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FLORIDA BUGGIST 
Official Organ of The Florida Entomological Society, Gainesville, 
Florida. 
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Issued once every three months. Free to all members of the 
Florida Entomological Society. 
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In this issue we print a very timely article by Mr. W. W. 
Yothers of the Orlando laboratory of the U. S. Bureau of 
Entomology. To every citrus grower reading this article it 
will become plain, we feel confident, that he needs The Florida 
Buggist. He might also attend the Citrus Seminar at the 
University Oct. 9-12 and the seminar class duirng the preceding 
week. 
During the quarter covered by this number the extra large 
sweet potato crop of the state will be largely harvested. Es- 
pecially opportune, therefore, is the article by Mr. Bragdon on 
the sweet-potato root weevil. Mr. Bragdon has by no means 
exaggerated the dangerous character of this pest. Indeed we 
feel that he might have put considerable more ‘frightfulness” 
into the article and still been well within the truth. Ever since 
the discovery of the weevil in one of our chief potato producing 
counties the seriousness of the situation has been apparent. 
The history of this infestation should impress upon our readers 
the importance of promptly reporting to some proper authority 
the presence of any new crop pest. Altho this weevil has 
undoubtedly been in Baker County for some years, not until 
last November when specimens were brought to the Experiment 
Station was the matter reported to any entomologist. 
In this number appears the major portion of a paper read 
by Mr. C. E. Wilson before the June meeting of the Society. 
The control of malaria is perhaps the greatest problem before 
the South today, except of course the trouncing of the Germans. 
The conservation of human life and health is of vastly more 
importance than that of wealth. Altho our State has much less 
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