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North Carolina, W.. A. Shands (June 25): Reports have been received indica- 
ting that wirewo reinjury on newly set tobacco has "been unusually se- 
vere in the vicinity of Rocky Mount and over most of the eastern part 
of North Carolina.- While not common, this injury has also "been found 
oyer the, central part of the State. ; 
Georgia. 0. I, Snapp (June 17) t Wireworms are more abundant than usual at 
Fort Valley, central Georgia, and have caused considerable damage to 
vegetables. In one case they completely destroyed seven rows of onions, 
Indiana. J. J, Davis (June 25) * Wireworms damaged tobacco at Rockport June 
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Iowa, "C. J. Drake (June 23) i Wireworms totally destroyed a 20-acre field of 
corn in central Iowa, The field was in corn in 193& an & in oats in 1935» 
Last. year corn yielded around H5 bushels per acre, 
Kansas, H, R, Bryson (June 22): Injury by Melanotus spp, was more pronounced 
this spring owing to the unfavorable soil condition which retarded ger- 
mination of early planted seed. Reports of injury to corn and wheat 
have been received from the eastern border of the". Stated- 
Idaho and' Oregon, F, Shirck (June 15)* 'Wireworms have caused extensive in*- 
jury to sugar beets, having destroyed 30 to 60 percent of the plants in 
many fields in southwestern Idaho and eastern Oregon. The unseasonably 
cool weather has been favorable to continued feeding. 
Oregon. H. P. Lanchester (June 21): A 30-acre field of peas 3 miles west of 
Weston was plowed under owing to injury by Lirnonius spp, 
;.. . WHITE GRUBS ( Phyllophaga spp.) 
Connecticut. W. E. Britton (June 23); The beetles devoured the foliage of 
small Japanese and Chinese chestnut trees at Bristol, Some were en- 
tirely, defoliated and the owner thinks they have been killed. Sixty- 
eight adults of P. tristis E. were received June 1, on raspberry from 
Orange. 
Ohio. T, H. Parks (June 2H): May beetles caused partial defoliation o.f oaks 
in many parts of Ohio, This injury occurred principally during the 
first week of June, 
Michigan, R. Hutson (June 18): June beetles have been especially numerous 
in the vicinity of Okemos, Climax, and Kalamazoo, in south-centr,al 
Michigan, . 
Iowa, C, J. Drake (June 23): There was a very heavy flight of June beetles 
in central Iowa this spring. White grubs are doing considerable damage 
in cornfields in eastern and southern Iowa. The State nursery, about 
, 2 miles south of Ames, is being injured by grubs of brood B, 
Kansag H, B, Hungerford (June 5) ' White grub injury is strawberry patches is 
severe. 
