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Damage From European
Corn Borer Mounts
The European com borer, a troublesome insect now known to be in 69 Virginia counties, continues to spread, reports A. M. Woodside, assistant entomologist at VPI Agricultural Experiment Station.
Possibly the borer exists in some of the other 31 counties in Virginia, Woodside said. However, no systematic study has been made.
Although damage was lighter in 1951 than in several previous years, it amounted to over $482,000 in the eight counties surveyed In Virginia. Heaviest losses were in Rockingham, Augusta, Clarke, and Shenandoah.
Woodside said the counties from which no reports have been made of the, borer include three in the southwest,—three^alofig-the-eentFal- part of~ the West Virginia line, and 25 in central and southside Virginia.
Most of the loss caused by the corn borer, where infestation is moderate, is the result of the breakage of stalks and dropping of ears, rather than an actual reduction in yield. This breakage and dropping causes spoilage and waste, and increases the cost of harvesting because it is necessary to pick up behind the harvesting machinery.
Miss Bessie Carder returned Sunday after a visit with Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Carder Jr. Miss Mattie Rector is the guest this week of Mrs. Florence Johnson. Shirley Burke spent the weekend with Margel Dulaney. Miss Gladys Brown and Donald Highlander were Sunday guests of Mrs. Florence Johnson. ---*
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