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to a cornfield joining. About l/3 of the corn was already plastered with bugs. 
This locality has suffered from drought. Today we learned of a similar outbreak 
in Delaware County. 
Indiana. J. J. Davis (June 20): Chinch bugs are moderately abundant in isolated 
localities. They were reported as heavily infesting a barley field at Earl 
Park, June 13. . 
Illinois. 17. P. Flint (June 19): In spite of the heavy rains during all the 
early part of May, sufficient numbers of chinch bugs survived to threaten injury 
over about ' two-thirds of Illinois. The _ extreme northern and southern parts of 
the State will escape injury. Many cases have been reported of fields that 
become grassy and were later plowed and planted to corn, where the bugs are now 
killing the corn. 
Iowa. C. J. Drake (June 19): The chinch-bug situation is -becoming quite serious in 
southern Iowa. The infestation includes the two southern tiers of counties from 
Page to the Mississippi River. Several fields of small grain and a few fields 
of corn have already been plowed up and planted to soybeans. In a number of 
instances the first-generation bugs are feeding in the cornfields. The present 
infestation is more serious and widespread than the outbreaks in 1924. Weather 
conditions this spring and summer have been very favorable for the chinch bugs. 
Missouri. L. Haseman (June 24): Chinch bugs are doing considerable damage to wheat, 
oats, and barley, moving to corn last. The infestation is worst in the north- ' 
central part of the State. 
Nebraska. M. H. Swenk (June 20): The center of greatest abundance seems to be 
Lancaster and Saline Counties, but the bugs are more than ordinarily plentiful 
over much of southeastern and southern Nebraska. A report from as far to the 
northwest as Boone County indicates that they were locally abundant there. 
Owing to the early drying-up of the barley and oats, the migration started 
shortly after the middle of June, Tthich is earlier than usual in this locality, 
and was at its height on June 20. Considerable damage to corn will undoubtedly ' 
result from the chinch bug depredations. 
Kansas. H. R. Bryson (June 22): Chinch bugs are more injurious at Manhattan and 
surrounding territory than they have been since 1927. A considerable infestatio 
occurs in corn and sorghum fields as a result of old bugs laying eggs at the 
bases of the corn plants. Migrations from the small-grain fields to the corn 
and sorghums began about ten days earlier than normal. This condition was 
occasioned by the hot, dry weather, which hastened the maturity of wheat, oats, 
and barley. Counties in the eastern part of the State, which have received 
heavy rains during May and the first part of June, have less injury. Reports 
of injury nave come from Canton, Merid@n, Howard, Willard, Elk Falls, and 
various points in the vicinity of Manhattan. 
Oklahoma. C. F. Stiles (June 13): Chinch bugs are still very numerous in the east- 
central part of the State, with the center of infestation at the present time 
around Sapulpa., in Creek County. Some of- the sweet corn in the city garddns 
located near wheat fields are being destroyed by chinch bugs migrating from thes 
fields. Corn and other row crops are being heavily infested by migrating chincr. 
bugs, in 10 counties at the present time. 
