cotton had been left standing till frost thus finally destroying 

 all of what value there originally was in early destruction of 

 the plants as a means of control. 



My plan of control provides for an occasional patrol of 

 the surroundings of the cottonfields in the spring by poultry 

 for weevils, and of course also other insects hibernating out- 

 side and working into the field, it provides for the occasional 

 examination of these borders and the edges of the field by 

 poultry for weevils and giving poultry the run of the field as 

 squares would begin to fall, the claim being made that poultry 

 would thus both secure adults and pick on fallen infested 

 squares each representing a juicy grub; it further provided 

 for leaving in the center of the field a patch about the hun- 

 dredth part of the whole to be planted late to cotton, the ob- 

 ject being to concentrate the adults in the latter part of the 

 growing season to the abundant squares there produced and, 

 by feeding poultry a little grain there, keep them sufficiently 

 employed to keep down the number of the adults and the 

 grubs in fallen squares, resulting in absolute control of the 

 bollweevil. But Mr. Raker was told my plan consists in that 

 chickens be provided in sufficient numbers to destroy all or 

 most of the weevils as soon as they made their way into the 

 fields. 



We were then at war and, in my opinion, if any one thing 

 agricultural was more essential than another to prosecute it, 

 it was an abundant supply of cotton and, as part of doing my 

 bit, I descrbed in detail my system of control in comparison 

 with the Bureau's plan on pages 1 to 16 of my Circular No. 



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