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setts in September to see if it was desirable and necessary to develop a 
resistant corn which would be immune to the corn borer. They came 
Infestation Indicated by Scouting of 1919 
Township 
Man 
days 
Number of 
fields 
examined 
Number of 
fields 
infested 
Number of 
larvae taken 
New Hampshire: 
i 
Kingston. 
354 
328 
1 
7 
Plaistow. 
5 
50 
1 
7 
Seabrook.. 
4 
29 
1 
4 
Massachusetts: 
Abington. 
3 
86 
1 
1 
Avon. 
8 
238 
1 
2 
Bedford. 
14 
2 
2 
6 
Bourne. 
9 
55 
1 
5 
Bradford. 
1 
1 
1 
7 
Brewster. 
4 
12 
1 
few 
Brockton . 
3 
41 
3 
5 
Concord . 
OI 
"2 
1 
1 
1 
Duxbury. 
8 
98 
1 
1 
Framingham. 
20 
416 
3 
2 
Georgetown. 
* 
* 
3* 
few 
Hamilton. 
1 
1 
1 
2 
Hanson. 
14 
339 
1 
6 
Kingston. 
25 
269 
2 
16 
Merrimac. 
1 
58 
1 
1 
Methuen. 
1 
1 
1 
6 
Middleboro. 
42 
679 
3 
17 
Natick. 
1 
1 
1 
2 
Orleans. 
20 
184 
1 
1 
Pembroke. 
12 
119 
1 
few 
Plymouth. 
30 
619 
6 
43 
Provincetown. 
3 
11 
1 
8 
Sudbury. 
9 
238 
1 
few 
Truro. 
41 
^2 
26 
2 
6 
Tyngsboro. 
8 
108 
1 
2 
Wellfleet. 
6 
25 
1 
7 
Western New York: 
Brant. 
41 
^2 
7 
3 
36 
Cheektowaga. 
2 
26 
1 
2 
Collins. 
6 
23 
1 
1 
Dayton. 
3 
4 
6 
1 
1 
Eden. 
3 
16 
1 
few 
Evans. 
u 
5 
2 
4 
Hamburg. 
34 
1 
1 
Hanover. 
n 
4 
1 
1 
North Collins. 
3 
13 
3 
4 
Persia. 
34 
17 
1 
3 
Perrysburg. 
14 
4 
1 
1 
Pomfretf. 
Sheridan f. 
* Scouted by State Board, 
t No record. 
back with views of the situation which corresponded closely with those 
of the board. Early in October a commission from Indiana headed 
