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HOUSEHOLD AND STORSD-PRODUCIS 
INSECTS 
TERMITES ( ReticuiiterT.es spp. ) 
United States. T. E. Snyder (March): During March 195 cases of termite dam- 
age were reported to the Bureau of Entomology. The following list gives 
the number of cases reported from each section: New England, 3; Middle 
Atlantic, 94; South Atlantic, 24; East Central, 25; North Central, 4; "est 
Central, 5; Lower Mississippi, 30; Southwest, 2; Pacific Coast, 7. 
West Virginia. L. M. Peairs (April 24): Many reports of termites have been 
received from Morgantown, Huntington, and other points. 
Ohio. E. ./. Mendenhall (April 24): Complaints have come in concerning ter- 
mites working their way through cellars and in foundations of buildings 
in Columbus, and found doing damage in greenhouses in Dayton. If not de- 
stroyed, they may do considerable damage. 
Illinois. J. H. Bigger (April 17): Termites very abundant April 15. They 
were seen swarming March 18 at Jacksonville. I have examined 8 nroperties 
in the last few weeks. 
Kentucky. \7. A. Price (April 24): During the past three weeks, April 3 to 
24, winged termites have beep extant and inquiries have been receive:! from 
all sections of the State. 
Iowa. C. J. Drake (April): Termites have been increasing in numbers in Iowa 
for the past 10 years. Considerable damage is being done in the southern 
half of the State, particularly along the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers 
and in Des Moines. 
Kansas. H. R. Bryson (April 23): April 3, termites were discovered doing 
extensive damage to maple floors and casings of doors in a modern grrde 
building at Manhattan. This was a wooden floor laid on cement. Stakes 
driven into the ground, making contact with the joists, furnished a means 
of connection between the floor and the ground. It is estimated that 
around $5,000 loss has been incurred. (April 15): Termites were reported 
injuring a dwelling at Atchison. Either termite injury is on the increase 
or people have become interested to such an extent as to look for it. 
Probably both conditions are true. 
Nebraska. M. H. Swenk (Jferch 25 to April 20): Termites (R. tibialis. Bks. ) 
were reported during the first half of April as having badly injured a 
house in Omaha and destroyed trees in Furnas County. 
Tennessee. G. M. Bontley (April): There were swarms of winged adults in 
Elizabethton on March 25, and in ffik.oxville on March 23 and April 2. 
California. R. Bogue (April 7): There % ave been considerable spring flights of 
termites, starting about March 25, to date, mostly R. hosiery s J3':s. ". it., a 
few R. t ibialis in Los Angeles. 
