one of the richest cotton-producing sections of the South. 

 About one-fifth of the cotton-producing territory of the State 

 is now infested by the boll weevil, but the infestation in at 

 least 30 per cent of this area is at present so light that exces- 

 sive damage by the boll weevil cannot be anticipated the com- 

 ing season. In spite of this fact, however, the application of 

 the cultural remedy next year in the territory now but lightly 

 infested is of as much importance as in the heavily-infested ter- 

 ritory, in order to reduce the weevil damage that will be threat- 

 ened in 1907. More particular reference to this will be made 

 below. 



ARKANSAS 



FIG. 4 -Area in Louisiana infested b\ the boll weevil in November, 1905. 



THE CULTURAL REMEDY. 



Ever since the appearance of the boll weevil in Southern 

 Texas in 1892, the efforts of the United States Department of 

 Agriculture and of the officials of the State of Texas have been 



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