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Nevr York 
IIgt; Jersey 
A. I. BoTxriie (Jione 24): Tobacco growers, as veil as onion gro\7ers , 
are very seriously threatened "by an im-'JB-ual abindance of vdreT'orms. 
This does not seen to he limited to any particular region or tyoe of 
soil hut, ac nearly as our observations and reports ino.ic?,te, is a 
very general condition 'ohis season up and dovn the Valley. 
D. D. "7ard (June 14): Serio'os v^ire'-rom injury to corn and potatoes 
is being reported fror. many parts of Ononda^ County, particularly 
on the lighter soils. In many cases corn plantings haxe been almost 
completely destroyed. As many as 10 nirevorms have oeen found in a 
single hill. 
Harry Sally (June 10): Insects seriously damiaging srroet corn, as 
many as 11 larvae being foijnd in a hill. T.iese insects are fo-^ar.d 
jon land th^t T:as not in corn last year. (Hae larva accompanying this 
material ras Limonius sp. - J. A. H. ) 
Missouri 
L. Baseman (June 2D): '.'ire^orms have been especially ab^joidant this 
year and have done some dama.ge to corn. 
Horth Dakota 
C. I'J. Ainslie (Lia.y 29): I.Iuch stock is raised in this section 
(Sanger) of the State and \7irevTorras threaten to cripple the industry 
by attacking the corn crop in great numbers. It is said to be a 
new TDest in these parts. 
South Dakota 
A. L. Ford and E. C. Severin (Juvie 10): 'TireTrormiS of -undetermined 
S'Decies are attacking corn at Mission Hill and Beresford. 
Nebraska 
Kansas 
Al. H. Sv;enk (l.!ay 15-Jn.ne 15): Some injury to the planted seed-com 
by ^ireworms 'jas reported, bp:t surprisingly little, considering the 
backward character of the spring. 
J. 7. llcColloch (June 15): 'Tirei-orms l-^ve been esDecially bad in 
cornfields a.t Fanhattan. and Irving. Couiits made in a number of 
fields at i.-b.rJiattan sho"^ tlmt the stand has been reduced 10 per cent. 
Most of the larvae vere I'slanotus sp. 
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Ohio 
HSSSIAiT FlY ( Phyto-Qhaga destruc tor Say) 
T. H. Parks (June 23): Althougli very fevi Hessism flies hibernated 
in the i~ieat fields of central counties, the insect is m.aicing a 
ra-pic*. come-back. This remarka.ble rise in n'lmbers is a^oparently 
due to numerous rains d\"'ring the hatching period. It ra,ined at 
Col-ombuo en 26 days during I'-'ay. The origin of the ovipositing 
ferraies must iiave been from old stubble and a small amo^Jint of vclun^ 
teer vheat in the hay fields. The Tlieat Insect Sui'vey starting 
June 30 vdll point out over hc^ many counties this increase in the 
fly h-as occrixred. 
