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New Yor 1 .:. E. H. Campbell and M. C. Richards (Augast 13): The corn ear worn 
is beginning to appear in Nassau County. So far this season this pest 
has not "been a serious factor, infestation running from 5 to 15 percent. 
H. C. Euckett states that, beginning next week, the second brood nay be 
expected to cause trouble, resulting in serious infesto.tion. 
A. G. West (August 20): The corn ear worn is increasing in Suffolk 
County, but is less serious then a year ago. 
Maryland. S. IT. Cory (August 20): The corn ear worn is noderately abundant . 
Virginia. H. G. Walker (August 22) : Moderately abundant at Norfolk. 
North Carolina. 17. A. Thonas (August 10): This insect is extrenely injur- 
ious in the Carolinas at this tine. Practically all late corn at Chad- 
bourn, which ranges in height from 1 to 5 feet, is badly riddled. In 
sone instances the whole bud is filled with frass and all growth is ap- 
parently checked. Sone of the plants have died. 
Ohio. T. K. Parks (August 20): More corn ear vrarns than usual. 
Illinois. L. H. Shropshire (August 20): Com ear worns abundant in sweet 
corn. 
Minnesota. C. E. Mickel (August 27): The infestation on sv/eet corn is 100 
percent; on field corn, 90 percent. Worse in the southern third of the 
State. 
Iowa. C. J. Drake (August 2): The corn ear worn is extremely abundant through- 
out the State. Pron ko to 100 isercent of the ears are infested. The aver- 
age infestation will run between 75 and 100 percent of the ears. 
C. 17. Ainslie (Augast 22): Unusual numbers of this connon and perennial 
pest in the cornfields of northwestern Iowa this sunner. In many fields 
it is alnost impossible to find an ear of corn that has not been injured 
and many have been entirely ruined. This is very serious, in view of the 
scarcity of feed for livestock. 
North Dokota. J. A. Munro (August IS): Corn ear worn very abundo/nt on both 
garden and field corn. 
Missouri. L. Haseman (Augast 2U) : Very abundant in late nubbins that es- 
caped the drought. 
Nebraska. M. H. Swenk (Augast 15): During the period iron July 15 to 20, 
additional reports of damage by the first brood of caterpi liars were re- 
ceived fron the counties east of the 100th meridian, but in greatly dim- 
inished numbers. Later, during the fo\irth week in July, similar reports 
were received from west of the 100th meridian, as from Wood Lake, Cherry 
County; Lewellen, Garden County; and Dalton, Cheyenne County. These 
are the first reports that we ever have had of injury in western Nebraska 
to corn tassels by the first brood. 
