October, ’20] 
SMITH: CORN BORER AND BROOM CORN 
427 
Year Country 
1912 . Austria-Hungary 
France 
Germany 
Italy 
Roumania 
Russia in Europe 
1913 . Austria-Hungary 
Italy 
Russia in Europe 
1914 . Austria-Hungary 
England 
Germany 
Italy 
1915 . Austria-Hungary 
Italy 
1916 . Italy 
1917 . France 
Tons 
646 
6 
10 
609 
39 
28 
67 
9 
2 
537 
24 
104 
573 
103 
1 
158 
S3.00 worth 
1918 
Italy 
374 
Total 
13,174 tons 
These facts seemed so significant that it became desirable to de¬ 
termine, if possible, the distribution of the thousands of tons of broom 
corn brought into this country during the previous nine or ten years, 
as indicated in the report of the Department of Commerce, and the 
writer was detailed to investigate the matter. The results of this 
investigation are given below. It will be recalled that the first record 
of the presence of Pyrausta nubilalis in America was from specimens 
reared from dahlia stems collected at Everett, Mass., during the sum¬ 
mer of 1916. It seems significant that the point of collection of this 
infested material was but a short distance from two broom manu¬ 
facturing concerns located in that city. 
During the winter of 1909-10 the Lee Broom & Duster Company 1 
at Everett, Mass., received 183,000 pounds of Austro-Hungarian 
broom corn shipped direct from Budapest, Hungary. Two shipments 
of a total of 92,000 pounds were landed at the Mystic Wharves, Chelsea, 
Mass., and a third shipment of 91,000 pounds was landed in New York 
and trans-shipped to Boston via the Merchants’ S. S. Line. During 
the period December 1, 1911, to January 24, 1912, a shipment of 
120,009 pounds of Italian broom corn was received from Florence, 
Italy. From December 26, 1911, to January 2, 1912, a total of 1,054 
bales of Austro-Hungarian broom corn shipped from Bupadest was 
received at New York and transferred via water to Boston, thence to 
the Everett factory. Up to January 1, 1916, there still remained in 
1 The author is greatly indebted to Mr. Thomas H. Marsland who has furnished 
much information and many details of the broom corn situation during 1909 to 1914. 
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