£2 BULLETIN 377, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 
in the Southern States. The following eapEEnnen is based on Mr. 
Nickels’s recommendations: 
EXPERIMENT AT HATTIESBURG, MISS. 
At Hattiesburg, Miss., an infestation of 8 blocks was found to be 
an ideal place for this PR i sa 
The following buildings were located within the infestation: 
Thirty-eight residences, 7 stores, 2 meat markets, 2 small hotels, 2 
restaurants, 2 bottling neilt lisinnens (which will be designated here- 
after as establishment A and establishment B), a laundry, a marble 
factory, a sawmill and office, and a church. 
Thirty dozen 1-pint fruit jars were prepared in the manner out- 
lined by Mr. Nickels. The porcelain was broken out of the metal 
tops and five holes about three-eighths inch in diameter were punched 
near the center of each top. Sponges were cut up into pieces and a 
piece inserted in each jar. The piece of sponge filled about a third of 
the space in the jar. 
A gill of the poisoned sirup was put into each jar. On each jar 
was pasted a poison label. 
On September 28, 25 dozen of these jars were distributed—about 
six Jars placed in each house and store. Two vacant blocks were 
not covered at this time, but on November 16, 3 dozen jars were dis- 
tributed on these blocks. As the j jars had to Be placed outdoors, they 
were laid on one side to prevent rain from entering. The residents 
of the other blocks were questioned as to results, and they reported 
very favorably. In most cases the ants had become much less abun- 
dant. The two meat markets had fewer ants than before, but the 
sirup rooms of both bottling establishments were as badly infested as 
ever, the ants evidently preferring the flavored sirups to the poisoned 
sirup. > 
In the latter part of April, 1912, the infestation was again deter- 
mined. This was immediately after the winter previously referred ta, 
when the infestation had been so reduced at Kosciusko and New 
Orleans. Though the numbers of ants had certainly been reduced in 
Hattiesburg, they were still present in proportionately greater num- 
bers than in New Orleans. It is likely that the better wintering 
facilities at Hattiesburg were due particularly to excellent drainage 
and the presence of numerous trees. 
On June 18 another inspection was made. The numbers of ants 
were at this'time about 60 per cent of what they were during the 
previous November. The eastern line of infestation had not been 
extended and the ants were giving little trouble in the houses, though 
they had apparently concentrated around the sirup rooms of both 
bottling establishments. The stores and meat markets had not been 
troubled to any extent, but there were many trails of ants on the 
trees. Many of the jars were examined, and it was found that a de- 
