ft least it is not unlikely that they giight cause certain disorders, 
leather conditions have "been favorable for certain disorders among 
swine and the farmer is likely to confuse these troubles and lay 
the blame on the ear.vorm. Experiments have been carried on relative 
to the toxicity of these rots as long ago as 1892, but no conclusive 
results have so far been published." 
Illinois "\ P. Flint (October 15). "This insect continues to injure sweet 
corn. Has olso been reported doing serious damage to lima beans, 
string beans, tomatoes, and peppers. It is also abundant in many 
fields of alfalfa and is causing considerable damage to this crop." 
Nebraska M. H. Swenk (October 17). "The third brood of the corn earworm did 
considerable damage to late planted fields and sweet corn during the 
pariod covered by this report." 
Missouri L. Haseman (October 18). "This pest continued its earlier destructive 
work. Late sweet corn and field corn show practically 100 per cent 
infestation with serious damage since the heavy rains permitted much 
smut and mold to develop. The corn that was down from chinch bug 
work also suffered from rot. The worms seemed to be so abundant 
that they pushed out onto the foliage of tobacco, cowpeas, soybeans, 
apple and nursery stock, and a number of other crops, besides riddling 
the seed pods of tobacco, green and ripe tomatoes, and practically 
all the pod-forming legumes. I believe I have never seen this in- 
sect so abundant as it has been during the past month." 
ARMY WORM ( Cirnhis uniptmcta Haw. ) 
Illinois -W. P. Flint (October 15). "Adults of this insect are less abundant 
than usual for this time of the year." 
CHINCH BUG ( Blissus leucopterus Say) 
South A. F. Conradi {October 1). "J. -V. Sanders, county agent of Kershaw 
Carolina County, observed this Insect to be quite generally distributed over 
his County, but doing very little damage this season." 
Ohio - H. /. Gossard (October 21). '"7e have had abundant inquiries regarding 
chinch bugs during the month of September from practically all of 
western Ohio from the southern to the northern part of the State and 
also several inquiries from northeastern Ohio. There are apparent- 
ly more chinch bugs in Ohio at the present time than have been here 
since the seasons of 1904 to 190S. If weather conditions are f avoid- 
able to their hibernation this winter and to their development next 
spring, we may expect severe and widespread damage from them." 
Illinois- "7. P. Flint (October 15). "Rains during the early fall had some ef- 
fect in decreasing the numbers of the bugs, but present indications 
are that there are enough of these insects in hibernation to cause 
serious damage next season over a large area in central and southwest- 
ern Illinois." 
