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Lake Crystal, Blue Earth County, 
Iowa. E. V. Walter (July l4): Eggs and larvae are present on 84 percent of the 
ears in one field of early corn in Van Buren County. Counts made in sweet 
corn from July 12 to 15 showed 12 percent of the ears "infested at Charles 
City and l6 percent, at Belmond, in northern Iowa; 40 percent infested at 
Polk City, in central Iowa; and -80 percent infested at Chariton, in 
southern Iowa, Larvae, probably first brood in northern Iowa, were near- 
ly full grown. In- southern -Iowa mature larvae had left the ears, and 
eggs presumably of the second generation constituted most of the infesta- 
tion, ,. '•• : 
Missouri, L, Haseman (July 24) : Corn ear worm has been very s'erlbus In the 
tassels of field corn and in early sweet corn ears. Worse for this 
season of the year than usual, 
Nebraska. M. H. Swenk (July 22): Our only complaint of the corn ear Worm so 
far this season was received on July 3 from Pawnee County, where it was 
working in popcorn. 
Kansas. H. R. Bryson (July 23): This pest is still causing considerable in- 
jury to corn, particularly sweet corn. 
STALK BORER ( Papaipema nebris nitela Guen, ) 
Indiana. J. J. Davis (July 26): The common stalk borer was reported damaging 
corn at Noblesville and Elwood the first few days of July. At Elkhart 
it was reported damaging lilies on June 30* * n all' cases the specimens 
submitted were rather small, being hardly more than one-fourth grown.. 
Minnesota. A, G-. Ruggles (July 19): The stalk borer is moderately abundant. 
A number of reports of injury to potatoes and corn. 
Tennessee, G. M. Bentley (July 21): Reported as attacking cotton and corn 
grown in proximity of weed patches. The report has just come from 
Ripley, Lauderdale County, where there is a considerable infestation in 
weedy cotton. 
EUROPEAN CORN BORER ( Pyrausta nubilalis Hbn.) 
Vermont. H, L. Bailey (July 26): Many adults about old cornfields* in Essex, 
. Chittenden County, northwestern Vermont, the last i,7eek in June and the 
first week in July, Scattering of moths noted in the couniy on July 21. 
Massachusetts. A. I. Bourne (July 23): The European corn borer is at least 
normally abundant throughout the State, : Here in the Connecticut Valley 
. .;■•■•• it is proving to be much more conspiciious generally than it was last 
year. We are beginning t^ note a considerable amount of damage from 
corn borer in fields of potatoes. This particular type of damage is 
most conspicuous in southern Hampden County, in fields just above the 
Connecticut State lino. Early maturing sweet corn in many fields shows 
from 80 to 90 percent of the stalks infested and the ears are heavily 
infested. 
