HE SOUTHERN PINE BEETLE is the most de- 
structive enemy of the pines of all species in the 
Southern States from Pennsylvania to Texas. It has 
killed more merchantable-sized timber during the 
last 30 years than has died from all other causes com- 
bined. Between 1890 and 1893 it killed a very large 
percentage of the yellow, pitch, and white pines of 
West Virginia and Virginia, and, since the earliest 
records in 1842, has killed a vast amount of timber in 
the Atlantic and Gulf States, most of which has been 
a total loss. 
The prevention of serious outbreaks and the con- 
trol of this menace to the great timber resources of 
the South are not only possible but entirely practi- 
cable. It is only necessary to cut, and utilize for 
fuel or lumber during the fall and winter months, all 
trees that die during the late summer and fall, mak- 
ing sure that the bark of the main trunk is burned. 
