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page 9. In regions where the cotton fields are isolated by this means 

 the introduction of the weevils could be delayed considerably. 



V. In addition to the care necessary with the seed for planting pur- 

 poses, the farmer should also take great pains to prevent the introduc- 

 tion of the weevil in seed or hulls for feeding purposes, as well as in 

 refuse from the ginneries, which is sometimes used as a fertilizer. 

 There is no appreciable danger in cake or meal. 



VI. At present it does not seem possible to control the boll weevil 

 effectively at the oil mills. The importance the mills at present have 

 in disseminating the weevil, however, could be very materially reduced 

 by the proper care at gins. 



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