70 NATURAL CONTROL OF THE COTTON BOLL WEEVIL. 



Table XVL — Pi'oportion of fruit destroyed by insect injury or }>y jiaturaJ rauaes, 



"fe.ros, 1906— Continued. 



D. FALLEN SQUARES. 



Date. 



July 12 

 Aug. 8 

 Aug. 13 

 Sept. 3 

 July 28 

 Aug. 3 

 Sept. 5 

 Sept. 29 

 Aug. 28 

 Sept. 13 

 July 10 

 Sept. 18 

 Aug. 31 

 Aug.. 29 

 Aug. 17 

 Sept. 3 

 Sept. 3 

 Aug. 30 

 Aug. .30 

 Sept. 24 

 Aug. 2G 

 Sept. 3 

 Sept. 2G 

 Aug. 23 

 Aug. 10 

 Aug. 10 

 Oct. 2 

 Aug. 23 

 Aug. 23 

 Aug. 10 

 Sept. 4 

 Sept. 24 

 Aug. 1.5 

 Aug. 16 

 Sept. 19 

 Aug. 9 

 Aug. 9 

 Aug. 30 

 Aug. .30 

 June IG 

 June 23- 

 28 



July 0-9 



July 18- 



20 



July 22 



Sept. 1 



July 25 



Aug. 17 



Aug. 28 



Aug. 29 



Aug. 29 



Oct. 12 



Locality. 



Total. 



Beevilie 



Beeville 



Beevilie 



Beeville 



Brownsville.. 

 Brownsville. . 

 Brownsville. . 

 Brownsville.. 



Calvert 



Calvert 



Corpus Christi 



Corsicana 



Cuero 



Dallas 



Fullers 



Goliad 



Goliad 



Hallcttsvillc. 

 Hallettsville. 



Junction 



Kerrville 



Kerrville 



Lula 



Marshall 



Mineola 



Mineola 



Mineola 



Overton 



Overton 



Palestine 



Palesrine 



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 



1,000 

 900 



2,524 

 130 



4,032 

 45G 

 353 



1,033 

 718 

 26 



1,.550 

 HI 

 100 

 430 

 875 



1,150 

 230 

 383 

 29 

 17 

 278 

 52 

 100 

 120 

 697 

 148 

 164 



1,327 



900 

 887 

 614 

 240 

 980 

 3,496 



1,405 



679 



302 



1,142 



737 



170 



742 



1,300 



785 



1.284 



^?^S;iL"ages"' | Squares with weevil stages. 



Number. 



36,354 



234 



76 

 126 

 222 

 957 



17 

 ,889 

 199 



40 

 341 

 283 



10 

 495 



57 



79 

 154 

 347 

 2.50 



93 



254 



6 



5 



228 



29 



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 



Per cent 

 of total. 



14,301 



Number. 



26.0 



14.8 I 

 12.6 



24.7 I 



37.9 1 



13.8 : 

 70.3 I 

 43.6 I 

 11.3 I 



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 



39.3 



666 



436 



874 



678 



1 , 567 



113 



1.143 



257 



313 



692 



435 



16 



1,0.55 



54 



21 



276 



528 



900 



137 



129 



23 



12 



50 



33 



12 



82 



344 



113 



84 



1,042 



6 



63 



30 



44 



53 



553 



494 



389 



116 



864 



2,978 



1.0.50 



482 



87 

 1,013 

 257 

 • 39 

 311 

 589 

 308 

 252 



Number 

 Per cent of weevil 

 of total, stages 



found. 



22,053 



74.0 



656 



85.2 



436 



87.4 



874 



75.3 



678 



62.1 



1,568 



86.2 



115 



29.7 



1,147 



.56.4 



265 



88.7 



315 



67.0 



722 



60.6 



438 



61.5 



16 



68.0 



1,059 



48.6 



54 



21.0 



21 



64.2 



281 



60.3 



540 



78.2 



903 



.59.6 



137 



.33.7 



129 



69.3 



23 



70.6 



12 



18.0 



54 



44.2 



23 



12.0 



12 



68.3 



87 



49.3 



347 



76.3 



113 



.52.4 



• 84 



78.5 



1.042 



75.0 



6 



71.6 



69 



36.1 



33 



54.4 



44 



flO.O 



53 



61.7 



.553 



55.7 



494 



6.3.4 



390 



49.8 



116 



86.3 



864 



&5.2 



2,978 



74.6 



1,0.50 



71.0 



494 



28.8 



87 



88.7 



1,026 



34.9 



2.59 



23.0 



39 



41.9 



311 



45.3 



.591 



.39.2 



308 



19.6 



253 



60.7 



22, 169 



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

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

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

 found to contain an}^. The percentage containing some stage shows 

 an exceedingly wide variation between the 1.3 per cent for San 

 Antonio, wdiere the infestation was slight, and the 83 per cent at 

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



