REPORT OF ENTOMOLOGIST. 



W. E. Hinds. 



Dr. C. C. Thach, 



President Alabama Polytechnic Institute, 

 Auburn, Alabama. 



Sir 



The following report relates to the work of the Depart- 

 ment of Entomology in the Experiment Station for the fis- 

 cal year 1910. 



Work during the past year has continued mainly along 

 the lines inaugurated during 1909. There has been no 

 change in the working force. Mr. W. F. Turner, as As- 

 sistant, has given nearly all of his time to the routine sta- 

 tion work, and especially to the Adams Fund investigation 

 projects. 



Correspondence. 



Inquiries regarding the control of insect pests have in- 

 creased during the past year, indicating that there is a 

 general advance in agricultural and horticultural informa- 

 tion along these lines. The entomologist has received and 

 answered more than 1,500 letters during the past year. 



Publications. 



During" the year 1910 the department of Entomology has 

 issued the following publications in the Station Series : 

 Circular No. 5, Boll Weevil Advances in Alabama. Circu- 

 lar No. 6, Fighting the Boll Weevil. Circular No. 7, De- 

 stroying the Boll Weevil by Clean Farming. Press bulletin 

 No. 37, The Mexican Cotton Boll Weevil. Press Bulletin 

 No. 38, Boll Weevil Enters Aabama. Press Buletin No. 39, 

 The Falling of Cotton Squares. Press Bulletin No. 40, 

 Destroying Rice Weevils in Corn. Press Bulletin No. 42, 

 The Boll Weevil Area in the United States. This publica- 

 tion shows the area of 1910 infestation, and is the basis for 

 applying quarantine regulations against the weevil. 



Besides these regular station publications, two articles 

 reporting results of the Adams Fund project work have 

 been published in the Journal of Economic Entomology. 

 One of these dealt with general results of fumigation work 

 for the control of insects in stored grain, the other with 



