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that late season and weak corn, only a few inches high, &ave 
intensified the gardeners 1 troubles. 
Kansas J. 1". McColloch (May lU) : Germinating seed corn has been seriously 
injured by wireworras at Fort Scott, Abilene, 'Vhite City, and 
Ogdfin....In many fields it has been neeessary to replant^ 
CEREAL AND FORAGE -CROP INSECTS 
WHEAT 
HESSIAN FLY ( Phytoohaga destructor Say) 
Indiana J. J. Davis (May 25): Hessian flies were out laying eggs on May 
3 at La Fayette. 
Missouri L. Haseman (May 21): In central Missouri it is practically im- 
ppssible to find this insect. 
Kansas Kansas Crop Report of the State Board of Agriculture (April 10): 
Attention is called to the fact that the autumn infestation of 
the Hessian fly was much greater after seeding last fall than it 
was in the fall preceding the 192H harvest. The potential menace 
from this source is therefore greater now than it m ag two years 
ago. In some south-central counties field examination on acreages 
containing much volunteefc or in early seeded fields shows as 
many as 10 or 12 flies in the flaxseed stage this spring. Weather 
conditions during the egg-laying time and during the hatch of the 
first brood will have much to do with the amount of this year's 
fly damage, 
CHINCH BUG ( Blissus leucouterus Say) 
Illinois W» p. Flint (May 18): Examinations in small grain indicate-that 
chinch bugs will cause damage in local areas in some 50 counties 
in the central and south^central parts of Illinois. Egg laying 
is just starting, but no young bugs have been observed in the 
field to date. The weather thus far has been rather dry and 
favorable to the development of the chinch bugs. 
L. Haseman (May 21): No reports of chinch bugs in wheat have 
been received to date, 
J. W, McColloch (April 13): I also have the report of the county 
agent of Washington County relative to the chinch-bug situation, 
in which he states that all bunch grass which was not burned over 
last fall contains a large number of chinch bugs, and there is 
danger of considerable injury this year. 
Mississippi R, W. Harned (May 12): On May 12 chinch bugs were collected on 
corn at Coldwater, Tate County, by Inspector T. F. McGehee, These 
insects are reported as beooming very abundant on corn in portions 
of Tate, DcSoto, and Marshall Counties. 
Complaints in regard to chinch bugs were not unexpected because 
Missouri 
Kansas 
