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damage occurred in parts of southern Douglas, southeastern Saun- 
ders, and southern Gage Counties, where the county ?.fents had 
sscurod cut poor cooperation in their campa:-^ - to d-y..!.ay the sow- 
ing oi' the winter wheat until the announced safe date. .Also 
the principal area of infestation, reported on Hay 25 as includ- 
ing western Clay, eastern Mams, and southeastern Hall Counties, 
later proved to extend' west into western Kearney Ccunty and north- 
east to southern Merrick County. 
Cans as J. V/. McColloch (June 21): A heavy infestation of the fly occurs 
over most of the wheat area of the State. A trip made over a 
large part- of the wheat area on June 1 showed the infestation 
running from 10 to 50 per cent of the culms. , At Manhattan 25 
per cent of the straw went down oefore harvest. 
Jorth Dakota C. N. Ainslie (June 16):' The Hessian fly area in western North 
nd Montana Dakota and eastern Montana has been gone over recently. The ab- 
normal weather has played an important part in the control of this 
pest this spring. A few warm days in late April and early May 
permitted a moderate infestation of very early sown spring wheat. 
Since then cool days and abundant wind have largely prevented fur- 
ther oviposition. The fly can be found in practically every field 
in the semiarid region but a light attack is expected, this season. 
A few early-sown fields have many plants injured by the fly but 
timely and abundant rains have enabled crippled plants to rally. 
WHEAT STEM MAGGOT ( Meromyza americ ana Fitch) 
ebraska M. H. Swenk (May 25-June 25): The wheat stem maggot has shown up 
in the wheat fields over about the eastern half of the State during 
the present month in sufficient abundance to. do serious injury in 
some fields. From Chase County there has come a report under 
date of June 17 of the destruction of about '15 acres oi wheat in 
a field of 115 acres by the western wheat-stem maggot, Pe-gr mva 
a cerealis Gillette. 
MEADOW PLANT BUG ( Miris dolo bratus L.) 
ndiana C. R. Cleveland (May 29): This species was found in large numbers 
on wheat in band 20 to 30 feet wide. One edge of field which lies 
along pasture swale heavily grown to grass, which was not cut, eaten 
off or burned last fall. Severe drought has caused natural host 
(grass) to dry up and bugs have moved to more succulent wheat. 
Heads just formed and bugs are starting to feed on them. 
CLOVER MITE (Bryc.bia praet iosa Ko ch) 
ebraska M. H. SwenH (May 1-25): From Cheyenne County was reported a wheat 
field in which the clever mite was swarming by the millions during 
the first week ir. May and causing the Wheat to wither and dry out 
in spots through the field. This is our first ret>crt of the clover 
mite proving injurious in that way. 
