February, '21] business proceedings 15 



Financial Statement, for 1920 



Balance of cash on hand, Dec. 24, 1919 $58.93 



Receipts during the year 1920 (none) 00.00 



Total receipts for 1920 $58.93 



Disbursements : 



By stenographic service, Dsc. 24, 1919 to May 15, 1920, total of 140 let- 

 ters at lOcents (Y. 1) $14.00 



By stenographic service. May 15 to Dec. 31, 1920 (estimated corres- 

 pondence 140 letters, (Voucher No. 2) $14.00 



By postage paid, 280 letters (Voucher No. 3) 5.60 



By envelopes (Voucher No. 4) 3.00 



Total $36.60 



Balance cash on hand, Dec. 27, 1920 (check to cover) 22.33 



$58.93 



Respectfully submitted, 



W. E. Hinds, 



In Charge 



Voted that the report be accepted; that Dr. Hinds be cordially 

 thanked; that the financial part be referred to the auditing committee, 

 and that the balance on hand be turned into the treasury of the asso- 

 ciation with the understanding that any members who have claims on 

 that balance for unfulfilled obligations, may be re-imbursed on the 

 proper presentation of these claims to the Secretary of the association. 



Mr. W. E. Hinds: I would like to make a brief statement in regard 

 to the occurrence of the Mexican Bean Beetle in the Southern states. 



This insect has become established in the vicinity of Birmingham, Ala., 

 the first information as to serious injury being reported about the first 

 of July, 1920. Work has been carried on to determine the distribution 

 and possible spread of the species in the Eastern United States by the 

 southern entomologists and the matter has been considered by the 

 Federal Horticultural Board. 



The establishment of this insect seems to be a serious national entom- 

 ological problem. It has taken on new food plants and has more genera- 

 tions in the South than in the West. Apparently it will spread through- 

 out the eastern United States wherever beans, cowpeas, and soy beans 

 are grown in large quantities. These crops are of fundamental import- 

 ance for food, forage, and for the renewal of soil fertility. 



The legislature of the State of Alabama was in special session in 

 September and was asked to appropriate $250,000 as a start toward 

 a campaign for exterminating the pest in the eastern part of the country. 

 The bill failed to receive a two-thirds vote in the legislature, this being 



