The Southern Pine Beetle. Y 
South Atlantic and Gulf States in the years 1908 to 1911 indicate 
that at least $2,000,000 worth of pine was killed during that time. 
It is evident that if active steps had not been taken in 1911 by the 
principal owners in the infested areas this loss would have increased 
to another million dollars within the next year. 
Since 1911 no extensive outbreaks have been reported or observed, 
but there is constant danger that the beetle may again multiply to 
the danger point. 
THE REMEDY. 
It has been determined and demonstrated that if the larger part 
of the infestation within an area of 8 or 10 square miles is disposed 
of according to the methods discovered and recommended by the 
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Fic. 4.—Map showing distribution of the southern pine beetle. 
experts of the Bureau of Entomology it will bring the beetle under 
complete control in that area, and that thereafter control can be 
maintained ‘with but shght trouble or expense. It is therefore evi- 
dent that if the recommended methods are adopted and properly 
carried out the beetle can be controlled in any given community, 
district, county, State, or in the entire South. 
Broadly stated, the method of control is to locate the infested trees 
during November, December, January, February, and March and 
destroy the overwintering broods in the bark of the main trunks, 
according to the recommendations on pages 10 to 13 of this bulletin. 
THE COST OF CONTROL. 
Experience has shown that while a large amount of timber may be 
dead in a given locality it may be an accumulation of several years 
or months through the continued dying of the trees, so that only a 
