C 3 R E A L a " ^ FORAGE-CROP I IT S 3 C tf S 
WHFAT 
HESSIAN FLY fph yton haga destructor Say) 
Missouri L. Haseman (March 2*+): The Hessian fly Is attracting no attention, 
owing to the -"rot fall and necessarily late seeding of wheat. I 
do not expect any trouble from the pest this ye^r . 
Kansas J. '". McColloch (March IS): There is lets of the fly in the wheat, 
especially in volunteer, and it looks promising for considerable 
dan age this spring. 
J. R. Morton (March 23): The first Hessian fly eggs were found 
in the field March lb. Over 50 P er cent of the puparia nor 
contain pupae, cut emergence is slow. 
PLAINS FALSI 7JTREOT.M (Eleodes ouaca Say) 
Nebraska M. E. Swenk (April 1): During the second week in January reports 
were- received of serious local injury to winter wheat in Hitchcock 
County, near Trenton, by the plains false wireworm. 
Kansas ti J. W« McColloch (March 2) : Specimens of these worms were received 
from Tribune with the information that the fields are bally 
infested with them. The wheat - is not greening up as It should 
and it is thought that the>e larvae are responsible for this 
condition. 
GRASSHOPPERS (Acridiidae) 
Idaho Claude lakeland (March 13) : Grasshoppers caused us almost no 
injury last season and the decrease from a pest cf major importance 
has been gradual since 1S22. Daring that -ear a sarcophagid 
fly was noticed to be abundant and widely distributed and parasi- 
tism was fairly heavy. Parasitism has increased steadily since then 
and I believe that this parasite, was responsible almost entirely 
for the destruction of hoppers.. 
ARMY CUTWORM (Suxca auxiliaris Crete) 
Nebraska M, E. Swenk (April 1): Reports of the presence of the army cut- 
worm in conspicuous numbers- in the fields of Perkins County were 
received about the middle of March. 
Kansas J. W. McColloch (March b): Specimens of the army cutworm were 
received from BloOm, with the information that the worms were 
present by the thousands en the ground. There is 160 acres in the 
field and 40 acres has been cleaned uti, (?- *ch 1$) : The county 
agent reports the worms devastating several "heat fields in 
Pawnee County. 
J. P.. Korton and E, H. Walkden (March 23): Outbreaks have occurred 
in the last three weeks in Clark, Fori, Sumner, Sedgwick, Zenyon, 
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