Missouri 
L. Baseman (Septemoer 12): Tnis pest has increased abundantly of 
late,. Late field and sweet corn Is being seriously damaged by it. 
The last of August the pest did some damage to growing tips of tot-, 
bacco as "budwonn". 
Louisiana T. H. Jones (September 4): We have been making observations on the 
number of ears injured by the eanvorm this year in a field of corn 
(field) at Baton Rouge where small successive plantings have been 
made. Examinations of the ears on one row of each planting have 
been made when the corn reached the roasting ear stage. The follow- 
ing are the results of these examinations: 
: Ears containing 
: Ears without 
Corn planted. 
: Ears examined, 
: earworms or show- 
=- earworms and 
■ ing evidence of 
: showing no 
. th&ir work. 
: iniurv bv them. 
March. 10 
July 5 
: 30 
: 8 
17 : 
10 
18 
: 20 
April 7 
23 
: 42 
: 28 
21 ; 
27 
: 49 
: 22 
26 : 
31 
44 
: 34 
May 5 : 
Aug. 3 
: 23 - : 
23 
12 
10 : 
61 
: 
23 : 
20 
63 : 

23 : 
?5 
82 

June 2 
27 
^Z 
1 
New Mexico R. Middlebrook (Septemoer 13): The ccrn ear^'orm has done about 5 
per cent damage to the cotton and about 10 per cent damage to the 
corn, the heaviest damage to the corn being in the sweet corn. 
SUGAR-CANE ECRER ( Di.it raea s a-charali s Fab.) 
Louisiana T. K. Jones (September 4): We have Deen making observations on 
the number of stalks injured by the "borer" this year in a field 
of corn at Baton Rouge where small successive plantings have been 
made. Examinations of the stalks in on? row of each planting have 
been made at the tirce the ears reached the roasting ear stage. The 
following are tno results of the examinations: 
Stacks containing 
: Stalks 'without 
Corn 
: Stalks 
. larvae or -curiae 
: larvae or pupae 
planted . 
examined. 
• or shoeing injury 
: and showing no 
by larvae . 
. iniurv by larvae. 
March 10 : 
July 5 : 
7 
34 
17 
10 
21 ; 
25 
April 7 
23 
59 
: 23 
21 
: 27 
£1 
29 
May 5 
Aug . 3 
: 25 
: 47 
12 . 
10 
44 
: 34 
23 : 
20 
57 
19 
28 ■ 
25 ; 
86 
: 1 
June 2 
27 
: 81 
2 
