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fields, but the infestation as a rule was light and no great amount of 

 damage was done. The board has been working on this insect for 

 several years, and in September a circular was issued giving the re- 

 sults thus far secured. From this study it has been found that if 

 wheat is sown from October 20th to 30th, it will not as a rule be dam- 

 aged to any great extent by the fly. 



The Boll Worm {Heliothis ohsoleta) was present in many cotton 

 fields, but no great amount of damage reported. 



The New Cotton Beetle (Luperodes hnmneiis) appeared again in 

 June, as it did last year. The first week in July Mr. A. C. Lewis ex- 

 amined some fields where they had been and found that the damage in 

 no ease was very great. The beetles first appeared about June 20th, 

 and by July 1st had disappeared. So far, we have had no chance to 

 try poison against this insect. 



The Red Spider {TetranycJius gloveri) was present, as it is nearly 

 every year, in several sections of the state. In a field of ten acres 

 near Midville it did considerable damage, and in several other sections 

 of the state great damage was reported. For this insect we recom- 

 mend dusting with sulfur. Several cotton growers dusted with sulfur 

 and with sulfur and slaked lime, with excellent results. 



Specimens of the Striped Cucumber Beetle (Diahrotica vittata), 

 the common potato beetle (Dorypliora 10-lineaia), and specimens of 

 Harlequin Cabbage Bug (Murgantia histrionica) were frequently re- 

 ceived by mail during summer. During summer and early fall we 

 received letters from several parties in South Georgia stating that the 

 mole cricket {Scapteriscus didactylus) was doing a great deal of dam- 

 age to garden crops. Near Darien one party was using poisoned bran 

 mash to kill these crickets, with fairly good results. 



Several times during the summer letters were received from South 

 Georgia stating that a worm was killing cow-peas. The worms ate 

 out the heart of the stem at, or just below, the ground. In one field 

 near Quitman two or three acres were almost completely destroyed. 

 "When we visited the fields which they had infested we found that they 

 had disappeared and a careful inspection showed that they had gone 

 into the ground and were found about two or three inches below the 

 surface. It is a lepidopterous larva, but as yet we have not succeeded 

 in getting adults to emerge. 



During the summer and early fall much damage was reported from 

 Cabbage Web Worm. A number of truck farmers in South Georgia 

 state that it is impossible to grow cabbage, turnips and other such 

 plants on account of this insect. Remedial measures have not been 

 very successful. 



