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TERRITORY AFFECTED. 



Up to the present time (January, 1904) the boll weevil has been 

 found outside of the State of Texas in only three instances. One of 

 these was at Audubon Park in the vicinity of New Orleans, where one 

 of the fields of the Sugar Experiment Station at that place was found 

 infested in August. The station authorities, under the direction of 

 their entomologist, in a prompt and well-advised manner destro^^ed all 

 the cotton by picking up the fallen fruit, uprooting and burning the 

 plants, and subsequently flooding and plowing the land after it had 

 been burned over. As there are no other cotton fields within 9 miles 

 of Audubon Park and several examinations of the nearest ones failed 

 to reveal any weevils, it is likely that the colony was completely exter- 

 minated. The two localities in Louisiana where the weevil is known 

 to exist at present are in Sabine Parish, directly opposite to Shelb}^ 

 County, Tex. In both these cases only isolated fields are infested, 

 and the circumstances indicate that the pest was brought from Texas 

 in cotton seed or other cotton products. The Louisiana authorities 

 are attempting to exterminate these colonies as they did that at Audu- 

 bon Park. 



The accompanying map shows the territory- at present affected by 

 the weevil in Texas and Louisiana (tig. 1).^' On the north it has been 

 found in the vicinity of Sherman, onl}' a few miles south of the Red 

 River. The nearest approach to Shreveport is in Morris Count}^, 

 about 50 miles awa3^ It should be observed, however, as indicated on 

 the map, that in the region from about the latitude of Dallas to the 

 Red River the pest is only scatteringlj^ present and has caused no 

 general damage. It will require about two years to reach sufficient 

 numbers to reduce the normal production materially. 



«The map is incorrect in regard to the exact location of the infested region in 

 Louisiana. The shaded portion should include the western edge of Sabine instead 

 of De Soto Parish. 

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