wi Q— 
tically free from the fly. Winter wheat made little growth and in some 
places in the western two thirds of Kansas and Nebraska deteriorated 
during November, owing to scant precipitation and deficiency of stored 
soil moisture, while in some areas in eastern Kansas, Oklahma, and 
Missouri there was sufficient soil moisture to maintain wheat in fair 
to good condition." 
Status of Great Plains grasshoppers.-—-A fall survey of grasshopper 
conditions in the Great Plains area was begun on September 20, and conm— 
pleted carly in November. Entomologists in Idaho, Minnesota, Montana, 
North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming cooperated with F. A. Morton, 
Ue H. Parker, and R. L. Shotwell, of the Bozeman, Mont., laboratory,in 
conducting the field work, Results of this survey were presented to a 
regional srasshopper conference held at Fargo, N. Dak., on November 
el-é2. Over 300 persons, representing 7 States and 4 Canadien Provinces, 
attended the conference The conference, through its resolutions com 
mittee, requested Tassel aid to control the severe grasshopper out-— 
break predicted for 1934 and asked that the Bureeu of Entomology con- 
duct @ grasshopper survey each year in order that areas where grass— 
hoppers are building up may-be known and control measures applied be- 
fore the severe outbreak stage is reached. Over much of the area re- 
ported on, the lesser migratory grasshopper (Melenoplus mexicanus 
Seuss.) is the dominant species. Infestations of the same grasshopper 
are equally heavy in Saskatchewan and Manitoba and indicate the possi- 
bility of an extensive outbreak of the old Rocky Mountain grasshopper 
(Mel lanoplus spretus Uhl.), generally considered as being the migratory 
phase of M. mexicanus. 
SUMMARY OF 1943 FALL GRASSHOPPER SURVEY BY STATS 


: Counties : Area that mey 
State po ee eebee fb eed pol sone ae 
: ihuaaber : Acres 
MT ss ee ey ee : 10 : 120,000 
MPS GOUD. swe os ew 8 20 : 279,834 
a ig : 3,613, 048 
ME ee ee 10 : 200, OOO 
orth Dakota.......: 53 : 5 439,680 
Meme Dakota.......: 64 : 2,567, 396 
LE 15 : 320,000 
MINTS 5; Ss. way aa 12 : gl 600 
SE aaa es e3/ 13,381,568 

