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Wisconsin. E. L. Chambers (May 20): Cutworms are being reported quite 
generally throughout the northern part of the State as injuring garden 
crops. 
Minnesota. A. G. Ruggles (May 22): Cutworms are moderately abundant. 
Iowa. C. J. Drake (May 20): Cutworms have been doing a considerable amount 
of damage in garden truck areas near Des Moines. 
Missouri. L. Haseman (May 23): Cutworms have been abundant during the month 
but seom less developed than usual for the season and few formers have 
complained of them. They have injured corn and cotton next to fields 
of alfalfa recently cut in southeastern Missouri. 
Nebraska. M. H. Swenk (May 20): From Garfield and Frontier Counties came 
inquiries on May 2 and \H, respectively, as to the control of cutworms 
in gardens . 
0. S. 3are (May 19): Very little trouble has been reported from 
cutworms, but moths of the variegated cutworm ( lycophotia margaritosa 
saucia Hbn. ) have been very plentiful. : 
Kansas. H. R. Bryson (May 1*0: The pale western cutworm ( Porosagrotis 
orthogonia Morr.) is very abundant in many fields in Rawlins County as 
reported by E. G. Kelly, D. A. Wilbur, and H. H. Walkden. Twenty 
thousand acres badly injured in Rawlins County. Near Atwood several 
fields showed that 75 percent of the plants were destroyed. As many 
as 20 to 50 larvae per square yard were found. The county agent of 
Meade County reported local infestations in that county. It was also 
reported from Ellis, Cheyenne, Rush, Barton, and Logan Counties. 
Chorizagrotis auxiliaris Grote is plentiful in gardens in Rawlins 
County. Further reports of damage were received from Lincoln, Cheyenne, 
Riley, and Kearny Counties. 
Mississippi. C. Lyle (May 23): The variegati|d. cutworm (L. margaritosa 
saucia ) has been unusually destructive in the Yazoo-Mississippi Delta 
for several weeks, especially in fields where winter cover crops were 
plowed under. This is undoubtedly the worst outbreak in several years. 
Cotton has suffered the heaviest damage, but fields of alfalfa have 
also been injured. Many complaints have been received from various 
sections of the Delta. On May 9 Agrot is ypsilon Rott. was found associ- 
ated with the variegated cutworm on alfalfa and cotton at Greenwood, 
but in much fewer numbers. 
Texas. K. P. Ewing & R. L. McGarr (May 1): Very little damage to cotton 
this year by cutworms in the vicinity of Port Lavaca has been reported, 
in contrast to widespread damage last year. 
Utah. G. F. Knowlton (May 19): Cutworms have caused moderate injury to 
newly set tomato plants in various parts of northern Utah. 
