegetab] es have been injured more 
or less. He stater, that the present year's infestation is the 
worst he has ever observed and in acme cases he has estimated 
damage to the crop up to 50 per cent. 
W. E. Britton (June 24): An unusual amount of injury by cutworms 
to all vegetable crops all over the State. They are apparently 
more aoundant than in the average year. 
A. ^. Stene (June 20): Cutwoims were abundant in a few places 
earlier in the season. . • 
R. G. Palmer (June 13) 
County. 
Very abundant in the muck areas of Orleans 
