Download or read book Montana Insect Pests for 1931 and 1932 written by A. L. Strand and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-12 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Montana Insect Pests for 1931 and 1932: The Twenty-Fourth Report of the State of Entomologist of Montana More widespread infestations of the pale western cutworm were experienced in grain in 1932 than in any season since 1921. Ex tensive crop damage resulted in most of the northern part of Valley County, in the Judith Basin, in western Fergus County, and in western Gallatin County. Light, scattering infestations were recorded from many other sections. A few thousand acres of grain, together with a small acreage of corn, cultivated mustard, and flax, were completely destroyed by the cutw'orms, and reports show that acres of crop were noticeably damaged. (see figure Favorable moisture conditions early in the season enabled grain to get such a start that light or moderate infestations of the cut worm did not completely take the crops in most instances. 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.