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soutn central part of the State. This is the first time we have known 
this insect to seriously injure, alfalfa although we have known it to 
injure clover in three of the eastern counties,' but even here the t in-, 
jury was local. Some of the County Bureau men have reported fields cf 
20 to 40 acres badly infested and the Spring, growth withering add dry- 
ing up. Trie aphis has appeared such earlier this season than any 
previous spring. Over Lost of the States where the injury is reported 
the fields are very tdry and the lafalfa is not 'making nearly the growth 
it would if there were moisture in the ground." 
J. W. M'dCulloch, (April 18). "Thd first crop being completely held 
back in many fields in Montgomery County, The .weather has been quite 
dry, with good rains a' 'week ago. H inpodamia conyergems , Megjlla fus - 
cilabrus . and a fungous disease working on this aphid, though the ..num- 
ber of insects destroyed is low in most fields. In a few cases the fun- 
gus.: is holding the aphis in check." . -,, 
Geo, A. Dean (April 13). "In spite of the fact, that we have. been having 
good rains for the past 7 or 10 days, alfalfa is making very little 
growth. I:i -rany places the. f idlds_ are just as bare as they were in 
winter. Of course the alfalfa was "badly f onsen on the 23 and 29 of 
March. However, the fields would now be green if they were not so bad- 
ly infested with the aphis. For more than two weeks the winged or 
what we usually call the migratory forms have been present, but have 
apparently remained right in the fields of : alfalfa. In fact we know 
that they are reproducing here. Some of the winged forms have mi- 
grated to plants belonging to the mustard family and are reproducing 
in many of the fields. Coccinellids are becpming very abundant^, and 
in some. pi aces the fungous disease is present." 
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Missouri.!. Haseman (April ?) . "Pea aphis is doing some damage to red ciover, 
■ and complaints are beginning to come in." 
Oklahoma. C. E. Sanborn (March 29). "Never in the history of Oklahoma has the 
pea aphis been so destructive to alfalfa as is the case this spring. 
Some specimens have been prevalent during the spring of the year in 
times past but it appears that the viviparous forms developed rapidly 
during, the winter and as a result were sufficiently numerous to ser- 
iously infest all alfalfa fields, especially the low lands where 
they seem to have passed the winter most advantageously on account 
of the cover afforded by the late growing alfalfa which was killed 
by the fi»st and not removed as hay. Many fields, were so badly in- 
fested that they are being destroyed. The E tapusa aphidi s disease has 
only lately begun to effect them to any extent. Rains began about 
the 20th of this month, until that time it appeared to be too dry for 
the disease to show signs of effectiveness although a little was pre- 
valent." 
Arkansas. W. J. Baerg, (March 19). "First appearance at Fayetteville. " 
