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HORSE 
. HORSE; J'LliS ( Tabanus spp. ) 
D. G. Hall and W. S. Dove (September): There has been a 
decrease in the number of tabanids about cattle. The predacious 
"horse guards" (Bernbex sp. ) average from 2 to 4 to the animal. 
W. E. Dove (September 20): West of Jacksonville T. turbidus 
Wied. was abundant in the pine and palmetto lands having some 
marshy areas. 
L. Baseman (September 28): The county agent at Pcrryville 
reports serious outbreaks of horse flies. They are serious 
generally. 
G. E. Knowlton (September 15): Horse flics are very abundant 
at Locomotive Springs at the present time, annoying cattle and 
people. 
General 
HOUSEHOLD AND STORED-PRODUCT 
INSECTS 
TERMITES ( Reticulitermes sp. ) 
T. 1. Snyder (July- August): During the months of July and 
August there were 308 cases of damage b3 _ termites reported to 
the Bureau of Entomology. The following list gives the number 
of cases reported from each State; 
Alabama - 13 
Arkansas - 5 
California - 17 
Connecticut - 3 
District of 
Columbia - 14 
Florida - 39 
Georgia - 12 
Illinois - 3 
Iowa - 5 
Kansas - 2 
Kentucky - 3 
Louisiana - 11 
Massachusetts - ' 
Maryland - 6 
Michigan - 5 
Mississippi - 3 
Missouri - 12 
Nebraska - 1 
New Jersey -.2 
New York ~ 6 
North Carolina - 
Ohio - 6 
Oklahoma - 9 
Pennsylvania - 6 
South Carolina - 10 
Tennessee - 18 
Texas - 30 
Utah - 1 
Virginia - 26 
Washington -' 1 
Wisconsin - 1 
Phillippine Islands - 1 
North Carolina W. A. Thomas (September 5): Some of the. strawberry growers 
at Chadbourn are having trouble with termites on new land, where 
they tunnel the plants, causing them to die. No damage to plants 
growing on old land free of decaying wood Has been reported. 
