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tassols. This indicates a heavy infestation of ears a little later 
in the season. 
Kentucky. W, A. Price (July 25): Damage is more severe than at any 
other time during the past 5 years. In many cornfields one-fourth of 
the stalks were ruined before the tassels appeared. Practically every 
roasting ear on the Lexington and neighboring markets contains worms. 
'"isconsin. E. L. Chambers (July 30): The corn ear worm is apparently now 
on the decline, after the first generation had destroyed enormous 
quantities of sweet corn and early field com, the damage in sore 
fields running as high as 50 percent. The insect is occurring through- 
out the State in large numbers for the first time in many years. Late 
sweet corn is apparently coring to the market free from the borer, 
whereas early crops were hardly marketable because of a heavy infesta- 
tion. 
Minnesota. A. G-. RuJbjles (July 28): All over the State the corn ear worm 
is damaging the tassels of young corn before they appear. It is 6 
weeks ahead of schedule. 
South Dakota. H. C. Sevcrin (July l6): The corn worm is much more abundant 
than usual in eastern part of the State. Worms are now attacking stems 
and rolled-up leaves of field corn, sweet corn, and pop corn. 
Iowa. C. J. Drake (July 2): The corn ear worm is extremely abundant and 
is tunneling the stalks and destroying the buds and tassels. One farm- 
er reported that from 10 to 90 percent of the stalks were infested, 
and from 25 to kO percent are infested in a great many fields. Unless 
halted, the ear worm will do a great deal of carnage to the ears this 
summer. It is also feeding on soybeans. The large ear worms arc 
beginning to pupate. 
Missouri. L. Hasenan (July 23): First-generation ear worms worked in the 
tassels, but late generations will find a scarcity of food, owing to 
the drought. Some are found in erecn tomatoes. 
Tennessee. G-. M. Bentley (July 21 ): The corn ear worm is moderately abun- 
dant throughout the State, but notably scarcer than last year. 
Mississippi. M. M. High (June U) : The tomato fruit worm was found destroy- 
ing squash blooms and young fruit at Loudon. 
Nebraska. M. H. Swank (July 15): During the noriod from June 29 to July 11 
the first-brood caterpillars were very abundant in the young corn over 
Nebraska, as far west as the 100th meridian, and especially in certain 
sections of this area. The caterpillars did their greatest damage by 
boring into arid largely consuming the developing tassels of the corn, 
although in some fields they also bored through and badly damaged the 
unfolding leaves, as high as 30 to UO percent of the corn stalks being 
thus attacked. The stems of tomato plants, the young tomato fruits in 
some cases, and bean pods were also attacked. The damage was much more 
extensive and intense this year than in 1931 , when first-brood cater- 
