WINTER NUMBER A5 
the government owns the land and leases it for periods of years 
to individuals, who as a consequence, have little interest in im- 
proving it. 
Professor J. R. Watson spoke of attending three meetings, the 
Entomological Society of America, the American Association of 
Economic Entomologists, and the Ecological Society of America. 
He also reported an interesting conference on the Mexican bean 
beetle. This beetle is characteristic of mountainous regions and 
apparently need not be feared in the coastal plain. 
The meetings of the Association of Southern Agricultural 
Workers at Birmingham, Alabama, were discussed by Dr. Mont- 
gomery, who reported an address by Dr. Hull of Mississippi, who 
spoke of cotton production as a matter of fundamental import- 
ance, and told of the committee which was appointed to secure all 
possible information on cotton production and boll weevil control. 
B. R. Coad, of the Bureau of Entomology, U.S. D. A., gave an 
interesting address on boll weevil experiments. The net results 
of experiments at Tullulah, La., were given by means of charts, 
showing the saving in dollars per acre by the use of different 
methods of control. In the absence of Mr. George B. Smith, Dr. 
Newell was called on and gave a brief report on the results of 
the Florida Method for 1923. It was recommended by the com- 
mittee that on the poor, low-yielding soils of the Coastal Plain 
the Florida Method be used, and in the rich delta regions the dust- 
ing method be used, as under the wide range of conditions no one 
method can be successfully applied. 
The treatment of cotton plants just before formation of squares 
was recommended. The treatment ordinarily would be applied 
about May 20th and would consist in applying by means of a 
mop a calcium arsenate syrup mixture. 
A new method of boll weevil control was demonstrated with 
the Barber machine, composed of a burner and copper coils, using 
a mixture of steam and kerosene vapor to destroy the weevils. 
A. H. BEYER, 
Secretary. 
Dr. W. S. Blatchley expects to leave Dunedin about March 10 
on a collecting trip to Miami and the Royal Palm Park. He is 
working on the heteroptera. 
