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uiul .')(),()()() pouiuls of nuts, lull this year \vr will ^ft fn»iii l\utsv ^lovr^ 

 not Fnorc tliari l..")(l() [xunids. It is only fiiir to say that tin- crop lluil 

 the trcH'S put on this year was not as hir^i' as it was a yi-ur ajfo, but 

 tlu' (fof) tliat tlic trees did put on was plnetieally destroyed }ty the; 

 ease horer. W <> are very anxi»»iis ahoul tlu' ease horer. an<l I)<»etor 

 Quaintanee ftdly realizes tlu* iiuportaneo of it. It '\h to the iwcan in- 

 dustry, I think, exactly what the holl weevil is to the cotton mdustrj'. 



Mr. BrciivN.vN. Does it at tack the younj,' nut ^ 



Mr. 1*.\ rTKHsoN. "^'es, sir; it eats rij^ht into the younj; nut. and 

 when it has eaten out one nut, it p»es into another. It spreu<ls fmm 

 one <luster of nuts to another. 



Mr. IU'< MANAN. You are coinparin«x that pr.^i i<( the holl \se«\il. 

 Do vou know what you are putting us ii|) a;^ainst '. 



Mr. Patpkhson'. I «lo not think it will he s(> hanl to control as the 

 boll weevil. I say that it is travelin<; like the holl weevil, atid it is 

 goin;.; after the fruil in its eai"ly stap's like the holl w<'evil does. I 

 do not believe it will take anythiii«j like the money or tntuble that 

 is re(|uired in the control of the boll weevil. It j^eti* inside of the nut. 

 and it is hard to reach it witii a spray. 



Mr. BiciiANAN. The boll weevil |)unchos a hole inside of the scjuare. 

 Does this insect bore a hole into the nut, or does it punch a hole < 



Mr. P.vTTKRsoN. It eats right into" the nut and goes insi<le. 



Mr. lire HASAN. Like the boUwornW 



Mr. PATrKKsoN. Yes, sir; it eats right into it. He gels inside of 

 one of them and the little ones crawl out and bore into others. 

 That is about all I have to say. 1 wish simply to say to you gentle- 

 men that lu'ie is a great industry with millions of dollars invested in 

 it. This iiuluslry iuis been going along beaiilifully. wiih increasing 

 revenues, and it has been very largely taking the place of cotton in 

 certain sections of the South. Then we iind the industry suddenly 

 thrt'iilened in this way. We do not ask any great sum of money, 

 and 1 do not believe that is necessary, but we do ask f(»r sullicient 

 funds to put sullicient investigators m the fields so that they can 

 arrive at a conclusion as promptly as possible. 



I have asked Doctor Taylor if he would come over here, and 1 see 

 that he is present. 



Mr. Lee. Can you give us some idea of the magnitude of the pecan 

 industry in Georgia and the South ( 

 I Mr. Pattek.son. That is hard to tell, but 1 should say there are 

 j) from 7.'), ()()() to 1 ()(),()()() acres of cultivated j)ecans in Cieorgia. 



Mr. Lek. How jnany trees would that be ^ 



Mr. Patterson. There are about 20 trees to the acre. T person- 

 ally liave charge of some (i.OOO acres, with 1 I'D. 000 trees, and 1 can 

 say to you gentlemen that last year from those groves of which I 

 have charge we had a yield of something over (500,000 pounds of 

 nuts, but this year we will hardly get 125,000 pounds, tliat being 

 largely duo to the scab. 



Mr. IUtciiaxan. Does the scab attack the leaf or the tree? 



Mr. Patterson. It attacks the leaf and the nut. It just east 

 into it and stops the (leveloj)ment of the nut. 



Mr. Bi'c'iLVNAN. H is altogether dillcrent from the t)ther insects^ 



Mr. Patterson. This is a fungus. It is not an in.sect at all. 



Mr. Br( HANAX. I suspect it is an insect, too. 



Mr. Patterson. It may be a microscopic insect. 



