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C E R £ A L AND P E A S E „ C R P I H S E T S 
WHEAT AND OTHER SMALL GRAINS 
ARMYWORM ( Girphis unipuncta Haw, ) 
Maine. J. H. Hawkins (July 20 ) J The armyworm is occurring generally in outbreak 
numbers on corn, timothy, oats, and barley. Control measures in progress. 
G. W. Sinpson (July): Reported as damaging corn in home gardens at 
Presque Isle, northeastern Maine. 
New Hampshire* J. G. Conklin (July 26): The present, very severe outbreak, is 
the first really serious one since 1919 • The infestation covers practically 
the entire State, the most damage "being found in towns bordering the 
Connecticut River, particularly in Grafton County, on the western edge of 
the State. Considerable damage has also been done in Rockingham County, 
in southern New Hanpshire. Oats have received the greatest amount of 
damage, followed by corn, Hungarian and Japanese millet, and hay. In one 
case a field of 3 acres of cabbage was being badly riddled. 
Vermont. R, D. Mallory (July l6) : Oats and other crops have been completely 
destroyed in the vicinity of Pairlee, particularly around Bradford, across 
tho Connecticut from Grafton County, N. H. Some farms ar§ still free of the 
pest. 
H, L. Bailey (July 27): First report of armyworm from Lunenburg, Essex 
County, northeastern Vermont, on July 11, most larvae about one-half to 
three-quarters grown. Infestation heaviest in Connecticut River Valley in 
Orange County, east-central Vermont, and Windham County, southeastern Ver- 
mont, and also found throughout Rutland County, southwestern Vermont, 
Pupation began in Windham County about July 17 and few larvae to bo found 
on July 2U. Oatfiolds principal points of infestation and many severely 
damaged. Some cornfields also suffered, 
Massachusetts. A. I. Bourne (July 23): Army/rorms made a rather sudden appearance 
in several sections of the State, Reports of their presence and of rather 
serious feeding received from the ear tern part of the State, No serious 
outbreaks have been reported thus far from tho Connecticut Valley region 
or from Berkshire County to the west, although the pest was present in 
Amherst, and an outbreak war reported fro r. Palmer on the eastern margin of 
Hampden County, 
G, Erickson (July 9-15) ! An outbreak occurred at Palmer, in south-central 
Massachusetts, the arnyworns first attracting attention on July 9, when, 
after hay had been cut on part of a 2-acre recreation lot, the caterpillars 
began migrating in all directions in search of food, 
Connecticut. 17. E. Britton (July 22): Larvae received from Orange, Now Haven 
County, on June 2^; reported on new grass along highway at Norwalk, Pair- 
field County, on July 5; on oats and grass at Ellington, Tolland County, on 
July llj from Windham County as more prevalent than last year, 20 cases 
having been reported, several of them serious. 
