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Whereas, there is necessity for further immediate investigation of the possible 

 occurrence of the pink bollworm at several suspected points in the cotton belt, and 



Whereas, it is our belief that sterilization of cotton seed, regardless of where 

 grown, would be an important protection in preventing the spread of the pink bollworm; 



Be it therefore resolved, that we urge upon Congress and upon the legislature 

 of the different southern states the appropriation of ample funds to assure 

 prompt investigation of all suspicious reports of the presence of the pink bollworm 

 and of providing, without delay, for the immediate creation of non-cotton and reg- 

 ulated cotton zones where necessary. 



Be it further resolved that the eradication of the pink bollworm through 

 the maintenance of non-cotton and regulated zones be not only continued as at present 

 but extended without delay wherever the result of scouting work shows this to be 

 necessary. 



Be it further resolved that thorough pink bollworm scouting covering all 

 possible points of infestation should be completed in time this year to include 

 additional areas in the non-cotton and regulated zones next season for all additional 

 areas where the pink bollworm is found. 



Be it further resolved that we urge the adoption of compulsory cotton seed 

 sterilization to the end of reducing the danger of the possible spread of this pest. 



M. C. Tanquary 

 Geo. G. Becker 

 H. H. Kimball 

 Committee on Resolutions 



Scientific Notes 



Notes on Stictocephala festina. In the detailed account given of this pest as 

 published in the Journal of Agricultural Research Vol. iii. No. 4, it is pointed out that 

 the insects had not been found above 3868 feet. During the summer just past the 

 insects were found quite abundant near Prescott, Arizona, at elevations of 5400 

 feet. 



In the account above cited injured alfalfa plants are spoken of as yellowish in 

 appearance. In the Verde Valley and vicinity, Arizona, affected plants generally 

 have a bluish or purplish color. In the late summer or early fall fields are common 

 with scarcely a shoot free from this discoloration. I have found a rather large percent 

 of the girdles or cankers infected by a species of Colletotrichum, apparently near 

 destructivum O'Gara. 



Wyatt W. Jones 

 Salt Lake City, Utah 



Successful Poisoning of Eleodes Beetles — False wireworms, larvae of Eleodes 

 hispilabris^ , are a serious pest of dry land grain in Idaho, and are increasing in 

 numbers at an alarming rate. Because no effective, practical control measures 

 have been known, it has been impossible to give needed help to farmers. The 

 possibility of poisoning the adults before they have mated and deposited egg.-; has 

 appealed to the writer since he first began studying the problem. In August 1921 

 field observations were made a^ to the habits and food of newly emerged adults. 

 Laboratory experiments were then conducted to determine whether beetles could be 

 killed successfully by poison preparations. Following this, poisoning was under- 

 taken on a small scale under field conditions and finally the operation was broad- 

 ened to cover a forty acre field. Field ob.servations lead to the belief that adults 

 emerging in late July and early August do not mate and lay eggs until the follow- 

 ing spring. 



Efsential data are: Adults feed greedily for at least a month after emergence, 

 during which time no eggs are deposited. They are readily killed by poison bran 



'Det. Joe S. Wade — United States Bureau of Entomology. 



