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as well as for eradicating possible isolated colonies that may be dis- 

 covered, and also providing a means of enforcing remedial work at 

 the earliest possible moment. It would be decidedly to the interest of 

 all the States concerned to bring their regulations into conformity 

 with these suggestions as soon as possible. The Department's sugges- 

 tions are based upon a careful study of the habits of the boll weevil 

 during several seasons, as well as upon knowledge gained from a 

 large amount of inspection work which devolved upon the Bureau of 

 Entomolog}^ in consequence of the State laws now in effect. It is 

 believed that the}'^ will furnish sufficient protection and at the same 

 time not interfere unnecessarily with shipping. They are based upon 

 the suggestions toward a uniform quarantine s\'stem adopted by repre- 

 sentatives ©f practically all the principal cotton-piX)dueing States who 

 met at Jackson, Miss., August 2, 190-4, with such modifications as 

 seem advisable as a result of the subsequent study by the Bureau of 

 Entomolog}' of the means by which the pest is disseminated. 



SUGGESTIONS FOR A UNIFORM STATE BOLL-WEEVIl. LAW. 



(1) Plenary authority should be delegated to a board, the e:!^ecutive 

 officer of which should be an entomologist, to take whatever steps 

 may be found necessary for eradicating or controlling the boll weevil. 



(2) A prohibition against bringing into the State, or having in pos- 

 session, live boll weevils should be included, with a suitable penalty 

 affixed. 



(3) Definite authority should be g-iven the oflicer or officers in charge 

 of the boll-\reevil quarantine matters to establish from time to time 

 such rules and regulations as ma}^ be necessar3\ 



It is considered that the foregoing provisions are sufficient for the 

 law itself. Man}' other matters growing out of quarantine work deal 

 with changing conditions and consequenth^ should be covered by rules 

 and regulations which may easih' be changed as the occasion demands. 

 These regulations should include an absolute quarantine against cotton 

 seed, seed-cotton, cotton-seed hulls, baled cotton (whether compressed 

 or flat), and corn in the shuck from infested territory. The basis for 

 tliLS recommendation is that the Aveevil has been found to be trans- 

 ported easily in cotton seed and other cotton products. As will be 

 specified later, there is, under some conditions, considerable danger in 

 the shipment of baled cotton. Corn in the shuck is included for the 

 reason that it often furnishes hibernating quarters for weevils. This 

 absolute quarantine should be modified to the extent of allowing the 

 shipment of any of the foregoing articles after they have been prop- 

 erl}^ fumigated under the direction of the Bureau of Entomology. 

 The quarantine should be directed against all territory infested or 



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