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Utalu G. F. Knowlton (July 21): Red spider injury has "been quite general and 
often severe in Utah County raspberry patches this year. 
CEREAL AND FORAGE-CROP INSECTS 
CORN 
CHINCH BUG ( Slissus leucopterus Say) 
Northeastern United States. E. P. Felt (July 27) « infestations in lawns have 
come to my notice recently from Philadelphia, Pa., northern New Jersey, 
southern New York, and southern Connecticut. 
Pennsylvania. J. S. Pinckney (July 22): An outbreak was reported on corn near 
Goodyear, Cumberland County. 
Ohio. T. H. Parks (July 13): We are having # the worst infestation in many years. 
May was rainy; June was dry. Bugs have destroyed many plantings of barley 
in Madison, Union, and Delaware Counties. They began moving out of barley 
and wheat fields the last week of June and were still moving July 13. One 
gas company has already sold 5,000 gallons of tar for making barriers. Madi- 
son County shipped in several carloads of tar. Miles of tar lines have been 
made and as manydust barriers. A few fields of corn were ruined before the 
farmers were aware of the bugs. The area affected is mainly in .the west- 
central counties. Reports of damage have reached us from 14 counties. 
Indiana. J. J. Davis (July 25): The chinch bug lias been an outstanding problem 
in many sections of the State. There aretwo centers of infestation. One in 
the northwestern corner includes Newton, Benton, Lake, and LaPorte Counties. 
The other is in the northeastern part of Indiana and includes the counties of 
Jay, Adams, Allen, Steuben, Wells, Elkhart, and Blackford. Reports of in- 
festations in small grain or migrations from small grain to corn have been 
reported from the above areas throughout the month. June 29 the bugs were 
moving from barley and oats into corn at Fowler. Apparently .barley is the 
source of the heaviest infestations. 
Illinois. W. P. Flint (July 22): During the past month the chinch bug has been 
the outstanding crop pest in the State. Spotted heavy damage has occurred 
from Randolph, Montgomery, Clsty, and Jasper Counties on the south to Rock 
Island, Henry, Lee, DeKalb, Kane, and Cook Counties on the north. The first 
brood has now matured and a general : flight has taken place over the cornfields. 
The weather is so drj' that the second brood will probably cause serious 
damage throughout the heart of the Illinois corn belt. From present indications 
it is possible that the bugs nuay cause a, loss of 25 per cent of the corn crop 
in this area. 
Michigan. R. H. Pettit (July 12): I have just received word. that chinch bugs 
. , have destroyed many fields of corn, barley, and some oats at the town of 
Seneca, Lenawee County. This is the first serious outbreak that we have had 
in several years. 
Ray Hut son (July 22): There .are several outbreaks in Berrien County. From 
time to time wo have had trouble in others of the southern counties, but this 
