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State, Young bugs are just beginning to hatch. Owing to the .large 
..numbers of overwintering bugs and the severe drought, much small grain 
' has been killed by the old bugs. Unless heavy rains occur within the 
next 2 weeks, the chinch bug will destroy more than half of the small- 
. grain crop. - . 
Michigan. R. Hutson (May 22): Chinch bugs are moderately abundant, 
Minnesota, A. G. Ruggles (May 28): Chinch bugs- are very abundant in 
. five townships in Goodhue County. . ", 
Iowa. C, J, Drake (May 28): The situation. 1a Iowa is extremely serious, 
many thousand fields of small grain having been badly injured or total- 
ly destroyed. The infestation is extremely heavy in the three most 
southern tiers of counties. 
Missouri. L, Haseman (May 23): Adults are killing barley and oats in 
places in central Missouri but doing little damage to wheat. This is 
. the worst outbreak in 50 years, 
Nebraska, M. H. Swenk (May 15)1 Chinch bugs came out of hibernation in 
great numbers in April and May and by the middle of May were concen- 
trated chiefly in, the wheat and barley fields, where egg laying was in 
progress. It is estimated that 30,000 Nebraska farms are threatened 
with chinch bug injury in June. . . , 
Kansas. H. R. Bryson (May 24): Chinch bugs are more abundant at Manhattan 
than at any time since l°j2o-27. The adults made their last flight into 
the wheat, barley, and oat fields on May 5 to 6, In fields where the 
wheat is thin the old bugs are causing some injury to the plants re- 
tarded in growth, by the dry weather. Nymphs are coming out in large 
numbers but most of the eggs have not yet hatched. Sorghums and corn 
have been retarded in germination and growth, which adds to the serious- 
ness of the situation, as the young plants will be quite small when the 
migration begins, 
Oklahoma. C, E. Stiles (May 17): Chinch bugs are not so numerous as they 
were at this time last year, and very .few .complaints have been received. 
GREEN BUG ( Toxoptera graminum Bond. ) „ .** ■ 
early 
Mississippi. C. Lyle (May 23): Specimens were.- received/ in Ma.y with a re- 
port that they were abundant on corn at Sarah, in Tate County. 
Nebraska. M. H. Swenk (May 15 ) : The spring grain aphid was seriously in- 
juring w£ieat in southwestern Nebraska during the latter half of April. 
Banner and Hitchcock Counties were most' heavily infested. 
Kansas, H. • R. Bryson (May 24):, Although the green bug caused considerable 
injury to wheat and oats during April and th.3 early part of May, the 
amount of wheat destroyed was not as great as was anticipated. Recent 
