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Misscuri 
Nebraska 
Minnesota 
Oklahoma 
Mississippi 
L. Haseman (May 27): Cutworms are moderately abundant at 
Columbia. Some cornfields are severely damaged. 
M. H. Swenk (May 13): Army cutworms ( Euxoa auxiliaris 
Grote) continued troublesome in i stern and central Nebraska 
until a little after the middle of April. The last reports 
were 'received April 16 from Dawson County where they were 
still injuring the alfalfa fields. Other cutworms started 
damaging truck crops about May 7. More than the usual amount 
of damage to corn is looked for this sprint as a result of 
the prolonged reriod of cool rainy weather that has prevailed 
during the last half of April and the first half of May. 
(May 19): Cutworms of various species are moderately to very 
abundant in eastern Nebraska. 
A. G. Euggles (May 26): Wireworms are killing flax at 
Rochester and Mcintosh and onions at Princeton. 
C. F. Stiles (May 5): Cutworms are very abundant in 
western Oklahoma. 
R. 17. Earned and assistants (May): Cutworms in general 
are very abundant in some gardens in Tate County, and 
moderately abundant in the northern third of the State, 
while Agrotis ypsilon Rott. is moderately abundant in 
Harrison and Jackson Cotmties. 
Montana 
Nevada 
Utah 
R. W. Earned (May 21): Serious injury to sweet pea plants 
by cutworms identified by J. M. Langs ton as Lyco^hotia 
nargaritosa Haw. was reported from Aberdeen on May 12. 
W„ B. Mabee (May 20): The reports of damage from the pale 
western cutworm ( Porosa-rrotis ortho gonia Morr . ) are beginnir 
to come in. They have done somewhere between 15 and 20 per 
cent damage to the wheat in a larre area in eastern Jefferson 
County. -The larvae are a v out half crown, being two to three 
weeks earlier than normally. Red backed cutworms ( Eug g a 
ochroa-a.ster Guen.) are reported as modera-tely abundant in 
Ravalli County. 
G. G. Schweis (May 20): Reports of cutworm damage in 
gardens at Reno have reached this office. 
G. F. Knowlton (May 1): Cutworms -re Lng v eets and 
carrots southeast of Sal* Lake City. (May 3): Only a few 
farms in Weber County h°ve had enough cutworm _ e to beets 
to require the use of poisoned v ait. Cutworms are moderately 
mdant in Davis and "Teber Counties, - -- ring late planted 
tomatoes. Some poisoning is : one , "ut in many c°ses the f 
lost plants are replaced and no mo e e is found. (May 
If): Cutworms ^re moderately abundant in northern Utah, a 
few instances of damage to torr.?toes, "^eets, etc., being o v served 
