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10. Fumigation of Citms trees with Hydroctjanic gas (uuder Sub- 

 Director). 

 5 Brigades, each brigade composed of : — 



1 Moaiven as Head. 



2 Midahzin. 



2 Operators (daily labour). 

 12 Labourers (daily labour). 



1 Teut-maker (daily labour). 

 ■ 1 Guard. 

 n.' Clerical Sfa§, . 

 ' 1 Head Clerk. 

 4 Clerks. 

 1 Store-keeper. 

 1 Assistant Store-keeper. 

 12. Hors-Cadre Staff. 

 Shawish. 



Sweepers. 



Gardeners. 

 Note. — Moaiven is a graduate of a High School of Agriculture. 

 Note. — Molahiz is a graduate of an Intermediate School of Agriculture. 



The Entomological Service comes directly under tbe Secretary of 

 State. 



What is the extent of your cultivated area ? Mr. Fletcher. 



One and a half million acres under cotton. Dr. Gough. 



In India we have about twenty milhon acres under cotton alone. Mr. Fletcher. 



Has the Pink BoUworm any foodplants other than cotton in Egypt ? ^r. RamakrishD.-j 



We have found it on Hibiscus cannahinus and H. esculentus. These pj gough. 

 must be pulled out of the ground at the same- time as the cotton-plants. 



In Bombay we do not find it on anything else except cotton. Mr. Ramrao. 



You are sure to find it if you look before or after the cotton crop. Dr. Gough. 



Both these insects [Earias spp. and Platyedra gossypiella] are Mr. Burt, 

 seriolis pests in the United Provinces and, unless we can adopt measures 

 such as in KgyiA, there is no chance of checking them. In irrigated 

 parts of our Province the cotton can easily be removed by the end of 

 December because the cultivators are anxious to get in a catch-crop 

 of peas. The sticks are hurnt probably by the end of March in making 

 gur. But in irrigated lands we still get the pest and therefore there 

 seems to be some factor which we do not know yet. Before introduciner 

 any legislation, we must know this factor. In some districts cotton- 

 sticks remain standing in the fields until June or -July ; that happens 



