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Dillon and BarnwelZ. In Tlichiran the recorded infestation is tiro counties 
farther north than previously recorded, extending into Wayne , Oakland, and 
HcCorab Counties in the southeastern part of the State. 
The carrot v;eevil is doing considerable damage in southern Illinois. 
As anticipated in our sunnier numbers of t he bulletin, the cotton 
leaf v/orm did practically no damage in tho northern fruit belt this year. 
Throu^ouVl pine stands of northern Idaho, present indications are 
that another epidemic of the mountain pine beetle is under nay, A similar 
epidemic has been under way for the past fev years in the Bitter F.oot region 
of Montana, 
The heaviest losses in the past 10 years from the ravages of the 
Jeffrey pine beetle in the area included in the California-Oregon control 
project are now occurring. The older epidemic in the Iryo National forest 
is no '.7 on the decline. 
Several reports of damage to garden plants by the fire ant have been 
received from Ifi. ssi ssiaoi . 
