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NATURAL CONTROL OF THE COTTON BOLL WEEVIL. 



Table XVI. — Proportion of fruit destroyed by insert injury or by natural causes, 



Te. i as, 1906— Con tinned . 



D. FALLEN SQUARES. 



Locality. 



Beevillo 



Beeville 



Beeville 



Beeville 



Brownsville. .. 

 Brownsville. . . 

 Brownsville. .. 

 Brownsville. . . 



Calvert 



Calvert 



Corpus Christi . 



Corsicana 



Cuero 



Dallas 



Fullers 



Goliad 



Goliad 



Hallettsville... 

 Hallettsville... 



Junction 



Kerrville 



Kerrville 



Lula 



Marshall 



Mineola 



Mineola 



Mineola 



Overton 



Overton 



Palestine 



Palestine 



Roosevelt 



San Antonio. .. 



Taylor 



Terrell 



Trinitv 



Trinity 



Trinity 



Trinity 



Victoria . . 



Victoria 



Victoria. 



Victoria. 



Victoria. 

 Victoria. 

 Waco . . . 

 Waco . . . 

 Waco... 

 Waco... 

 Waco . . . 

 Waco... 



Total 



squares 

 exam- 

 ined. 



900 



512 

 ,000 

 900 



, 524 

 L30 

 ,032 

 456 

 353 

 033 

 71S 



20 

 550 

 111 

 LOO 

 430 

 ST.", 

 150 

 230 

 :;s;; 



20 



17 

 278 



52 

 100 

 120 

 697 

 148 

 Ui4 



327 



83 



79 



88 



900 



887 



614 



240 



980 



,496 



,405 



679 



302 



1,142 



737 



170 



742 



1,300 



785 



1,284 



Squares without 

 weevil stages. 



36, 354 



Number. 



234 



76 



126 



222 



057 



17 



2,889 



199 



40 



341 



283 



10 



495 



57 



79 



154 



347 



250 



93 



254 



6 



5 



228 



29 



88 



38 



353 



35 



80 



285 



2 



25 



53 



35 



35 



347 



393 



225 



124 



116 



518 



355 



197 



215 

 129 



480 

 131 

 431 

 711 



477 

 1,032 



14,301 



Per '-('111 

 of total. 



26.0 

 14.8 

 12.6 

 24.7 

 37.9 

 13.8 

 70.3 

 43.6 

 11.3 

 33.0 

 39.4 

 38.5 

 32.0 

 51.4 

 79.0 

 35.8 

 39.7 

 21.8 

 40.4 

 66.3 

 20.7 

 29.4 

 82.0 

 55.8 

 88.0 

 31.7 

 50.7 

 23.7 

 47.6 

 21.5 

 25.0 

 28.4 

 63.9 

 45.6 

 40.0 

 38.6 

 44.3 

 36.6 

 50.2 

 13.7 

 14.8 



25.3 



29.0 



71.2 

 11.3 

 65.1 

 77.0 

 58.1 

 54.7 

 60.8 

 80.4 



Squares with weevil 



Number. 



39.3 



Number 

 Per cent ..f weevil 



Of total. St;if.'e< 



found. 



666 



436 



874 



678 



1,567 



113 



1,143 



257 



313 



692 



435 



16 



1.055 



54 



21 



276 



528 



900 



137 



129 



23 



12 



50 



33 



12 



82 



344 



113 



84 



1,042 



6 



63 



30 



44 



53 



553 



404 



389 i 



116 



864 



2. 078 



1,050 



87 

 ,013 

 257 



39 

 311 

 589 



74.0 



87.4 



75.3 



62. 1 



86.2 



20.7 



56.4 



88.7 



67.0. 



60.6 



61.5 



68.0 



48.6 



21.0 



64.2 



00.3 



78.2 



59.0 



33.7 



69.3 



70.0 



18.0 



44.2 



12.0 



68.3 



49.3 



70.3 



52.4 



78.5 



75.0 



71.0 



30.1 



54.4 



60.0 



61.7 



55.7 



03.4 



49.8 



86.3 



85.2 



74.6 



71.0 



28.8 

 88.7 

 34.9 

 23.0 

 41.9 

 45.3 

 30.2 

 19.6 



60.7 



430 

 -74 



1,568 



115 



1.147 



265 



315 



722 



438 



16 



1.050 



54 



21 



281 



540 



903 



137 



120 



23 



12 



54 



23 



12 



87 



347 



113 



84 



1.042 



6 



69 



33 



44 



53 



553 



494 



390 



116 



864 



2,978 



22.100 



From Table XVI A, hanging, dried bolls, it appears that three- 

 fourths of the number examined contained no weevil stage. In this 

 case there were found 1.227 weevil stages for each boll which was 

 found to contain any. The percentage containing some stage shows 

 an exceedingly wide variation between the 1.3 per cent for San 

 Antonio, where the infestation was slight, and the S3 per cent at 

 Waco on September 20, where the infestation was very heavy. It 



