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NEWS ITEMS FROM FOREST GROVE (OREGON) FIELD STATION. 











September 20, 1916. 
he present season appears to have ee an ey eens ty" hig dicetaip one in the 
nicosa) and Aphis bakeri. In red cel aree fields. wiere the hay crop was 
until late June or early July, both these insects are present in destruc- 
ndance, and the seed crop is so small and of so poor a quality that the 
consider it hardly worth harvesting. Fortunately, however, the majority of 
ver seed growers of Oregon and Washington cut their hay crop early in June, 
ed by this station, with the result that their seed crop has not only been 
om midge but also Aphis bakeri, and seed yields varying from three to eight 
sls per acre have been obtained. We would be glad to hear from men at other 
a0ns and to know whether or not early cutting of the clover hay crop has eee 
itive as means of awe Aphis bakeri in their respective localities 
: [Signed] C. W. Creel. 
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NEWS ITEMS FROM TEMPE (ARIZ.) FIELD STATION. 
October 20, 19I6. 
es he nights of the past month have been especially cool for this season of the 
and insects have been correspondingly quiet in this section of the country. 
a maidis has made its usual fall flight from corn to the newly seeded 
[Signed] V. L. Wildermuth, 

