INTRODUCTORY. 



The present bulletin is designed to bring together discussions of 

 some of the features of the boll weevil problem in the United States 

 that are of most immediate interest. Among such matters are the 

 more recent developments regarding (1) the cultural system of avoid- 

 ing damage b}^ the pest, (2) the territor}^ affected, (3) the loss 

 occasioned during the season of 1904, (4) the present status of quaran- 

 tine regulations, and (5) some minor matters. Some information, as, 

 for instance, the description of the weevil and some portions of the 

 discussions of the damage caused b}- the pest, are reproduced from 

 Farmers' Bulletin No. 189, which was published in January, 1904. 

 It is not intended in the present bulletin to include all of the results 

 of the experimental work conducted during the season. In a general 

 wdj, the work of this season has demonstrated the value of the recom- 

 mendation that has been made previouslj'. Any modification of the 

 present approved system of controlling the pest must be the result of 

 the continuation of experimental work during a series of seasons. 

 Soine modifications have been suggested b}^ the work during the past 

 season, but before definite general recommendations can be made it 

 will be necessar}'^ for the experiments to be repeated during other 

 seasons when the climatic conditions ma}^ be essentialh^ different. It 

 is the purpose of the Bureau of Entomology to incorporate the results 

 of all this experimental work as soon as possible in an extended account 

 of all that is known concerning the methods of combating the pest. 

 The present publication includes all recommendations which have been 

 demonstrated to have a general bearing and to be applica])le to all 

 portions of the region now infested. 



The experimental field work of the Bureau during 1904 was done 

 on experimental farms at a number of localities in Texas, where local 

 conditions presented special problems in the attempt to control the 

 boll weevil. The following is a list of the experimental farms which 

 were in operation: 



Anderson 



Bexar 



Karnes 



Limestone... 



Navarro 



Robertson . . . 



Travis 



Victoria 



Washington . 



Wharton 



Williamson.. 



Planter. 



B. H. Gardner 



J. M. Stvers 



W. H. Leckie .... 



J. L. Cogdell 



R. Beaton and W. T. Perguson . . 

 W. C. Anderson and E. S. Peters. 



Jefferson Johnson 



S. G. Reed and W. T. Tipton 



J. E. Routt 



A. P. Borden 



C. C. Hooper 



Acreage. 



100 

 40 

 68 

 65 

 94 

 2'25 

 100 

 85 

 100 

 100 

 100 



This work was (conducted under contracts, according to which the 

 planter agreed to prepare the soil, plant, and care for the crops in 



