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widespread distribution developed in Saskatchewan and increased the seri- 
ousness of the feed situation in drought areas by destroying weed growth 
otherwise available -for feed. . Outbreaks also occurred in southern Alberta. 
Field beans in southern Ontario' were infested with "the green clover 
worm,, but not to an extent to cause stripping of the plants. 
.:■■.■-, A;. general decrease in the abundance of the European earwig in in- 
fested areas in British Columbia was 'reported/. Imported parasites of the 
earwigs have been. widely distributed in these sections in 'recent years. 
Injury to apples by the : first :hrDod of codling moth was reported 
to be unusually severe in the Niagara district, the Georgian Bay district, 
and eastern Ontario.. .-.■■:,.■;■ 
Aphids affecting orchard trees have nowhere "been reported in out-; 
break form. The apple aphid and the rosy apple aphid were [noted as of ' 
minor importance this year in-' the Niagara district, ... .'-.'' "„.^. 
Outbreaks of the apple arid thorn skeletonizer, apparently local- 
ized, occurred in parts of northern Nova Scotia and Ontario. 
The infestation of second-brood oriental fruit moth was' low in 
the Niagara district. An average twig infestation of 3»^ percent was 
reworded in young peach orchards. The infestation in southwestern 
Ontario was higher than in 193^ • 
The pear leaf blister mite is "more prevalent than usual, particu- 
larly on young .pear trees'/ in parts of southern Ontario. A local severe 
outbreak occurred in New Brunswick. ' ■■"•:. 
A distinct increase in numbers in the first generation of the 
European spruce .sawfly was general in New Brunswick, and in the centre 
of the Province large areas were beginning- to show defoliation. In 
Quebec new severe attacks on spruce occurred. in Bonaventure County, and 
; heavy samples, of . larvae were received from Karaouraska and Montmagny 
Counties. West of the St. Lawrence River the sawfly is now known to ex- 
tend from Lake Saint John westward to Lake Temiskaming. 
The black-headed budworm is evenly distributed and fairly ahundant 
from Saskatchewan to the Gaspe, with local concentrations in northern 
Algoma. 
Increased infestation and damage to balsam fir by the. "balsam woolly 
aphid has developed in the Maritime Provinces. 
The larch sawfly has increased. in numbers in parts of Nova Scotia 
and New Brunswick. An infestation was discovered south of r, Silverton,:- 
British Columbia, 62 miles farther west than previously recorded. 
