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have not "been determined at the present writing. Injury "began very early in 
the southern part of the State. The worms become active at Kingman when the 
tempereture began to rise about two days following a drop to 14 degrecc below 
zero. Reports of injury to wheat and" some oats have been received since 
March 10 from Sumner and Cowley Counties, where injury has been the greatest; 
Kingman, Harvey, Mcpherson, and Sedgwick Counties, where injury baa been next 
in severity; and Reno, Russell, and Saline Counties, where injury has teen 
least severe. Two reports from Salina and Mont Hope stated that the 
were injuring alfalfa. They are rather plentiful at Manhattan, but thus far 
no injury has been reported. 
Oklahoma. C. F. Stiles (March 22): Cutworms are very abundant in wheat and 
alfalfa fields in western Oklahoma. The western army cutworm (C. o.uxilir.ris ) 
at this time is present in large numbers in Noble, Garfield, Blaine, and 
Major Counties and from meager reports I understand that the entire north- 
western part of the State is infested. Some wheat fields have been severely 
damaged and alfalfa is showing effects of injury. Owing to the wide dis- 
tribution of these pests over the fields, farmers do not think it is practical 
to poison at this time,. If weather conditions are favorable for their devel- 
opment, we may expect serious damage to some wheat fields. 
Louisiana. W. S. Hinds (March 28): Cutworms are moderately abundant in gardens 
and on young corn at Baton Rouge. 
Utah. G. F. Knowlton (March 21): Cutworms are moder tely abundant in some 
pastures in Tooele County. 
ARMYWORM ( Cirphis unimmcta Haw.) 
South Carolina. F. Sherman (March 25): An adult was taken in a light trap at 
Clemson College March 18. 
WHITE GRUBS ( Phyllophaga spp.) 
West Virginia. L. M. Peairs (March 23): White grubs are moderately ab ..dant at 
Morgantown. They are beginning to show in early plowing. 
Indiana. J. J. Davis (March 27): Anticipate white grub trouble in 1933. 
Illinois. '.7. P. Flint (March 22): From present information on white 
and a partial survey made in the fall of 1952, nearly one-fourth of the fields 
in northern Illinois show a population sufficient to cause dama-te to corn 
during the summer of 1933. These grubs are a mixture of both Brood A and 
Brood 3, Brood A being by far the more abund ant , although serious 
Brood B may also occur during the early part of the season. Population counts 
in this section of the State show that most timothy and blue-grass fields 
carry from 10 to 35 grubs per square yard. 
J. H. Bigger (March 24): White grubs are very abundant-about the same as in 
1930 in western Illinois. 
Iowa. C. J. Drake (March 21): White grubs, Brood A, arc very abundai 
Wisconsin. C. L. Fluke (March 24): The white grubs should be unusually d, I ive 
this season, at the second year of the cycle, Brood "A", is due in Wisconsin. 
