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CEEEAL AND FORAGE-CROP INSECTS 
WHEAT 
HESSIAN FLY ( Phyto-phaga destructor S a y) 
C. R. Crosby (July 31): In a preliminary survey counts of 
25 straws from each locality indicate the following infestation: 
County 
Number of localities Average pereent- 
age of stra 
infested. 
Cattaraugus 
1 
Cayuga 
10 
Chautauqua 
1 
Erie 
5 
Genesee 
11 
Livingston 
54 
Monroe 
13 
Niagara 
14 
Onondaga 
4 
Ontario 
6 
Orleans 
12 
Seneca 
9 
Tompkins 
5 
Wayne 
9 
Wyoming 
' 7 
Yates 
8 
0.0 
2.8 
0.0 
2.7 
0.7 
0.8 
2.2 
1.7 
4.0 
: .7 
0.7 
0.9 
1.6 
1.3 
1.7 
0.0 
Average of entire region 1.3 per cent. 
Maryland P. D. Sanders (August 22): Scarce. 
Illinois S. C. Chandler (August 14): A survey of counties near 
East St. Louis shows 12 per cent of culms in stubble infested 
and 75 per cent parasitism.. 
Minnesota A. G. Ruggles and assistants (August 16): Moderately abun- 
dant in Brown County. 
Missouri L. Hascman (August 26) : Moderately abundant and threatens 
to prove destructive this fall. 
K? -nsas J. W. McColloch (August 25): Moderately abundant "enerally. 
SMUT BEETLE (Phalacrus politus Mel-. . 
Nebraska . K. Swerik (July 15-August l): ut beetle has tx 
reported abundant in wheat fields in Morrill County the third 
v/eek in July. 
