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western part, the infestation developed somewhat later than usual, but owing 
to rapid increase in borers, there was an average infestation by harvest time. 
As in past years, the infestation was light in the extreme western and 
northern parts of the sugarcane section. Although -many fields were 100 per- 
cent infested, the average for the State is estimated at between 45 and 55 
percent of the stalks bored, a little less than the average for the past 3 
years. In general, losses have slightly decreased during the past 2 years 
owing to the replacement of the very susceptible variety P.O.J. .213 by 
varieties less susceptible to injury, as C.P. 807 and Co. 290. In Florida 
the infestation in sugarcane was much lower in August and September than 
normally reported for that time of the year. In the Fellsmere district the 
infestation was 7 percent, whereas at the same time during the previous year, 
the infestation was 93 percent. This drop was possibly caused by the destruc- 
tion of many larvae by the flooding of the stubble after the harvesting of the 
previous yearns crop. In eastern Texas corn planted prior to April 1 devel- 
oped an unusually heavy infestation, apparently owing to greater winter sur- 
vival of larvae. Corn in Louisiana and corn planted at a later date in Texas 
developed average infestations. In rice there was an average borer infesta- 
tion. About 7 percent of the stalks were bored. From 90 to 95 percent of 
this injury was caused by the sugarcane borer, the remainder being due to 
the rice stalk borer ( Chilo -ole.jadellus Zinck. ). (J. VI. Ingram, Bureau of 
Entomology and Plant Quarantine, U. S. D. A.). 
CODLING MOTH 
About 30 percent of the larvae of the codling moth above the . snow line 
in Missouri were killed as a result of a very cold spell in March, when the 
tenroerature reached -14° P. Heavy mortality was also reported from the New 
England and Middle Atlantic States, but mortality was negligible from Kansas 
to the Pacific coast. In Kansas some pupae were found during the first part 
of February, and in the Pacific Northwest pupation was well under way during 
the second and third weeks in March. Reports from Washington and California 
indicate that the insect was from 10 to 20 days earlier than usual. About 
the middle of April pupation was observed in Maryland and Delaware, and at 
that time moths were appearing in Georgia. Pupation started in southern 
Illinois the first week in April. In the Pacific Northwest moths started to 
emerge during the second week in April, and in the Hudson River Valley in 
New York, early in May. The peak of emergence had been reached by the end of 
May in practically all parts of the country. As the season advanced, it be- 
came evident that the codling moth was more abundant than usual in the East 
Central States, about normal in the remainder of the Eastern States, and below 
normal in the Pacific Northwest. In the Middle "West, west of the Mississippi 
River, the first brood indicated that the infestation would be high, but the 
second brood was greatly reduced by the drought. Late in the season a heavy 
third brood practically of i set the early light infestation. 
PLUM CURCULIO 
The plum curculio was generally distributed in the orchards in Georgia by 
April 10. In South Carolina the first adults were observed on April 2. In 
Delaware the first emergence was observed during the third week of the month. 
The first beetles were observed in New York and Massachusetts during the third 
week in May, when full-grown larvae were beginning to leave peach dror>s in 
