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interest among" the cotton planters of the state, and they 

 are now in a position to accept and adopt recommendations 

 for improved methods, such as would not heretofore have 

 appealed to them. Large numbers of insects, mistaken for 

 the boll weevil, are being sent for identification, and infor- 

 mation requested. 



Fair Exhibit. 



In connection with the exhibit placed by the Experiment 

 Station with the Montgomery State Fair, the Department 

 of Entomology showed particularly by specimens, photo- 

 graphs, charts, etc., the boll weevil and insects mistaken for 

 it, the fundamental steps which should be adopted in fight- 

 ing the weevil, formulae for insecticides, and similiar sub- 

 jects. 



Adams Fund Investigations. 



Much time has been devoted to a pursuance of the inves- 

 tigation announced in our last report regarding the rice 

 weevil. Much entirely new information as to facts in the 

 life history has been gathered, and the more important of 

 these facts reported as mentioned under publications. 

 Further progress has been made also in the matter of fumi- 

 gation. Owing to practical difificulties to be found in ap- 

 plying fumigaton for the control of the rice weevil in stored 

 corn under ordinarv farm conditions, we are testing other 

 means of a control, and hope to find some practical method 

 which may be readily applied under usual conditions with 

 little expense. 



Respectfully submitted, 



W. E. HINDS, 



Entomologist. 



