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cotton producers by keeping the Boll Weevil and the Pink Boll Worm 

 out of their fields, with a peculiarly intimate knowledge of the pains- 

 taking work of the inspectors detailed to enforce these regulations at 

 all times and under all conditions, together with the support and 

 co-operation received from the transportation companies, I feel that 



Fig. 107. — Volume of steam used for disinfecting cotton cars. (Photo 

 by L. A. Wliitney.) 



if the cotton growers themselves universally manifest a similar spirit 

 and interest in these protective measures and co-operate with the quar- 

 antine inspectors in maintaining, upholding and enforcing the same, 

 the advent of either of these cotton pests into the Imperial Valley will 

 be relegated to a far distant date. 



