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and then run inward to a point two inches in from the 

 top corner. Next fold the sack with the seams together 

 and take in two more darts at the top corners running 

 from the edge at six inches helow the top to two inches 

 in at the top. Trim off the triangular pieces of extra 

 cloth at the lower corners of the sack and at the four 

 darts at the top. Then trim off the top evenly and 

 run a half-inch hem around the top to prevent ravel- 

 ling and to strengthen the top. After this has been 

 done, place the hoop in position within the top of the 

 sack, folding the cloth dow^n over the hoop so as to 

 make tlic top form a flaring, projecting flap extending 

 to about six inches below the hoop. The object of 

 this flap is to prevent the weevils crawling out of the 

 sack as readily as they can do if there is no such flap 

 present. Finally, stitch the flap to the side of the sack 

 just below and so as to enclose the hoop. All of this 

 sewing can be done either on a sewing machine or by 

 hand. It will require hardly thirty minutes to make 

 this outfit and the cost will range from 25 cents, if 

 sheeting is used, to about 35 cents with the Osnaburg. 

 A clearer understanding of the construction mav be 

 obtained b}^ reference to Plate VI, figure 1- 



Using Hoop And Sack Outfit. — Beginning at the time 

 that the first small squares appear, go over the cotton 

 to collect as many as possible of the over-wdntered w^ee- 

 vils before eggs are laid. 



With one hand the hoop is held close against the 

 base of each plant, while with the other hand the plant 

 is bent into the open mouth of the sack and shaken 

 vigorously. A second collection should be made in 

 the same manner about ten days after the first bloom 

 appears and subsequently every five or six days as ad- 

 vised above. With this outfit many infested squares, 

 which are nearly ready to fall, will be shaken into 

 the bag with the weevils and those already on the 

 ground should be collected also. Weevils and squares 

 are kept shaken down into the bottom of the sack 

 where they may be somewhat confined by a turn in 

 the sack. Every few rows tb.e contents of the sack 

 should be emptied into, and submerged in, a tub or 

 barrel containing water with a little kerosene on top. 

 The oil will kill the weevils and the stages in infested 

 squares may be destroyed by burying them later under 

 more than six inches of solidly packed earth. With 

 this outfit a laborer can go over two or three acres of 

 cotton per day and he will probably get many more we- 



