movenu'iits apptar lo Ikinc J>ccii due lo lliis windl 

 factor. 



Aluhiiiua X('((rli/ All Iiifcslcd. Only live counlirs in 

 iiortheaslcM'ii Alabama now lie outside ol' the weevil" 

 inlesled area and llu y are (juile certain to l)ecome in- 

 fested in the fall of 191 (>. The weevils arc now in 

 southwestern Tennessee; Mississi|)i)i is all infested aii<f 

 they have crossed the Tennessee X'aiiey in tin's Stiitc 

 The conii)l(>te infestation of Alabama collon fields- 

 must l)e e\|)ecle(l by the fall ol 1917 at latest. 



Quarantine Regnlalions Nearly Past. — As tiic ueevif 

 advances, the (piarantine line against it must move 

 forward accordingly. No restrictions whatever apply 

 now in Alal)ama to shipments of cotton seed or other 

 products, household goods, etc., within the weevil ia- 

 fcsted area. All boll weevil quarantine regulations \viSt 

 therefore soon be a thing of the past so far as anjr 

 shii)nients destined to any Alal)ama points are con- 

 cerned but the regulations of other stales must stilt be 

 observed to continue the fullest possible protection for 

 their uninfested territory. 



The Fight Must Be Made Xow. — All cotton planters 

 within this infested area in Alabama should ])lau to 

 take up the tight against the boll weevil immediatelvi, 

 even if they have not yet been forced to do so by severe 

 weevil injury. Avoid the loss sure to follow if coffoa 

 culture be continued in the usual way. Cotton cait 

 still be grown profitably and yields may be even in- 

 creased, where the sununer rainfall is less than 14 

 inches, by the immediate adoption of the improved 

 methods which are described in this bulletin. 



Damage Largely Preventable. — The advent of tlxc: 

 weevil is a fact of the utmost importance to the cotfofi 

 planters of Alabama. Only by inunediately adopting, 

 and putting into practice part or all of the methods 

 which have been found most eflective in controlling 

 the weevil in Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi and other 

 states can the plantcj's of Alabama avoid j)assiiag 

 through the same experience of loss as planters have 

 sutl'ered in previously infested territory. These meth- 

 ods have been thoroughly tried and have proven jirac- 

 tical and elVective. It is the object of this and <»tF<cr 

 publications of the Alabama Kxperiment Station to 

 show exactly what methods should be adoi)ted aii«f 

 how the damage done by the weevil to cotton may be 

 reduced as nnich as is i)ossible. The following [larat- 



