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County Agent, with excellent results in most localities. If the 
outbreak had not been vigorously fought extensive and serious 
damage would have taken place. 
California C» M. Packard (June 7): At the Klamath Irrigation Project hoppers 
are still small and in isolated bands, but fehey are spreading* 
Several species are present but not determiaaMfiein the young 
stages now present. Extensive poisoning is now in progress with 
varying success from excellent to poor, on the whole good. An 
area of 50,000 acres is covered by a spotted infestation. 
California Weekly News Letter, Vol. 5, No. 12 (June l6): Adviees 
received by the California Department of Agriculture from Horticultun'lJ 
Commissioner for Modoc County indicate heavy infestations of grass- 
hoppers both in Modoc and Siskiyou. 
In the Tule Lake section of Modoc and Siskiyou grasshoppers are 
menaching twenty thousand acres of grain. Several thousand acres 
of "reseeded land" in this section are literally covered with small 
hoppers. The U. S. Reclamation Service has given $5,000 to combat 
the grasshoppers and every cropper is devoting practically all time 
to scattering poison. 
During favorable weather for poisoning as much as 10,000 pounds 
of poison bran mash is scattered daily. The Horticultural Commissioner 
for Modoc County is putting on crews to assist the croppers. 
Ingredients for mixing the poison are being bought inrjcarload lots 
and everything possible is being done to relieve the situation. 
APHIDS (Aphid idae) 
Illinois W» P. Flint (June 19): The English grain aphid r Macro siohutn .pranarUBm . 
is generally abundant in wheat throughout the State but, not in 
numbers sufficient to cause injury to the grain, 
Indiana J. J. Davis (June l£}: The grain aphid, Macro siphum granarium . 
has been abundant the past two weeks, apparently with no appreciable 
injury, however. 
Texas 0. G. Babcock (May 9): For the first time in three years the weather 
has been very favorable for the development of aphids in general in 
West Texas within a 100-mile radius of Sonora. The spring was late 
and cool, with an abundance of moisture. Weeds and shrubs of all 
kinds have made wonderful growths, exceeding normal growth by 100 
per cent in many cases. Aphids upon a rare but wild 0-ilia, on 
petftateacap .domestic flowers, plum trees, and roses and other plants 
are or were conmon. No predacious nor parasitic enemies to mention 
have been present until. mow, when hot and dry weather is setting 
in. The aphid enemies are now becoming very numerous. Grain aphids 
are also present upon volunteer barley. 
WHITE GRUBS ( Phyllophaga spp.) 
New York L. J. W. Jones (June 15): May beetle, larvae about 1/k inch long, 
