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POULTRY 
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CHICKS* i'-UTE (Dermanvssus gallinae Rftdil 
Missouri L. Haseman (April 2C): She common chicken mite, rfcich is al- 
,.,„.,„, present in greater or lesser abundance, has begun to at1 
attention earlier tl ..-. usual this spring. 
TROPICA F0T7L IZTE (l i^onyssus bursaJBerlese) 
Missouri 1. Haseman (April 23): A. heavy out "break of a poultry mite iden- 
tified as the tropical fowl mite has recently developed on a 
iber of farms near Columbia. 
lOPEAT HE:" PLE** ( Ceratophvllus gallinae Schr. ) 
Connecticut ' - E. 3ritton (llay 27}: Poultry manur e . spread upon garden near 
the house and fleas r-ere very annoying to the people. Finally 
)use and garden were treated with granular Q.uicklime and fleas 
disappeared. Identification is by '.'.. k. Stewart, and is first 
record for Connecticut of the European poultry fie . 
INSECTS IFFESTIirQ HOUSES 
TERrHTSS 
ICansas J. '". hcColloch (hay 20): Termites have continued to be an im- 
portant problem in the State during the past month. Jood<rork 
in houses has been injured at 1'eodesha, Kincaid, Kansas City, 
Abilene, Junction City, Tescott, Peabody, 3eloit, and ""ichita. 
.-- oi ss buildj as suffered d, . at Parsons < .- . r - 
tha. -■- ': Le tree has been hilled at Kansas City i. 
the ants are working on an osage orange hedge at Peabody. News- 
paper reports state that several hundred nouses in Kansas City, 
"ho. , and Kansas City, Kan. , show in ' ry. 
her; 7". C. C'hane (hay IS): Termites, Peticulitermes flavioes hoi., 
Hampshire seer to show an increasing abundance and destructiveness in 1" 
shire, in spite of the fact that this region is pretty far 
north, Cue of the older University buildings shows a basement 
infestation. One of the new dormitories shows an infestation in 
basement timbers. The University greenhouses are attached, 
"orst of all, the Department of Entomology insectary has been 
attached. .. greerhor.se near Nashua shows damage. In the city 
of hashua there has been extensive attack in a lar ctory 
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