Utah 
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Claude lakeland (March 18): Laat season the alfalfa weevil rent 
into pupation 28 days earlier than during 1923. . A condition was 
thus created such that recovery of the first crop of alfalfa cane 
about to a considerable extent without control, a condition that 
has not "been previously recorded, I believe. Injury from the 
weevil was unusually li^it last season. Many farmers are of the 
"belief that the insect has ceased to be a pest of alfalfa but we 
have found that the spring conditions are the determining influence, 
so that there is opportunity for very severe damage again this 
season. Last season was very hot and dry in late April and in 
May. The previous year was unusually cool and wet during May 
and June. 
CLOVER-SEED CHALCID ( Bruchophagus funebris Howard) 
U. S. D. A. Bureau of Agricultural Economics (January 13): "TThile 
many growers were not free sellers, a majority of them were. Seeds 
wore active bidders largely because of reports that tho crop in 
Utah did not turn out so well as expected. Shrinkage in that 
State was heavy because of damage from chalcid fly in the Uinta 
Basin and frost damage in Millard County." 
FRUIT I IT SECTS 
APPLE 
Illinois 
Michigan 
APPLE APHID ( Aphis porni DeG. ) 
S. C. Chandler (March 16): Practically all of the apple buds in 
the Ozark region of southern Illinois in delayed dormant stage. 
A few aphids observed on the opening buds. 
L. G. Ger.tncr (March 27): On the 26th of March, while examining 
twigs of apple, I found that the eggs of the bud-lice were already 
hatching in considerable numbers. As the buds have not even 
started to swell, the young lice were forced to feed right through 
the bark. They seemed to prefer to feed in the vicinity of buds 
although the punctures were made through the bark itself rather 
than elsewhere. 
Indiana 
B. A. Porter (March 31 ) : On account of tho abnormally early sea- 
son, the aphids have been hatching unusually early. The first 
newly hatched aphid was noted on March 9th. Thus far the rosy 
aphis has been very scarce, the predominant 3pecies being the 
apple-grain aohis. In general, tho applo aphids are not more 
than moderately abundant, although as usual the infesta.tion is 
irregular and here and there they are present in threatening num- 
bers. 
Missouri 
L. Haseman (March 18): Overwintering eggs of the aphis are very 
abundant on apple, and we are expecting troublo with the different 
species. 
