Show MEXICAN MEX JO utin A BEAN BEETLE SPREADS report infestation in three more ohio counties reared prepared rp ared by the tha united states department of agriculture prom from three more counties in south ohio ross jackson and gal n reports havo bavo been received of 4 r j beetles working on lima beans mexican bean beetle infestation in addition to other counties previously reported to the united states department of agriculture in somo some instances the insect has damaged the of beans considerably in thomas county georgia the mexican Ble klean bean beetle Is now known to cover ut at least square miles last year in this county the insect covered ohly my 10 square miles A special field agent in mexico la Is making frequent shipments of a parasite of the immature stages of the mexican bean beetle to the birmingham laboratory and to the Es Est ancla tancia N mj M laboratory several hundred parasites have been received at each place control of the insect by spraying with magnesium arsenate has been successfully demonstrated in practical field tests on over a hundred acres of beans at newport tenn good control has also been obtained by several truck growers about chattanooga tano oga tenni tenn operating cooperating co with the mexican bean beetle laboratory |