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Virginia 
North Carolina 
Illinois 
Missouri 
H* D, Smith (January 26): Wheat.. fields sown in the fall of 
1937 in Berkeley and Jeff erso'n - -Count i e's ere heavily infested 
with the Hessian fly this year* Parasitism of the fall generation 
of the fly in these sections is very low, which makes the out- 
look probable for damaging infestations during the coming 
season, 
R, D# Smith (January 36): Many fields of young ™heat were 
found badly damaged by the Hessian fly in the counties of 
Augusta, Clarke, Frederick, Pulaski, Rockbridge, Rockingham, 
and Shenandoah. Other counties were less heavily infested. 
H, D; Smith (January 26): Recent surveys of the counties of 
C-uilford, Mecklenburg, and Durham showed that fields sbwm 
in fall wheat rrere lightly infested with the Hessian fly with 
no prospects of serioms damage from this source for the 
coming year, 
W» P k Flint (February 21): Severe v inter killing of "heat 
has occurred in many of the late-sown fields in east-central 
and southern Illinois, Early so v 'n fields in these sections 
appear to be in better condition at the nresent time, although 
there are moderate infestations by the Hessian fly in most 
of these fields. . , 
L# Haseman (February 24): No recent observations have been 
made on the wintering conditions of the Hessian fly but in 
seeding plats for Hessian fly studies at Columbia it was 
found from inspection of plants during December that a fair 
infestation of the fly seems to be again developing in' this 
area. 
Kansas 
J* W» McColloch ( 
a big problem aga. 
and early winter 
central Kansas, e 
on the south, and 
line. Material wh 
that the winter m 
co nd i t i ons th i s i 
May and June* 
February 23): The Hessian fly promises to be 
in this year. Surveys made during the fall 
showed a rather heavy infestation throughout 
xtending from Sumner County to Clark Connty 
reaching northward almost to the Nebraska 
ich has been collected in the field shows 
ortality has ''oeen light, and «dth favorable 
nsectshould cause considerable trouble in 
Kansas 
CHINCH BUG ( Bliss us leucppterus Say) 
J. 7. McColloch (February 23): The chinch-bug outbreak ^hich 
has been under way for several years appears to be about 
over. Excessive rainfall last summer ^as very detrimental 
to this insect, an^. as a result the number of bugs going into 
hibernation last fall ,Tr as comparatively light. There has also 
been a rather heavy mortality of the bugs in hibernation, "lue 
to several abrupt --roos in temperature following periods of 
^arm m eather. 
