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minimum temperature was as low as 19°F. A good number of the larvae 
pere brought to the labor.at.o'ry: and put ;in,;bre< i a. A f 
fleas emerged during r the last days .of February and on '.' rch -: there 
n*as a heavy emergence. The place from which the larvae were collected 
the -shed was -literally alive -i th fie- Jre 
were a few adults attached to the hens. Sight places have been 
brought to attention to date (March ?U) where the fleas had "become 
so numerous than remedial measures had to be resorted to. 
R ".ITS ( Liponyssus silvieru m Can. v. Fanz. ) 
F. C Bishopp (February 6): This destructive poultry pest was reported 
to have been found on a cozlz in the -experiment station flock at 
Agricultural College. An examination of the pen in -#dch this 
"bird was confined, showed tl : mite to be fairly ."bundant, ana it 
lso present on the "birds in several small adjacent pcrc. Professor 
I .yne is taking immediate steps to treat all infected birds with 
sulphur to eradicate the mites. 
FIGEOH HIPP0303GID (h.vnchia maura Bigot) 
Alabama F„ C. Bishopp (January; 13) r This pigeon parasite has been reported 
by a fancier here at Mobile. This inrect does not appear to have 
become very widely distributed in this 'country, up to the" present 
time. 
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JTebrasl " H«. Swenk (April 1): Early in January one of the owners of one 
of the brick office buildings in- Weed Hiver, Hall County, reported 
that the interior of th ■ was ' b ily sd by 
■mite Beticulitermea . nks. About the middle of March 
it was also r "\ - these termites ""ore destroying a hig] ! 
prised tree on he grounds of ore of the dhurches at Grand Island, 
in the same county. 
Kansas dh .7,, ' ■ - ''" rch IS): ~e have teen receiving quite a bit 
of cor- is ice n lative to- ternites this month. Reports of serious 
damage in - been re'e ived from Cherryvale, Solomon, and 
Mound City, and injury to fruit trees is reported from Beloit - 
Bucklin. 
J. R. Horton (March 23): Our attention had already been called 
to an office building and one residence in Wichita which are 
being seriously d by termites. Floors, .joists, and mop boards 
were tunneled by the insect. 
Te;>: F. C. Bishopp ('.' 20); At Dallas a species of termite was reported 
to be swarming from ' nr~e in this city. 
