40 ANNUAL REPOETS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



A comparative study of the results of inspection of wheat received 

 at the large marketing centers under the Federal standards and under 

 the standards in use prior to their establishment is of interest. Of 

 the Hard Red Spring wheat which arrived at Minneapolis and 

 Duluth during the months of September and October, 1914 and 1915, 

 and which was graded according to the previously used standards, 

 5.9 per cent received a numerical grade of No. 1 Hard, 37.5 per cent 

 a grade of No. 1 Northern, 24.2 per cent a grade of No. 2 Northern, 

 14.8 per cent a grade of No. 3 Northern, or a total of 82.4 per cent 

 of the receipts graded No. 3 or higher. During the month of Septem- 

 ber and the first 15 days of October, 1917, 88.5 per cent of the Hard 

 Red Spring wheat received at Minneapolis and Duluth, which was 

 graded according to the Federal standards, graded numerically No. 3 

 or higher, as follows: No. 1, 52.6 per cent; No. 2, 25.4 per cent; 

 No. 3, 10.5 per cent. It should be noted in this connection that the 

 quality of this year's crop is high and that four grades are included 

 under the former State standards, namely, No. 1 Hard, No. 1 North- 

 ern, No. 2 Northern, and No. 3 Northern, while under the Federal 

 standards there are but three grades. 



The offices of Federal Grain Supervision have cooperated with the 

 United States Food Administration in the supervision of the grading 

 of wheat for the purposes of the Food Control Act, and information 

 and data secured in connection with the work under the Grain Stand- 

 ards Act have been placed at the disposal of the Food Administration 

 and other branches of the Government. 



THE PINK BOLL.AVORM OF COTTOIV. 



A highly destructive cotton pest has made its appearance in Texas. 

 Its presence there is a serious menace to the future successful grow- 

 ing of cotton in the Nation. During September, October, and No- 

 vember of this year the pink bollworm, for many years prevalent 

 in Egypt, India, and Hawaii, and more recently in Mexico, was dis- 

 covered at several points in Texas. It was found at two places in the 

 vicinity of mills which received seed from Mexico in 1916. One of 

 these was near Hearne, and the other at Beaumont. It was also 

 discovered in fields 15 or 20 miles from the latter place. There appears 

 to be no doubt that the insects were introduced through the im- 

 ported seed. The other infestations, reported early in November, are 

 on or near Trinity Bay, in the southeastern part of the State, and 



