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seed "beds in the Bradenton section within the past- tro or three 
weeks* 
GARDEN FISAHOPPSB fealticu s' citri Ashm, ) 
Florida M. fi* Leonard (September 8): Host eel err/ seed beds in Manatee 
County examined daring the pad* vt.o weeks shovr more or less 
injury "but" damage is more pronounced in the Bradentown and 
Manatee sections proper than in .-the Terra Ceia section. It does 
not seem to "be quite so bad as 'last' year however. 
,3231' ...ROOT APHID ( -Pemphigus he tag , Doane) 
Utah George F. Ehowlton (Septembe'r 22): The beet root aphid has caused 
slight damage in northern Utah this year. 
. -C .".SPOTS . . 
CARROT UEEVIL (Listronotus la tins cui us Boh.) 
Illinois S« C* Chandler (September 9) * Seventy per cent of the carrot patches 
are infested in the area around Sast St* Louis, with nearly 50 
per cent of the carrots infested. 
■•'..■: yORMIPS 
■TURNIP. APHID (Rh^iT if .1 c ni phum p seudeb r assi cae Davis) 
Wisconsin S # . B« Fracker (September 11 ): Numerous on turnips, total loss in 
.some cases in Walworth,.. County, Genoa City* 
, ,■ . SOUTH E-R JT FIELD CROP I IT SECTS 
COTTON 
BOLL V/IE7IL ( Arathonomus grondis 3oh.) 
Georgia Oliver I. Snapp (September l): The- bo] 1 weevil is now doing Con- 
siderable damage to the top crop of cotton in this locality 
(Port Valley). The infestation is apparently, very heavy in seme 
fields. Fully SO per cent, of the squares of the top crop were 
found to be punctured in some fields on this date. (September 20): 
While the top crop of cotton h&s; been attacked by the toll weevil, 
the infestation during the l92o season v.as lighter in this 
locality (Port Valley) ■ than it has been for several years, and a 
good crop is nov? being ginned. Some farmers report their crcp 
hero the best since 191^. ■'.'■■ 
Mississippi R. .7. Harned (Septan ber 17): The boll-weevil infestation in the 
greater part of northern Mississippi was practicably 100 per cent 
by the last of August and considerable injury to small bolls has 
resulted. The-weevil population this fall is larger than for 
