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H. B. Hungerford (April 9: The pea aphid is ruining the first crop of 
alfalfa in Douglas County. : 
Colorado. G. M. List (April 21): The. pea aphid is quite abundant in alfalfa 
fields in the Arkansas Valley and in the irrigated sections north of 
there and east of the mountains. The growth of hay is being very 
seriously checked. 
Idaho. C. Wakeland (April 25): The pea aphid is unusually abundant on 
alfalfa and is causing serious damage on the first crop. The mild winter 
allowed heavy populations to survive and the first generations developed 
very early. 
Utah. C. J. Sorenson (April 24): Aphids are seriously damaging alialfa in 
localized areas of Salt Lake, Tooele, and Weber Counties. 
Nevada. G. G. Schreis (April 23): Pea or alfalfa aphids are causing great 
damage in all the valleys of western Nevada. Many fields are completely 
brown where the alfalfa shoots have been killed down. 
Oregon and Washington. L. P. Rockwood (March 3l): Austrian winter field 
peas near Barlow, Clackamas County, Oreg. , are seriously damaged. A 
field of common vetch near Vancouver, Wash., was practically ruined by 
March 21. Several fields of common vetch in Washington County, Oreg., 
are badly damaged, large spots showing up now even in a period of favor- 
able growing weather. A field of smooth heavy vetch in Washington County 
that is very heavily infested shows some damage to tips of plants but 
not nearly so bad as the common vetch. Alate viviparous females found 
our plots of Canadian field peas, seeded on March 15, as soon as they 
showed above ground. Some cannery peas near Hillsboro, Oreg.,- showed 
alates well distributed and some already with large families and some 
larvae three-fourths grown, on March 29. It is hoped that the warm 
rains of the last 6 days of March will cause 'the fungous disease Empusa 
aphi di s Hoffman to develop into a substantial check to the aphids. The 
disease is well distributed in alfalfa fields and early fall-sown vetch 
and pea fields. It has already affected nearly 40 percent of the popu- 
lation in some fields. 
SUGARCANE 
SUGARCANE BORER ( Diatraea saccharalis Eab . ) 
Louisiana. W. E. Hinds (April 5): Emergence of moths from overwintered 
larvae began at Cypremort, on the extreme southern edge of the cane belt, 
during the first week of April. This is at least three weeks later than 
usual. (April 27): Eggs are quite abundant in some fields of early corn 
and advanced stubble cane. The first eggs parasitized by Trichogramma 
were taken at Jeanerette on April 24, which is unusually early. 
T. E, Holloway and W. E. Haley (March 31): Observations showed that 
young cane planted on August 1, 1933, had as many as 11 live larvae per 
100 stalks; cane planted September 1 had as many as 4 live larvae per 100 
stalks. No borers were found in cane planted after October 1, which is 
the usual planting time. 
