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Excerpt from Cooperative Economic Insect Report, Vol. 2: September 5, 1952
Fall armyworm (laphygma frugiperda) Considerable infestations on peanuts, southeastern areas, but not as widespread as the corn ear worm. Also, in combination with corn earworm, attacking grain sorghum, sudan grass and related crops.. (f. S.'arant, August tennessee Continues to Spread in eastern areas; damaging young corn, alfalfa, and pastures. (r.� 1 Mullett). Louisiana Damaging populations beginning to appear. (summary Ins. Cond., georgia Heavy infestation damaging peanuts and grass in Dooly County. Control measure under taken. (0. I. Snapp). Attacking peanuts and lawns in Ben Hill, Turner, Crisp, Irwin, and Coffee Counties. Full grown caterpillars causing heayy damage. (p. G. Geiger). So numerous in some southern areas that highways have become greasy where caterpillars have been mashed by wheels of passing cars. (h. Mayeux). Causing considerable damage to many crops throughout State. To. R. Jordan). Florida Spotted damaging infestations in some pastures in Gadsden County. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
