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Illinois 
P. M. Eastman (October 14): The corn ear worn has "been re- 
ported as doing considerable damage in plats of sweet corn in 
the vicinity of Millbrook and Stockport. 
T. L. Guy ton (October 22): The corn ear worm is moderately 
abundant and general over the eastern part of Pennsylvania. 
L. M. Peairs (October 24): Corn ear worms are very abundant at 
Morgan town. Much injury up to harvest. 
P. W. Craig (October 5): •. 
Mason County. 
H. G. Walker (October 27) 
on snapbeans in Norfolk. 
Corn ear worms were very bad in 
The corn ear worm is very abundant 
J. E. Watson (October 25): The corn ear worm is moderately 
abundant and is feeding mostly on seeds of beggarweed. 
J- J. Davis (October 24): Corn eo.r worms have been unusually 
abundant. From Mt. Vernon, September 28, report comes that this 
insect ruined all of the late sweet corn. Similar reports could 
be given for many other sections of the State. October 17 to 
20, reports were received from Monticello, ■ Rensselaer, LaPorte, 
and Lafayette, of large numbers of earworns in alfalfa fields, 
and apparently .causing appreciable damage. Ear worms were re- 
ported abundant and destructive in tomato fields at Sulphur 
Springs, Henry County, October 7. 
W. P. Flint (October 24): A heavy flight of adults has con- 
tinued. Several reports of damage to alfalfa (newly sown) have 
been received. 
Kentucky 
Michigan 
J. H. Bigger (September 15): Corn ear worms are very abundant 
in central and west-central Illinois. From. 30 to 35 per cent of 
the eo.rs in six central counties are infested. 
W. A. Price (October 24): The corn ear worms are still feeding 
on corn that is ready to go into the crib. They are tunneling 
the kernels, feeding on the germ. Much damage is caused by the 
activity as all kernels so eaten fall off the cob and are a total 
loss. Also the worms continue to be troublesome in dahlias at 
Lancaster, Lexington, and Owensboro. 
R. Hutson (October 23): The corn ear worm is very abundant; 
there are large numbers of moths. 
