l6 PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOLL WEEVIL CONVENTION. 



and weevil habits, are different from Mexico and Cuba, and it will 

 be misleading to base our actions on foreign conditions. 



Third The weevil hibernates in the adult condition and may exist 

 without food during winter, but in summer dies in the absence of cotton, 

 the only food plant. 



Fourth The weevil does not range far in summer in the presence 

 of plenty of food, and the cultural methods advocated by the United 

 States Department of Agriculture, whereby a profitable crop of cotton 

 may be grown, indicate limited migratory habits at any time. 



Fifth Weevils may be transported in farm products from infected 

 areas. Seed cotton and cotton seed are particultrly dangerous. 



Sixth A campaign of education relative to the habits of the weevil 

 should be conducted at once, especially along the western border of 

 Louisiana. 



Seventh The cultural methods adopted throughout the infected area 

 of Texas will minimize the natural spread of the weevil into uninfected 

 areas. 



Eighth The uninfected zone in Texas, lying to the west of Louisiana, 

 will possibly protect this State from the general and natural spread 

 this year. 



Ninth All isolated patches of cotton in Louisiana which become infected 

 this coming year should be immediately quarantined, and vigorous steps 

 taken to exterminate the weevil. 



Tenth The lessons gained from the starving out methods in isolated 

 patches will be of much value in testing the merit of a non-cotton-growing 

 zone. 



Eleventh The importation of live weevils by persons curious to see 

 this insect or for experimental purposes should be discouraged and 

 prohibited. 



Chairman Schuler announced. 



THE FOLLOWING COMMITTEES: 



Resolutions Captain C. C. Davenport, Morehouse; Abe Brittin, Or- 

 leans;; Martin Glynn, Point Coupee; John C. Buchanan, Lafayette; 

 G. W. Sentell, Avoyelles; W. E. Glassell, Caddo; D. W. Pipes, East 

 Feliciana; S. P. Walmsley, Orleans; C. J. Edwards, Vermilion; F. L. 

 Maxwell, Madison; William Polk, Rapides; John P. Parker, Ouachita; 

 Joseph E. Brewer, Bienville; H. M. Gandy, Sabine; J. A. Prudhomme, 

 Natchitoches ; G. W. Peyton, De Soto. 



Credentials W. L. Foster, Caddo; B. W. Marston, Red River; C. M. 

 Flower, Rapides ; Henry Von Phul, Baton Rouge ; J. T. McDade, Bossier. 



Legislation Judge John C. Pugh, Shreveport; Judge Walter Guion, 



